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Our friends over at picoprojector-info.com have let us know about the new Syndiant pico projector modules – for anyone that doesn’t know, pico projectors (a miniature projector mounted in something like a mobile device) are apparently the next big thing!
The pic above shows one of the modules working, and you can see it’s managed to paint an area that is the size of a garage door – mainly because the background IS a garage door! The image was projected from an SYL2041 that supports both SVGA (800×600) and WVGA (854×480) resolutions – it managed a 120″ projected image!
The demo projector is about 14mm thick – about the same size of an iPhone. It has 17 lumens of light output. Syndiant say that there are over a dozen companies with plans for products based on this new module. Most of them are expected to include media players, have 20 to 50 (or more!) lumens output, and be smaller than the demo projector they show here. Some of these will be shown at CES (January 2010), with production in 2010. They hope that a few will be announced in 2009.
It’s impressive, isn’t it – apparently Syndiant have plans to go to HD-720 and HD-1080 resolution displays in the future – bring it on I say, everyone should have their own movie theatre in the lounge – especially if it’s being driven from your mobile!
You can check more about pico projectors at the Syndiant site here.
[Via: picoprojector-info.com]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
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