By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at 6:04 AM
Do you like pico projectors? I do. The concept of them, and the face they are a genuinely useful accessory (or at least will be when the evolve to reach the mass market) I think means they will see an explosion in sales in the not too distant future. Maybe when the miniaturisation process gets to the point where you can slot one in your mobile device, they will become as commonplace as a camera – who knows anyway, a genie I am not
Anyway, we’re two steps closer to that evolution thanks to FAVI, who have launched a couple of interesting new projectors – the FAVI RIOLED-Q and RIOLED-V. I bet you are wondering what the difference is right, given the names don’t give much away? Well here you go:
The RIOLED-Q is aimed for business – with a unique look, 800×600 resolution and 50 lumens (very bright!).
The RIOLED-V has Wi-Fi, and runs Linux and supports all sorts of web apps such as Flickr, You-Tube, news and radio. It also includes a web browser.
Both should ship late February/early March, and you can check you the entire FAVI range here.
[Via: picoprojector-info.com - here and here / via: PC Mag]
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
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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...
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