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Microvision SHOWWX laser pico-projector turns up at Vodafone Spain

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Dec 2nd 2009 1 Comment

SHOWsize Having teased us with the promise of availability of their SHOWWX laser pico-projector back in October, Microvision have now revealed that Vodafone Spain will be the carrier offering the portable projector. The SHOWWX is on sale now for €289 ($436) excluding tax, or for a reduced amount if you have points under the carrier’s loyalty program, and it will be marketed alongside the Nokia N97 mini.

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AT&T LG eXpo with detachable pico-projector coming Dec 7th [Updated]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 30th 2009 1 Comment

There’s no sign of an official press release yet – nor a product page – but AT&T are tipped to have unveiled their latest LG smartphone, the LG eXpo. A touchscreen Windows Mobile 6.5 handset, the eXpo’s secret magic is a detachable Texas Instruments DLP projector, which can be used to project videos, images and webpages.

Update: The LG eXpo product page is now live – thanks Alejandro!

Update 2: Pricing is confirmed at $199 for the LG eXpo itself (assuming a new, two-year contract and a mail-in rebate) and $179 for the pico-projector attachment.

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Fujitsu F-04B modular cellphone with pico-projector gets played with

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 12th 2009 No Comments

If you thought you’d seen it all in Nokia’s Vision of 2015 video, book a flight to Tokyo and stop by Fujitsu’s offices there. They haven’t seen to have got the memo that modular, wirelessly-connected mobile phones with integrated pico-projectors are meant to be the stuff of futurology, not fact, and as such have produced a working version of their F-04B cellphone. Akihabara have been for a play, and claim it’s a brilliant multifunctional device.

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BeamBox MiLi Evolution iPhone Projector gets bargain price-tag

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 12th 2009 No Comments

We’re so used to seeing pico-projectors integrated into futuristic concepts that have little chance of shipping, that to hear about a product actually headed to shelves is quite unusual. BeamBox’s MiLi Evolution iPhone Projector looks like the sort of thing some industrial designer would use to try to make his name, but the combination iPhone/iPod touch case, projector and charging cradle is actually expected to go up for preorder at the end of November.

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Epson unveils new 4K compatible HTPS TFT panel for 3LCD projectors

By Shane McGlaun on Monday, Nov 9th 2009 No Comments

Epson makes a wide variety of projectors that are aimed at home theater and computer users. Typically, the best resolution you can hope to get on a projector is 1920 x 1080. Projectors in theaters have much higher resolutions in the area of 4096 x 2160.

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Ericsson Spider Computer projection-packed concept [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 29th 2009 1 Comment

The wisdom of designing gadgets that look like spiders when so many people find the many-legged bugs creepy is arguably lacking, but that hasn’t stopped Ericsson. The company’s latest concept is the so-called Ericsson Spider Computer, a tripod design that will incorporate a full PC, pico-projector, laser keyboard and integrated 3G, and offer the people of 2020 an easily transported computing setup.

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Video demo after the cut

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Epson PowerLite Pro Z8000WUNL projector now shipping to pro installers

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 No Comments

powerlite z8000wu Projectors for home theater and professional use can get very expensive and the most expensive and powerful of the projectors are often only available through professional installers. Such is the case with the new Epson PowerLite Pro Z8000WUNL projector that was announced today.

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Sanyo unveils blinding PLC-XF1000 projector with 12k lumens

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 No Comments

Sanyo has pulled the wraps off several new projectors over the last few months, but the most feature packed and expensive projector of them all has now been unveiled. Sanyo has announced the new and massively bright PLC-FX1000 projector aimed at bright rooms and large venues.

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DigiLife DDV-JF1 HD camcorder with integrated pico-projector

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 20th 2009 No Comments

No, not a pico-projector with a porthole, but DigiLife’s DDV-JF1, the first point-and-shoot pocket camcorder to also integrate a mini projector. Similar in concept to the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj, only concentrating on moving pictures rather than stills, the DDV-JF1 can record up to 1280 x 720 30fps video in H.264 format to SD cards (up to 32GB supported), then display it via the pico-projector hardware at the end.

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Sanyo unveils PLC-XM150/150L and PLC-XM100-100L projectors for large venues

By Shane McGlaun on Thursday, Oct 15th 2009 No Comments

Sanyo makes all sorts of electronics and products for the home theater and business user. Today Sanyo has unveiled a couple new projectors with lots of lumens that are good for large venues or rooms with lots of light. The projectors are the PLC-XM150/150L and PLC-XM100/100L. The big feature of both projectors is high brightness with 6000 lumens and 5000 lumens respectively.

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