Chinese Electronics company ChinaKing (aka CKing) has announced a new cell phone with a built-in projector – a world first.
The phone utilises a Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) chip for the imagery and a LED for the light source and manual focus.
The phone can project an image 30 inches in size at a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. The company claims a maximum projection time of 2 hours which, if true, is quite an accomplishment.
The projector is positioned on the top edge of the phone so all you need to do is point it at a flat surface to show a projection.
The user interface looks very similar to that on Apple’s iPhone which has sparked criticism and caused the word ‘clone’ to be thrown around.
Apparently the phone is not a concept and will be heading for production in the near future.
The projector phone is certainly a vision of the future. Once the technology improves and miniaturises further, I’m sure this feature will become quite common on all kinds of portable gadgetry.
