Rt1583
Technology for technologies sake. Bad thing is, this doesn\'t really constitue an advancement in technology. What good is a 50 inch wide projection if it is coming from a 15 lumen source and crippled by a lens that is so small as to be laughable when compared to a normal projector system.
Of course the manufacturers have their consumers pretty well pegged. All they have to do is make a new product an enigma for a few months, stick a cool sounding name like Galaxy Beam on it and claim improvements, however slight, over the previous model and presto!, they have a best seller.
3razer
I agree with rt1583 exactly who needs this? Anyone with the serious need to project will carry around an actual micro projector so this is just a boy toy and hope it does not cost more than 10 bucks for that added projector into the cost of the phone
Electrothump
I love it. I'll take one.
dgate
Re: above two comments..remember when the phone was a simple device for only making calls? not anymore, unlike you I think a projector could be useful when fully developed for watching movies or stills. Not for everyone agreed but good when travelling or even showing to several viewers at once. Phones are now moving to five inch screens for better viewing so even a 15 or 25 inch projection would be a big improvement. Power consumption is the problem not the lens, until that is solved it will remain a novelty.
Ra'anan
We used this the other night to watch some home movie shots & it was unbelievable! I'm thinking about adapting this to teaching English to non-native English speakers, the portability & low price are revolutionary.
3razer
dgate, I can certainly understand and years from now a phone may put out a fully useful video projection and I also agree that tech must start off somewhere and 10 bucks more is all it should cost in the nascent stages :-)
christopher
Pico projectors alone don't have powerful CPUs, inbuilt network connections, GPS, accelerometer, gyro, cameras, USB, bluetooth, and so on.
Come on guys - you're all Gizmag readers - surely the amazing potential for a interactive projector with all these sensors etc can't have escaped you all?
Add a kinect or Wii controller to the mix, and it gets even more interesting (portable, and mobile interactive whiteboards!).
Richie Suraci
I have one I bought overseas and it works very well, not Samsung though and just a little over $200.00.
John Findlay
You are looking at the early steps for replacment of your laptop computer ! Once a forward facing projector for a keyboard is added along with more computing power these things will become the true mobile computer,phone etc etc.
Jugen
15 Lumens is quite bright, so I'm assuming it will be using superbright LED technology, which I know for a fact can get quite hot and draw quite a bit of current at that kind of brightness. So I can't see the batteries lasting long enough to watch a feature length movie, maybe just short youtube videos. The projector keyboard would be a really useful idea, so on the train or plan you could write on any flat surface at your disposal. Yer I know what samsung are trying to get at, making it easier to share motion pictures and pictures, but why not share them phone to phone?