Micro-Projectors May Bring YouTube On-The-Go

An anonymous reader writes "A tiny portable projector, about the size of a pack of cards, may soon replace a ring tone as the most annoying thing on the train or bus. These technical innovations can project an image up to 50 inches in size in dark lighting, making them ideal for on-the-road business presentations. They can also be hooked up to cell phones or media devices, though, possibly introducing a whole new level of social intrusion into US culture. 'Digital projectors were once bulky. These new models, though, are small enough to fit into the pocket of consumers who want a big-screen experience from a small-screen device. Some of the models are expected to be on the market by year-end, or sooner. Prices have yet to be announced. Matthew S. Brennesholtz, an analyst at Insight Media, a marketing research firm in Norwalk, Conn., says he thinks the projectors will initially cost about $350, then quickly drop to less than $300.'"

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Real Stories???

[midifarm]

what ever happened to OMG Ponies!!!

Re:Never gonna give up my monitor

[Otter]

The humor of this "rickrolled" thing is completely lost on me. You say "Here's a link to a YouTube video" and OMTFG it's a Rick Astley clip! Who the hell cares? At least with goatse.cx there was a genuine element of tricking people.

Perhaps the joke is in the 80's music, but I spend all day listening to Duran Duran and Fastway anyway...

Incompetent or Evil

[GNUPublicLicense]

Indeed, youtube uses exclusively a flash player... which is *bad* since it's not GPL. It's obvious that they are quite incompetent at youtube because they are not even able to code a fall back on a proper HTML element. That would allow standard video web browser plugins to handle the stream (most support flv codecs and format). Incompetence is the only reason I can think of, because I'm not able to picture google brut forcing flash on purpose. I don't think google being able to be that nasty... really.