Techno Babble

Sunlink International Holdings Limited and iView Limited have announced the worlds’ first handheld Personal Media Player (PMP) and presenter which incorporates pico projection technology. Unveiled at the recent Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2008 (from 14-17 April), the product will be the first such product to hit the market.

The pocket-size device is powered by the iView IPL630 VGA liquid crystal on silicon pico-projector module and Sunlink’s multi-media platform. It is fully self-contained with built-in rechargeable battery, a speaker, a 3.5” TFT touch screen, and remote control and a SD card slot. Equipped with a Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 core and Office Viewer, the product makes business presentation possible anytime, anywhere.

Currently there are no details about pricing or availability.

Dr. C.C.Change, Chairman of iView, is quoted as saying

“According to Insight MediaMedia, by 2011, there will be over 11M cell phones and PDAs embedded with pico-projector in use. We are very happy that SunView PMPP is the leader of the pack.”

References:

Sunlink Press Release

http://www.iviewdisplay.com/

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… just to complete the round-up of micro-projector news, iView Limited is using the LightView LDP-SVGA microdisplay from Displaytech for their pico-projector.

http://www.iviewdisplay.com

http://www.displaytech.com/

Recent articles suggest the market for these projectors will begin with the embedding of pico-projectors into mobile communication devices, cell phones, digital still and video cameras in 2008-2009 and is a fast growing market sector.

Displaytech has announced that a number of companies are developing pico-projectors incorporating their microdisplay technology.

3M have announced their LED illuminated micro-projector which is designed for use in a mobile phone or other personal electronic device.

Approximately the size of an earpiece, the 3M mobile projection engine uses an advanced Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) imager in conjunction with proprietary 3M optics technology to project an image at 40 inches, or larger, to VGA resolution.

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