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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. 8- 10 lumins? by timmarhy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    WTF? 50inch screen with only 10 lumin is going to be SHITTY.

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    1. Re:8- 10 lumins? by CmdrSammo · · Score: 5, Interesting
      "Yeah, let's project shitty quality photos"

      My Nokia N95 has a 5 MegaPixel camera which produces some pretty good quality photos and video. It is hard to appreciate this quality on the 3"ish screen so having a projector would be a nice feature. No idea when I'd use it though, I can hardly imagine whipping out the projector at work or uni to show my mates my oh so cool pics. But this is the first time I've had a phone that does more than just do calls and texts, on a recent holiday I must've taken about 500 pics on the 4GB microSD card in it. Mobile phones are becoming very nice indeed imo.