Texas Instruments Wokring On Projector Chip For Mobiles

Texas Instruments is working on making your cellphone the only thing you’ll need for those big board meetings. Since today’s mobiles are already capable of recording video and storing documents, it makes sense to use them as a backup, if not a primary, presentation medium. Excerpts:

Texas Instruments Inc said on Monday it had developed a chip to support cell phones with mini projectors and another chip that would let users record high-definition video on their phones.

TI said at the Mobile World Congress trade show that it had chips ready for production for so-called pico projectors that can be integrated into a mobile device to project large images onto a wall to help overcome the limitations of tiny phone screens. TI showed prototypes of the technology a year ago.

TI also announced at the show that its latest application chip, the OMAP3440, will let consumers record high-definition video on their cell phones. This chip will be available for handset makers to test in the second quarter, according to Delagi, who expects commercial products in about a year.

Sounds like we’re in for another year of exciting new technology. Hopefully the projected image quality will be good enough for actual business use. It’s one thing to use them for board meetings; having to use them for winning potential clients is a completely different matter.

Source: Reuters

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