Samsung to Offer Video Projector Accessory for Mobile Phones
Mobile phone users will now be able to project videos, photos, games, give business presentations, video conference, or anything else that they want onto a 10-20 inch surface using a mini-projector developed by Samsung. The Samsung mini-projector is expected to hit the market as early as the Q2, 2008.
Source: fareastgizmos.com
List of Mobile Phone to PC Projector Options
I often hear people asking about ways to project the screen of a mobile phone to a PC during presentations, so I decided to compile a short list of mobile phone to PC projector options. If you have any experience with mobile to PC projectors, please post a short comment.
The four discussed here are:
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| Mobilola | Remote S60 | Screenshot | Project-a-Phone |
I personally use Mobilola Remote Control by Warelex ($35 USD). It’s a C++ app that works with Symbian S60v2 and S60v3 phones. I have been using it through an emulated WinXP (via Parallels on my Mac laptop) and it’s still really snappy. It also was extremely easy to set up. A few of the Mobilola Remote Control features are:
- Shows your phone screen on your PC
- Option to fully control your phone via PC
- Zoom in/out
- Full screen presentation option
- Snapshot
- Video recording
- Works over Bluetooth or USB
- Demo your phone through Skype Video and record YouTube video presentations directly to YouTube with webcam driver functionality
Remote S60 Professional ($30 USD) by MobileWays is a similar tool. I have not personally used this tool, but I hear that it works very well.
If all you need is a single frame capture solution, then you should give Screenshot a try (if the link fails, then refresh your browser—I have noticed a problem with their servers). Screenshot for Symbian OS is a FREE program to take screenshot on your Symbian OS mobile phones (UIQ or S60). You can capture screenshot and save it to a file in JPEG, PNG, BMP or MBM format. The screenshot can be sent directly to a PC via Bluetooth or infrared and another mobile phone. It also supports continuous mode that allows you to capture screenshot every a few seconds.
If your looking for a hardware option, I have heard great things about Project-a-Phone ($295 USD).
Are cell phone projectors on the Way?
Via Gizmodo
South Korea’s Iljin Display has been crowing about its coin-sized laser projector module for more than a year with no haps, but now the company says it’s inked a deal with South Korea Telecom (SK Telecom) to mass-produce the projector for use inside cellphones. Is Iljin’s so-called Nano Projector finally for real? [more]
Opera Mini 4 beta is now available
The new Opera Mini 4 beta is out. Among a variety of new features, the most notable of these is content zooming—the ability to see an entire web page and zoom in or out (Does this remind you of anything—perhaps the iPhone?).
Here is a short video of the new browser installed on Cameron’s Sony Ericsson K750i showing nytimes.com:
Source: Cameron Moll
Who Watches Mobile Video?
A recent article by Katie on NewTeeVee pointed out that according to data from Nielsen, middle-aged men with high incomes are the main demographic of Americans watching video on their cell phones. On the surface it may seem that this proves that the price point is still too high (which it is), but my theory is that the type of video programming also plays a part.
Nielsen is launching a mobile stat service called Nielsen Wireless, and has compiled some preliminary data. In the first quarter of 2007:
- Eight million persons 12 and older viewed video on their mobile phone (this excludes videos created with a phone’s camcorder function)
- The mobile video audience skewed somewhat older and male: 46 percent of the mobile video audience is 35 years or older and 54 percent of the audience is male.
- At least 7 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds viewed mobile video programming in the first quarter of 2007, while at least 25 percent used their mobile phone to connect to the Internet
- A total of 33 million people in the US used the mobile Web.
- As of May 31, more than half, 55 percent, of primary users of video-enabled mobile phones lived in households with total incomes of $75,000 or above
Learn more about Punchkick Interactive’s mobile video production capabilities.
‘Flyer’ extends Flash Lite’s features using Python for S60
Felipe has announced the first release of Flyer. Flyer was built to extend Flash Lite features with Python for S60. Flyer is based on the Flash Lite 2.1 integration with Python for S60 and contains the following features:
- Take photos with device camera from Flash Lite
- Take device screenshots from Flash Lite
- Send files over a bluetooth connection from Flash Lite
- Get the contact entries in the default device database
Flyer is open source—if you use it please contribute to Felipe. It will help him to develop and expand the Flyer framework.
Future releases (May, 2007)
- Sound recording and playback
- File upload to a remote server
- GPS module to display latitude, longitude, satellite count, and time
- Record device screen!
Links:
Flyer
Felipe Andrade
Python for S60
Via AllAboutSymbian and Biskero:
Nokia Video Manager offers you a simple solution for transferring your videos from your phone to PC or vice versa – smoothly, efficiently, and with complete ease. The application is a free add-on product to be used together with Nokia PC Suite.
With Nokia Video Manager, you can:
- Manage and transfer your video clips between your phone and PC.
- Save space on your phone by converting videos into formats optimized for mobile phones.
- Forget the extra effort: file conversion takes place automatically during video transfer.
- Rely on assistance when you need it: Nokia Video Manager guides you every step of the way
Read more at AllAboutSymbian.com
Download the Nokia Video Manager
15 Minute Video: LG Prada phone complete interface walkthrough
Via Engadget and Ryan Block.
Engadget created a great 15 minute presentation of the new LG Prada phone interface. For those who are still interested in the iPhone (and it’s competition), this video is a must.
GotoMobile did a great writeup about this. The video should explain everthing. Make sure your speakers are on.
Next Generation 2D Coding
Adobe released Mobile Device Profile Update #5
First noted by Aniway:
Adobe released the mobile device profile update #5. Get it here. This update contains or makes changes to the following device profiles:
- Nokia 3250
- Nokia 5200
- Nokia 5300
- Nokia 5500
- Nokia 6085
- Nokia 6125
- Nokia 6131
- Nokia 6151
- Nokia 6300
- Nokia 7390
- Nokia 8800
- Nokia E50
- Nokia E60
- Nokia E61
- Nokia E62
- Nokia E70-1
- Nokia N70-1
- Nokia N71-1
- Nokia N73
- Nokia N75
- Nokia N80
- Nokia N91-1
- Nokia N92
- Nokia N93
- Nokia N93i
- Sony-Ericsson K600
- Sony-Ericsson K600c
- Sony-Ericsson K600i
- Sony-Ericsson K606c
- Sony-Ericsson K606i
- Sony-Ericsson K608c
- Sony-Ericsson K608i
- Sony-Ericsson K610iM
- Sony-Ericsson V600i
- Sony-Ericsson V800
- Sony-Ericsson W300i
- Sony-Ericsson W550c
- Sony-Ericsson W550i
- Sony-Ericsson W600c
- Sony-Ericsson W600i
- Sony-Ericsson W710i
- Sony-Ericsson W810i
- Sony-Ericsson W830a
- Sony-Ericsson W830c
- Sony-Ericsson W830i
- Sony-Ericsson W850i
- Sony-Ericsson Z712a
- Sony-Ericsson Z800i
- Verizon Motorola RAZR V3c
- Verizon Motorola RAZR V3m
- Verizon LG VX9800
- Verizon Samsung SCH-A950
Download here.
