A US based mobile phone retailer has started shipping what it says is the world’s first mobile phone to come with a built-in projector. Epoq, known for selling MP4 wristwatches is now shipping a GSM phone with integrated video projection capability. This is an amazing leap in technology of communication device. This phone is the very first commercially available projector phone. Retailing for under $550, this phone not only has a projector, but also has a touch screen display, camera, and a 0.5W speaker system. The projector is able to display a 30 inch diagonal display with VGA (640 x 480) resolution. The integrated micro-projection module of the Epoq EGP-PP01 should also project the signal via an easy connection to DVD players, set-top boxes, laptop computers, portable media players in addition to other video sources. With a 640 x 480 pixels image resolution, the projector’s battery can supposedly run a movie continuously for around 2 hours which is more than long enough for movies or presentations. The device also sports WAP, a 1.3 megapixel camera, more than 0.5W Super-sound Speaker along with support for Bluetooth stereo headset, MP3 and sound recording. The battery boasts of a talk time of nearly 2-3 hours and a standby time of up to 200-250 hours.
October 26th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
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