As human being we love sharing be it photos or videos. But at one time only three or four persons can enjoy it in your mobile. What if you can just project it on a big screen? Itâs not a dream any more. Projector phones are a reality today.
Projectors are splendid for viewing, but it’s always better when it can be embed inside mobile phone and can be used as a Projector phone. It means you can project a large image usually up to 50 inches directly from your phone. This is a grand way to share and enjoy digital content on a mobile device. It is another innovative feature of the mobile phone. Small scale mobile phone companies like Spice, Intex, TechBerry have launched projector phones. Big Players like Samsung, HTC, and Motorola are not far behind too. There are already several projector phones which are available today.
Samsung Show
Samsung show as the name suggests has a projector built in. The model number for Korea is W7900 and i7410 for Europe. The phone itself is a 3G model and has a 5Mp camera and a 3.2″ OLED display.
Samsung i8520 Beam
Here comes the big innovation of Projector Phone which runs on Android. The Beam i8520 is first Android projector phone which runs on Android Version 2.1. Its big 3.7 inches S-AMOLED display is great for viewing and 720p HD recording feature at 30 frame per second video recording is stunning. It has got 8 mp camera, 16 GB of internal memory plus a micro-SD slot but the projector is WVGA DLP based with only 6 lumens.
LG eXpo
LG eXpo is a projector phone with QWERTY slider. In this phone projector is an accessory which can be removed, and it comes at an extra cost. LG eXpo runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 on a 1 Ghz CPU. It’s got a 3.2″ touchscreen and 5 mp camera.
Intex V Show
Intex V Show has latest LED technology to project to a 30 inch screen size for 3 hours. The projector would last for 20 000 play time hours after which it will die down to be a projector and starts to be a phone only. Intex V Show is a dual SIM 3.2 inch touch screen phone.
TechBerry ST 200
Here ST stands for Sachin Tendulkar. Thatâs what the press release said. This phone has some incredible features in addition to the projector. It got Dual SIM, 2 channel memory card capability and front and rear camera of 2 mp each. It is a 3.2 inch full touch screen phone.
Spice PopKorn
Spice PopKorn comes with an in built projector and it’s a dual SIM phone. At the Same time itâs an analogous TV where you can watch free channels. It has an inbuilt document viewer in case you want to project a presentation. Spice M-9000 which is known as Popkorn also has a 3.2 MP camera, Bluetooth, video player, FM with recording and a 6 cm screen.
Mini Intex V Show
Mini Intex V Show is a smaller version of its precursor, Itâs a dual SIM capable Mobile with 2.4 inch screen, 2 mp camera and has 100 MB of internal memory. Its external memory can be jacked up to 16 GB. Mini Intex has a document reader, which would make it easy to project the presentations in case your office projector acts kinky.
G’FIVE G5
G5 is a dual SIM portable projector phone but it fails as a basic phone. The lack of a good speaker and hands free headset is the major impediment. G5 is a good small projector substitute, but not good enough to deliver as a phone. If you want an alternate option, then you can look at Spice Popkorn M9000 or Intex V.Show.
The Future of Projector Phones
The DLP light chip making company, which powers many projectors is very confident about the future projector phones. They believe in future projector phones will be as popular as camera phones are today. In the meantime, many companies are working on new projector phones: Nokia, NTT DoCoMo and even Apple.
