Wow I've beening thinking for nearly a week now on what to write about in my first class blog. I found an interesting article online about cell phones. I read in an article today that Texas Instrument, TI-DPL , is dueling over two models of a cell phone projector called pico projectors. TI sees the pico projector as there biggest DPL revenue maker. Samsung leased one of the first cell phone projectors last year . The only big draw back to Samsung's projector is the large size of the cellphone. Samsung is now on the second generations which is much thinner, cost starting at $399.
Projector phones are predicted to replace the need for laptops and equipment heavy projectors in the work place areas like, conference rooms and meeting areas. Though the equipment is not main stream yet experts believe it could become almost a standard on cellphones like digital cameras are now in the next five years. Currently, the Sydiant projectors can display up to 1024 X 600 pixels and the projector screens are as small as a penny. So there is a lot of competition in the pico projector market.
Well, I think the cell projector is a good idea. Consumers might buy into the need for a projector. The projector can be used to show friends pictures or share a video. I think it might me easier to use the cell phone projector than the standard ones because of the less equipment that is needed. I don't think it will ever completely do away with the standard projector.
I just wish that the quality of the projectors would increase - they are fairly useless at the moment unless you are within a very close range. For cell phones, the battery drain must be enormous. I don't even think the advancement of lithium ion technologies could keep up with the rate at which our new gadgets consume power.
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