<![CDATA[Gizmodo: projector phones]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: projector phones]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/projectorphones http://gizmodo.com/tag/projectorphones <![CDATA[Fujitsu's Crazy Little Modular Pico-Projector Phone]]> The F-04B isn't your average touchscreen QWERTY slider. If you want to slim things down, the 3.4-inch screen and slide-out keyboard can be separated, and you can also attach an 854 x 480 pico-projector in place of the keyboard.

When separated, the keyboard communicates with the screen via Bluetooth, and can act as a keyboard (duh), microphone, speaker, and game pad. It also serves as a remote control when the pico-projector is used.

Apparently the F-04B's 12.2-megapixel camera takes "nice pictures for a phone", but the touchscreen could do with being a little more responsive.

The phone was first shown as a prototype at CEATEC 2008, but Akihabara News says that Fujitsu and Japanese carrier, DoCoMo, have "officially" announced it as the Separate Keitai F-04B. No word yet on what OS it runs, availability, or pricing (inside or out of Japan). Definitely a unique idea. [Akihabara News]

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<![CDATA[Video: Samsung Show W7900 Projector-Packing Cellphone Actually Looks Pretty Cool]]> This currently Korea-only projector cellphone peeped up its head at CES, and now our friends at PopSci had a chance to play with the Show and its 10-lumen built-in DLP projector.

Yep it's a bit chubby, as any projector-toting phone most certainly will be, but it's not as horrible as some of the other projector phones we've seen. Aside from the 480 x 320-res projector that uses Texas Instruments' DLP tech, the Show also has a fine-looking 3.2-inch, 400 x 240 OLED touch screen, 5MP camera with LED flash, and Samsung's widget-based touch OS. It's dropping in South Korea soon, but there's of course no news on a US release.

I'm actually pretty surprised at how good the image looks here. I'm still pretty skeptical that anyone will ever find an actual day-to-day use other than novelty from any pico projector, but if it's built into your phone in a bulky but not Zach Morris bulky package, maybe that's the answer. Check out more photos and impressions over at: [PopSci]

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<![CDATA[Samsung Show is the First Brand Name, Non-Prototype Projector Phone]]> The Samsung Show touchscreen projector phone may not be the first projector phone out there, but it is the first one that isn't a prototype, and doesn't come from a completely obscure manufacturer.

The bad news is that it's a Korea-only phone (shipping next month) and according to Gearlog's Sascha Segan no one seems to know much about it.

But on the good side, the phone runs on Samsung's TouchWiz UI, can project any of the visual media stored on the phone, animated Korean kids stories and DMB-T mobile TV signals, or functions as a de facto flashlight.

Segan says Samsung reps promised more details soon. For now check out more pics on Gearlog, or take a peek at CrunchGear's video below. [Gearlog and CrunchGear]

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<![CDATA[Logic Bolt: The US's First Projecting Cellphone]]> We've seen plenty of units from overseas manufacturers, but the Logic Bolt will be the first US cellphone on the market with a tiny projector squeezed inside.

Scheduled for release next month at a pre-contract price between $400 and $500 (or $100 w/contract), the Logic Bolt is a GSM handset with a 320x240 touchscreen, 3MP camera, 4GB storage and MicroSD expansion. Using a bundled adapter, the phone can accept VGA and RCA inputs, passing the signal on for built-in 640x480 projection (or it can obviously play any preloaded media straight from the phone). The battery can only last 2 hours in projection mode, so a second battery comes bundled with the phone.
As you can see, the projection quality doesn't exactly dazzle, but in all fairness, these shots were taken under the less ideal bright conditions of the show floor.
Manufacturer Logic Wireless hopes to release a CDMA/WinMO version of the phone in the next four months, and they're planning a 2.0 version of the product with QWERTY and possibly Android by the end of 2009.

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