November 30th, 2009 10:30 PM | by Christen da Costa
While I hardly think the LG GW820 eXpo will sell like gang busters, it versatile and wide ranging feature set is certainly something to write about. The Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone will not only sport a slide out QWERTY keyboard and 1Ghz processor, but will offer an optional add-on Pico projector that can produce an image up to 40-inches in size. Outside of that you can expect a 3.2-inch 800×400 touchscreen, 3G connectivity, 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, FM radio, WiFi and accelerometer. There’s no official word on when the eXpo will be available, but I’m hearing December 7th for $200 after a 2-year and mail-in-rebate.
In what appears to be a product I’ve never seen the likes of, the Sparkz Projector Dock is a fresh and pricey new addition to aftermarket iPhone accessories. The built-in pico projector accepts a variety of A/V and VGA inputs and is capable of displaying 640 x 480 resolutions at up to 60 inches. Snaps.
There’s also some little stereo speakers attached but I can’t imagine them doing much banging. The dock also charges your iPhone and it comes with a tri-pod. At a $495 price tag, early adopters will want to make sure this is a quality product. Maybe the video below will help.
I was under the impression that Pico Projectors were cool. I guess it takes a lot these days for the big blogs to be impressed. The Forever Plus Pico Projector might just do that. For five minutes at least. The first Pico Projector to display at 720p, the Forever Plus has a native 1,280 x 768 native resolution, a HDMI output and a “projected” lamp life of 30,000 hours. Seems cool to me. No word yet on pricing or availability.
