October 17, 2007

PicoP: Turn Your Cell Phone Into A Projector

Back in July of this year, Microvision and Motorola signed a deal in which the former company would produce built-in projectors for the latter's cell phones. What has now been developed is the PicoP, a plug-in for smartphones that will be available by year end. Embeddable PicoP that will be built-in to mobile devices will be available by 2009.

The gadget can project a television screen sized image in high resolution on any surface, whether flat or curved. It'll be interesting to see all of the cool uses this gadget will have. Microvision CEO Alexander Tokman has mentioned two: 1)the young demographic, teens and twenty-somethings, will use it purely for entertainment and 2)as a tool for the ultimate elevator-pitch presentation for the business user. What about the guerrilla advertiser randomly popping projected advertisements up in public places or the kid who can't get away with having his TV on at bedtime on a school night, but can project his mobile video on the wall. Imagine the possibilities! Oh, and by the way, if you're mechanically-minded and want to know how the PicoP works, just click here.

Via CNNMoney