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Apple to Add Micro Projectors to iPhone and iPod Touch?

You know whats sad, next year after the next revision THIS will be one of the things those genuinely "outraged" crybabies will complain about simply because of crap rumors like this.
 
NT1440 said:
You know whats sad, next year after the next revision THIS will be one of the things those genuinely "outraged" crybabies will complain about simply because of crap rumors like this.
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Unfortunately, you are probably correct. :(

twoodcc said:
i would love to see this. i don't think we'll see a new iphone anytime soon, but maybe on a new ipod touch
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The iPod touch is thinner than the iPhone.

Doubt we would see it on the touch before we would see it on the iPhone.

While I would love to see it, with today's technology, we will not see a PICO projector included in the iPhone in this year.
 
me personally

"Why would you need a really crappy projector in a phone/portable media player, seriously, the whole in built projector thing is such a gimmick... "

Me personally, i hate when people wanna look at my phone, so this would be perfect for me. If i want someone to see a picture or a youtube video, i could easily throw that bad boy on the wall so everyone could see it

I could also see a powerpoint presentation or somethin being given from an iphone. Its better than lugging a laptop around. Great for college stdents when doing projects, reports, etc.

It could also be a great way to play a game on your iPhone. Imagine playing a first person shooter game being projected on the wall. Makes gaming even more exciting.
 
This isn't needed by really anyone, IMO. There are many other features that could be implemented, that are more important.

I'd rather see a 3+ mp camera than a 1.5 mp camera and micro projector.
 
Blakjack1013 said:
It could also be a great way to play a game on your iPhone. Imagine playing a first person shooter game being projected on the wall. Makes gaming even more exciting.
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but then whenever you move the iPhone, the whole projected screen will move. Are there any third party companies that already make a plug-in projector for the iPhone? That would be cool if they did.
 
NT1440 said:
You know whats sad, next year after the next revision THIS will be one of the things those genuinely "outraged" crybabies will complain about simply because of crap rumors like this.
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So if someone doesn't think like you do, they're a crybaby, eh? Should I be surprised around here? Pathetic. :rolleyes:
 
It would be nice if it could double as a flash for the camera., that way I know it would really be useful!
 
first not even a microphone, now a projector built in???

i can't believe that. first, apple doesn't even build an ordinary microphone into the ipod touch, and now they shoud add a projector to it? i can't believe it...
 
Make it a little big(ger) than the ones built into the phones nowadays, so that it's actually usable.

Then make it into a separate accessory that connects to the pin connectors on iPod Touch's and iPhones. Then we'll see...:)

iPhones looking like the Haptic Beam will NOT be pleasant at all.... UGLY.
 
Get a life people ....

Why is this even up for debate ... why are all you fans even bothering to make your 'Oooo what a great idea, I cant wait' comments? Its totally absurb to assume we're gonna see projectors in iPhones later this year when Apple cant even produce a phone with a decent camera! And dont get me started re iMacs lagging behind the industry when it comes to processors; or netbooks (and the infamous tablet you've been banging on about for over a year now!)

Honestly, these days (unlike the past), Apple are far from innovative. Good at redesigning the way we use items yes, but innovative and leaders in the field ... certainly not. Chances of seeing a built in projector ... yeah, ok, and I'll have mine with the optional 3D screen!!!!
 
Schtumple said:
Why would you need a really crappy projector in a phone/portable media player, seriously, the whole in built projector thing is such a gimmick...
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No, it is the future. They will also make projected keyboards usable, so in a few years you will be carrying a complete 'desktop computer' with the size of your current mobile phone with you.

The question is, though, if these things will still be able to make phone calls. ;-)
 
chadley_chad said:
Apple are far from innovative.
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Of course they are not innovative - they're a corporation. Corporations don't innovate, they buy startups and other smaller companies with innovative products and then put their own label on them. And, as the article clearly says, it's not Apple who is producing those devices, it's a company that --might-- sell that product to Apple so that Apple can do 'the corporate thing' with it.
 
Winni said:
Of course they are not innovative - they're a corporation. Corporations don't innovate, they buy startups and other smaller companies with innovative products and then put their own label on them. And, as the article clearly says, it's not Apple who is producing those devices, it's a company that --might-- sell that product to Apple so that Apple can do 'the corporate thing' with it.
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Wow, someone's got their definitions mixed up. Who says a corporation doesn't innovate? You know what the difference is between a "corporation" like Apple and the little businesses they buy up sometimes? Size. Not level of innovation, not ethics, not any of those things you seem to think the little guys are so much better at. Just size. Apple has provided a myriad of in-house innovations in addition to integrating the innovations of the companies they have bought or have partnered with over the last decade and before (last decade mostly though). You need to open your eyes and realize that your hatred of big corporations is being skewed by those that are just giant innovation crushers and that you're blinding yourself to the corporations that are actually pushing the industry along.

jW
 
GimmeSlack12 said:
This is a better idea than the video conferencing rumor.
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I disagree... handheld video conferencing, while premature, will be a popular and useful feature. Micro projectors have no place on the iPhone. A Notebook computer, however... sure. because people use video projectors for powerpoint presentations, etc. I could see a projector being placed on the back of a notebook's screen... or as a USB attachment, no bigger than a wireless internet card.
 
The projected image size of what is being developed for these phones is very small. I would guess that they are using something like a single LED as the backlight (which LED just happens to be very low power and low heat). I don't think the projector on these phones are intended to be presentation grade, rather just for looking at pictures. A projector on a laptop of the same scale would be no problem, but who really wants that on a laptop when you have a 14"-17" screen. I would think a full presentation-size projector on a laptop would be difficult to produce considering that current presentation projectors have high intensity bulbs in them, in addition to the imaging chip (DLP/SXRD).
 
That sounds kind of dumb to me and I don't think Apple will do anything like that. Apple themselves released a Keynote remote for the iPhone and Touch. Why would they want you to project your presentation from the device you use to control it. And even if you did use some other presentation software I imagine people might use their iPhone or Touch for notes.

Putting them in a Macbook would make much more sense to me.
 
how useless
project a screen when im staring at one already.....
not to mention the battery power it would take
 
Oh ye of little vision ...

Seems most of you on here are oblivious to Microvision's stand-alone laser-based ShowWX projector hitting the market this summer:
http://www.microvision.com/

Tested, demonstrated, deal signed with Corning for the green lasers, production ramping up. The PicoP display engine itself will have no trouble fitting into any number of applications (including iPods & iPhones), and will only get smaller and higher-res in the coming year. As it is now, it projects the best resolution available from PDA drivers (WVGA 848x480).

Also, since it "paints" images at 60 Hz (much like a CRT, but with a single MEM mirror) and only powers up the lasers as they are needed, the energy usage is suprisingly low compared with backlit LCD technology, and the "10 lumens" is deceptively understated (more like 10 lumens per pixel, however briefly). It is NOT "fixed focus" because there is no need to focus laser light, so NO LENSES. The image/movie can actually be projected uniformly "in-focus" onto curved surfaces (think faces on mannequins).
 
Don't think so

I would say, it would be quite useless to have a micro projector build in. who would use it?

I think GPS chip should be definitely in, otherwise it would be boring, and I will pass till next version.

Iphone sucks in Europe.
 
Macrox said:
If you're wondering about potential applications for a mini-projector in an iPhone, review this presentation... Amazing!

http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
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Thanks. I liked the part with the info displayed on the student's chest.

There was a professor a few years ago who did the same kind of app, because he was bad at remembering people. But he projected the information inside his sunglasses instead, so no one would know. That's a better idea than a projector which everyone else can see, methinks :)
 
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