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R.Zaragoza
08-11-2011, 1:45pm
Patent application: Apple wants to put projectors in its iPhones
August 11, 2011 | Dean Takahashi

Some patents filed by Apple suggest that the company is going to put small projectors into its coming generations of iPhones.

Patently Apple reported that Apple has applied for a patent on integrating pico projectors (as the small projectors are called) into future iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) devices, as well as future MacBooks. That could turn out to be a major feature that sets Apple devices apart from the competition, at least for a time. The issue is going to be how much it costs to integrate these projectors into small devices.

Apple hinted that it was planning to integrate projectors into iOS devices as far back as June 2009. But the patent application unveiled today reveals more detail than ever on how the projectors will work. The application suggests that devices will be able to interpret shadow and silhouette gesturing associated with presentations in a darkened environment. The extra detail suggests that Apple’s development teams are racing ahead on the integration. The presentation features could make something like the iPhone or the iPad even more ideal for the enterprise.

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Datawiz
08-11-2011, 1:47pm
:cool:
ConstantChange
08-11-2011, 1:50pm
It'll be cool if it displays a good, clear picture.
Skia
08-11-2011, 1:56pm
92 in full screen pOrn on demand. :hurray:
BuckyThreadkiller
08-11-2011, 2:42pm
Isn't there already an smartphone that does this?

I know Sony makes a camcorder with it.
SubZero
08-11-2011, 3:02pm
Isn't there already an smartphone that does this?
I think the patent is for the gesture recognition controlling the projector
Rob
08-11-2011, 3:05pm
there is already a pocket projector.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/wootsaleimages/3M_MPro120_PocketProjectoriajDetail.jpg

3M MPro120 Pocket Projector Review - SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/3m-mpro120-pocket-projector-review-2257470/)
themonk
08-11-2011, 3:06pm
Yeah, nice drawing.
DJ_Critterus
08-11-2011, 3:07pm
It'll be cool if it displays a good, clear picture.

It would also be good if the APPS were more friendly in the business sense. Perhaps if MS Office for MAC could be loaded ont he iPhone like I have it on my iMAC I would find it more useful than juse the movie/picture projecctore.
DJ_Critterus
08-11-2011, 3:09pm
there is already a pocket projector.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/wootsaleimages/3M_MPro120_PocketProjectoriajDetail.jpg

3M MPro120 Pocket Projector Review - SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/3m-mpro120-pocket-projector-review-2257470/)

I'd rqther have an all-in-one device insteaad of having to carry several. The convenience factor alone will be a huge selling point, but as I stated in my post above, I won't spring for one unless I can get MS Office for MAC loaded on my iPhone in some capacity.

This would work extremely well for the iPad, too, IMO.
G8rDMD
08-11-2011, 4:06pm
On a tangent...I just used airprint for the first time today. Freaking amazing. Got a new printer at the office and plugged it in. Set it to the wifi network. Pulled up an email on my iPhone and said print. Without hesitation, the printer fired out the email. No driver downloads, no excessively long linking procedures, nothing. Plug in, push print, document in hand. That is sweet :cool:
Mark C5
08-11-2011, 4:46pm
Just another step towards our eventual domination by our Mechanical Overlords ............ not that that's a bad thing. :yesnod:
carlton_fritz
08-11-2011, 6:05pm
Nikon has a P&S digital camera with a built in projector.
themonk
08-11-2011, 6:11pm
It would also be good if the APPS were more friendly in the business sense. Perhaps if MS Office for MAC could be loaded ont he iPhone like I have it on my iMAC I would find it more useful than juse the movie/picture projecctore.

Dude, are you smashed on PBR or what. :confused:
G8rDMD
08-11-2011, 8:49pm
Dude, are you smashed on PBR or what. :confused:

More likely Ripple :leaving:
C5SilverBullet
08-11-2011, 8:52pm
There was one that came out a couple years ago.
oahuyahoo
08-11-2011, 9:01pm
My apple stock will now go up 50 a share, thanks apple.
DJ_Critterus
08-11-2011, 11:34pm
Dude, are you smashed on PBR or what. :confused:

Nope. POS .gov issue keyboard and I think much, much faster than I type. It's one of my many curses :yesnod: Spelling NAZIs lump me in their nemesis category :yesnod:
DJ_Critterus
08-11-2011, 11:35pm
My apple stock will now go up 50 a share, thanks apple.

WEll, looks like we'll see some stats on job growth soon enough. Too bad the over seas jobs are probably be rolled up in the stats by our current crop of elected idiots :(
themonk
08-11-2011, 11:37pm
Nope. POS .gov issue keyboard and I think much, much faster than I type. It's one of my many curses :yesnod: Spelling NAZIs lump me in their nemesis category :yesnod:

And these :toetap:

I might have gotten a bad batch this month. That's it.... I'm finding a greedy liberal civil lawyer and suing for millions. PBR owese me a blue ribbon around my willy for coming in first place for reasons the ladies will like and in the greedy, opportunistic, "show me the money" department.

wow... for once I agree whole heatedly with the Eskimo :willy:

Dude, you're guilty of PUI aren't you.
xXBUDXx
08-12-2011, 9:02am
92 in full screen pOrn on demand. :hurray:

http://api.ning.com/files/w3b4J8hYnlnvLnexX8w28vpNHnRFPFtRB8Fs4818hzcWwhRgKIujtO65Qkgq5NBcRRoMeWOakluZn2coseAdJml2C5FHJxtY/whoa500x375.jpg