Alcatel One Touch is just full of surprising smartphone accessories this week. The company recently started showing off the Alcatel One Touch Hero smartphone with an optional E Ink case that lets you read eBooks, view lock screen widgets, or see other content when the primary display is off. Now the company is also showing […]
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EPICT EPP-100 is an Android PC with a pico projector
At first glance, the EPICT EPP-100 looks like just another pico projector. It’s a tiny device that can project an image onto a screen or wall. But inside the 2.7″ x 2.4″ x 2.2″ case are the guts of an Android smartphone or tablet. In other words, once you connect a mouse, keyboard, or other […]
Reports: SmartQ U7 tablet with built-in projector is a surprisingly decent video player
Smart Devices introduced a 7 inch Android tablet with a built-in projector last year, and now that the SmartQ U7 is available in the US, a handful of reviews are starting to pop up. While the basic tablet specs are nothing to write home about, GigaOm’s Kevin Tofel and TIME’s Jared Newman both seem moderately […]
Gigabyte BRIX GB-XM1 is a mini-desktop with a micro projector
Gigabyte’s BRIX computer is a tiny desktop computer that’s just a little wider than a standard CD case. Under the hood it packs an Intel or AMD processor, up to 16GB of RAM, and a solid state drive for storage. The small size make the BRIX an obvious choice for use as a home theater […]
Smart Devices SmartQ U7: Android tablet with built-in projector
Over the past few years I’ve seen a number of folks use tablets to give small group business presentations. Just fire up a slideshow app, prop up your iPad on a table, and everyone can crowd around to look at a tiny PowerPoint presentation. SmartDevices has another solution. The company’s new SmartQ U7 tablet features […]
Future Asus notebooks could feature integrated projectors
Asus has filed a patent for a notebook with a built-in projector. In other words you’d be able to use the computer like a typical notebook — by tapping away on the keyboard and gazing into the LCD display. But you could also use the projector to blow up the image and show it on […]
LightPad projector turns your phone into a laptop, home theater
Modern smartphones have crazy fast processors, high resolution displays, and enough features to make a 10-year-old laptop weep with shame. But they’re limited by their size. It’s hard to watch a movie with friends on a 4 inch display, and it’s hard to type your doctoral dissertation using an on-screen keyboar. QP Optoelectronics plans to […]
Tursion TS-102 combines a pico projector and a tiny Android computer
By definition, a pico projector is tiny. These little projectors can be handheld devices that you can connect to a laptop or other device to project a display onto a big screen — or I’ve even seen pico projectors built into laptops, tablets, and other hardware. But the Tursion TS-102 is something unusual. At first […]
Fujitsu goes wild: adds palm vein sensor, pico projectors to notebooks
It’s hard to make a notebook stand out these days. The basic formula of a display, keyboard, touchpad, a few ports, and guts that make the thing go has gotten pretty standard. But every now and again someone comes along and shakes things up with an awesome new built-in accessory that you probably don’t need. […]
DigiLife iOne: Would you like a pico projector with your tablet?
A lot of the tablets PC prototypes making the rounds today feel like netbooks with the keyboard chopped off. But the folks behind the DigiLife iOne have decided to use the extra space that afords to add something unexpected to their 10 inch tablet — a pico projector. The DigiLife iOne is just a concept […]