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Mobile Phone Projectors "Will Launch This Year"

Posted by kdawson on from the is-that-a-laser-in-your-pocket dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mobile phones with built-in mini projectors will launch later this year, according to 3M, which gave PC Pro a hands-on demonstration of the technology at CES 2008. The projector has a brightness of around 8-10 lumens, and is capable of displaying an image of up to 50 in., although 3M's spokesperson Greg Roberts told us that, with perfect lighting conditions, it's possible to squeeze a 60-in. screen out of the projector."

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  1. oh joy by rastoboy29 · · Score: 3, Funny

    And you thought laser pointers were annoying when they came out.

    Seriously though, it is pretty cool.

    That being said, I bought a cigarette lighter this week, and when I got home I discovered it had a laser pointer built into it, all for two bucks.

    Soon my microwave will be able to use it's laser pointer to point at the projection it puts on my wall that my popcorn is done, as opposed to beeping, which would be oh so gauche.

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  2. I can see it now... by AbsoluteXyro · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is only going to lead to millions of college students slipping a 50" cock into the professor's lecture while he isn't looking.

    1. Re:I can see it now... by hmccabe · · Score: 4, Funny

      I don't want to be that old guy who bitches about how easy kids have it these days, but when I was a college freshman, we didn't have anything like this. If I wanted to distract the class with an absurdly large cock, I had to whip out my own.

    2. Re:I can see it now... by hmccabe · · Score: 3, Funny

      This only raises the question, who the fuck is karma whoring on AC posts? I bet it's like, a Zen master or something.

  3. 8- 10 inches? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "A real computer in a pocket."

    Are you sure you're not just happy to see me?

  4. Re:For your cellphone? what use is that? by 4D6963 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why a cellphone? so that everyone can see who's calling me?

    Wait, you mean, you mainly use your cellphone to give/receive phone calls? lol! 1998 just called, they want you back.

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  5. Re:phones? bah! by joto · · Score: 3, Funny

    a good HD image with a respectable amount of lumens

    Your language usage is weird. The word you are looking for is "bright", not "a respectable amount of lumens". Similarly, it's "hot", not "a respectable amount of celcius". And Sahara is "big", not "a respectable amount of square kilometers". Finally, Bush is "dumb", not "having an embarassing amount of IQs".