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Samsung today introduced the AMOLED Beam (SPH-W9600) to the Korean market. The successor to the Samsung Haptic Beam (SPH-W7900), the world’s first full-touch beam projector phone, the AMOLED Beam delivers an enhanced viewing experience and richer image projection.

Moving the mobile phone experience from personal use to social engagement, the AMOLED Beam allows users to project and share multi-media entertainment, games, video and pictures captured on the 5.0 megapixel camera. Business users can use the AMOLED Beam to swiftly and simply deliver professional presentations wherever and whenever required.

The AMOLED Beam provides an exciting mobile experience by projecting any content to a maximum screen size of 50 inches. The phone also boasts a display 1.5 times brighter than that of previous model, the Haptic Beam. Featuring a lightweight and compact design, the AMOLED Beam offers optimized features such as Microsoft Office and DivX codec support for convenient use, 3.3” WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, and Terrestrial DMB.

Source: Samsung Electronics

Technology doesn’t get much cooler than this! It is just a concept, but what a concept.

Rong Yong has created a watch that utilises pico projector technology to project the time right onto your arm. This is similar to the Skinput technology we featured earlier in the year.

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Aiptek has launched the V10Plus pico projector with a media recorder built in.

What good is watching your favorite movie or TV show on a 2 inch screen? Slip the Aiptek PocketCinema into your pocket and you’ll be able to project a 50 inch image on any surface! With an integrated Media Player, 4GB of built-in memory and support for up to 32GB SDHC cards, you’ll be able to carry hours and hours of video with you, everywhere! The V10+ also allows you to RECORD video from any video source so you don’t have to hassle with file conversions or uploads. James Bond never had it this good!

Aiptek Pocket Cinema V10+ from Aiptek Inc.

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Syndiant wanted to show a 3D demo with their pico projectors, and did it in a very clever way. They took two prototype pico projectors, put polarizing films in each, and taped them together to make a double stack. The images were precisely aligned – and you get a 3D image (you need polarized glasses for this).

Dual pico projectors

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Digilife has announced a new concept tablet called the iOne. It features a 10″ display and a Samsung A8 processor and dual microSD slots.

Digilife says it will const around $300 with the pico projector included. Interesting stuff!

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Optoma has released a remote control for their PK201 & PK301 pico projectors. It’s titled the BR-PK3AN.

At $19.99 it is very good value.

Optoma PK-301

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The cost of LEDs used as light sources in pico projectors is expected to drop by 10% in the second half of 2010, and Taiwan-based LED players expect to enter the supply chain for built-in pico projectors for handsets, according to market sources.

Currently, Osram is the main supplier for LEDs used in pico projectors, while Japan-based Nichia is focusing on laser light sources for pico projectors, the sources noted.

With patent licensing from Luminus Devices, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) plans to move one production line for LEDs for stand-alone or built-in pico projectors, the company said. Amid higher ASPs and gross margins, LEDs used in pico projectors will help to increase profits in the second half of 2010, Formosa noted.

LED packaging house Lite-On Technology has entered the pico projector market using LCoS technology. Mass production of its pico projector products is expected to be delayed to the third quarter. Lite-On’s pico projector business extends from upstream LED packaging to module production, and the company is also co-developing designs with US-based vendors, the sources added.

Source: Digi Times

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Favi Entertainment is pleased to announce their latest pico projector, the Micro. This device looks like many of the others that we have seen before. However it does sport a SVGA (800 x 600) resolution and 35 ANSI lumens, which is impressive. There is also a 1GB internal memory and a microSD card slot for wireless possibilities. But there are also AV, VGA, and a mini USB port if you need to connect an external device. The Micro is a little heavy for a pico projector, weighing just under a pound, but for all that it offers it might be worth it. The projector is now available on the company’s website yet, but it is available to preorder through select retailers like Amazon. The retail price for the Micro is just under $400.

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Pachi Esquiroz has given a review of the Microvision ShowWX that he purchased.

There are loads of photos and lots of quality details.

Check out the full review here:

http://pesquiroz.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/desempaquetado-de-un-showwx-parte-1/

Here are some details about the projector.

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The Aiptek PocketCinema V20 is a stylish pico projector with a gloss black top and chrome banding around the side.

This reveals space for an SDHC/SD/MMC flash memory card slot, mini USB port and a mini VGA socket. You can then hook up your Mac to provide a maximum image resolution of 640×480. Unfortunately, you can’t use the projector with an iPhone using the cables supplied. Additional resolutions aren’t supported by the Aiptek PocketCinema V20. It compensates for that by including 2GB of internal memory. Sound is produced by a single 0.5W speaker.

On the top of the Aiptek PocketCinema V20 are touch-sensitive controls for power, a four-way cursor and menu options, which pull up a graphical user interface. This enables you to find certain kinds of files stored in the memory, as well as giving you control over keypad sensitivity, language and so on.

Since there’s a complete absence of any kind of picture or keystone correction, you’re left with what the lens and 15 ANSI Lumens brightness can give you. The result is slightly brighter than the 3M MPro120, but again you have to balance image brightness against picture size with 2m being the maximum possible. Again, it’s a toss-up between showing your presentation to a crowd sitting in virtual darkness, or getting them to view a fairly tiny image.

The Aiptek PocketCinema V20 is capable of producing clear and bright images, as long as you keep the picture size small. However, our particular review unit had problems staying in focus – the simple act of taking a finger away from the focus wheel often knocked the projector out of whack, and if that didn’t do it the images on screen eventually lost focus on their own.

We raised this issue with Aiptek, which was surprised by our findings, so we probably just had a bad sample. However, it’s a good idea to check whether any unit you’re looking at has the same problem before you splash your cash.

Specifications

LCOS projector; 15 ANSI lumens; Image Size: 0.15-1.65m; Projection Distance: 0.21-2m; VGA (640×480); Native Aspect Ratio: 4:3; LED, JPEG photo playback, MP3 playback, built-in 2 GB flash; Manual Zoom/Focus; Mono Speaker(s); 0.5 Watt; Remote control; SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, USB, audio line-in, mini-phone 3.5mm, VGA; Carrying case, tripod; USB cable, VGA cable, A/V cable; Power adaptor – external; ArcSoft MediaConverter; 23×55x125mm; 145g

Verdict

A compact and lightweight pico projector with built-in memory, the Aiptek PocketCinema V20 has a flash memory card slot, mini USB or VGA connections, and benefits from low noise and a rechargeable battery. We did, however, find a focus issue with our unit. It produces a small image and there is no keystone or picture controls.

Source: PC Advisor UK

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