TI showcases diminutive DLP pico-projector
Thomas Menguy | March 28, 2007If anyone doubted Texas Instruments’ sincerity in taking the mobile projection world by storm, now would probably be a good time to start boiling some crow. Making good on its wishes to cram DLP into even the most minuscule of locations, the company will be demonstrating its newfangled DLP pico-projector to select media groups…
TI showcases diminutive DLP pico-projector – Engadget Mobile
Check Texas Instrument DLP web site for more information about the technology.
So here we go: this little baby is named or branded OMAP also (I desperately wait for an OMAP car, kitchen sink or coffee machine). Anyway the concept seems great to share your latest desperate housewives show with your subway buddies .
Stop kidding, here are some data (in French from Clubic):
Doté de trois lasers, et nécessitant pour l’instant une alimentation externe, le micro-projecteur présenté par Texas-Instruments, qui rappelons-le est à l’état de prototype, affiche une image de la taille d’une feuille de papier A4 en 640×240. Pour l’heure, Texas Instruments n’a annoncé aucune date de disponibilité pour ce nouveau dispositif qui promet d’équiper de futurs téléphones portables.
Téléphone mobile projecteur par Texas Instruments
Short translation :
- 3lasers,
- external power supply,
- prototype onlmy
- resolution : 640*240, for a projection the size of a A4 paper sheet.
So yes, it will perhaps come one day, and may offer good virtual screens, so matching movies on the plane, or showing of some PPT, demos, etc, or playing games may really have a “fun” and productivity boost.
Even if you will always need a hardware screen on your phone for your “phones” activities, or “on the move” ones.
Wait and see, btu THIS IS innovation….