Seven cellphone projector-phone concepts for instant presentations

All cell phone development till now has attempted to make the cell phone as ligt as possible with as large and bright screen as possible. But these features oppose each other and hence the development had arrived at a stalemate. Not any more! With the development of cellphone projector concepts, the days of ultra light cell phones with extra large displays are not far away.

Cellphone projectors

1. Sony Nextep – Mobile Phone with a Holographic Projector

The Nextep cellphone from Sony

Hiromi Kiriki has fathered this design for Sony. It is something that is very different from everything that we have seen in cellphones till now. No wonder that it has been named as the 'Nextep', symbolic of the future. It is more like a computer and cell phone rolled into one with all the essential features for browsing the net, social networking and the like. It has a flexible OLED display that neatly sits on your wrist like a wrist band or watch. A powerful Holographic projector too is in-built in the phone.

2. Burst concept projector phone

Burst

Using sound and motion sensors, this touchphone transfers the touchscreen interface on to any surface in high quality HD projection via the projectors that are mounted on its sides. It all all the features of the latest cellphones and supports video conferencing too. This is a feature that will surely be a great help to the deaf or hearing impaired. Loaded with the ability to support high quality gaming and having its own built-in video and audio editing abilities, this is one powerful all rounder you should possess.

3. Samsung Galaxy Heaven Concept Phone

Samsung Galaxy Heaven

With its ultra thin design and a flexible AMO LED, this concept from Samsung has many unsung features. The most important among those is the ability to project on to any surfaces so the size of the cellphone is no longer a limiting factor. It is very minimalistic in its looks but loaded with all the features of high end phones. The camera, video recording and audio abilities of the phone are expected to be on par with the best in business.

4. Mozilla Seabird Concept Phone

Mozilla Seabird

An award winning designer has arrived with this concept for the Mozilla Labs Concept Series. Built on the Android technology, the phone incorporates the philosophy of an open web that Mozilla embodies. The phone features a wireless charging idea and has a very bright screen. The screen is not of much consequence when you consider the fact that the phone can double up a projector too! With dual pico projectors, a headset, a remote control and an 8 MP camera, this is a real beauty. Though there are no plans for making this concept a reality in the near future, one can only hope that Mozilla takes it up seriously soon.

5. Windows based mobile phone concept by Stefano Casanova

Stefano Casanova

Stefano Casanova's concept for a Windows mobile makes it integrated with a micro light projector. Flip the screen down and activate the projector which is built into the LCD panel. This kind of separation helps in making and perfecting the phone and projector, separately. The phone is slim and looks very elegant and has all the other features that you would expect in a cellphone.

6. Mobile Projector Phone by Eun Young Kim

Eun Young Kim

The highly durable polycarbonate has been utilized in the manufacture of this projector phone. It provides all the communicability and portability of the cell phone with the visual display features of high end projectors. Needless to say, it is loaded with all the other common cellphone features. It enables video conferencing and movie watching pleasures. The manufacturer claims that the battery in the phone would be one that lasts really long, in spite of the projection function. The graphite sheet dissipates heat from the phone and aluminium edges too do the same to ensure longevity for the projector. Though it has every kind of heat dissipation mechanism, we cannot help but state that this phone is hot.

7. Nokia Pulse Pocket Projector Concept

Nokia Pulse Pocket

The Nokia phone too is enhanced with the pulse projector which uses the phone set itself as a remote. Miika Mahonen has designed this super gadget by combining an LED projector, that has 1000 lumens and 16.7 million colors, with a NXT speaker that supports a Dolby surround system. Sharp images are assured with a projection that boasts of a 1500:1 contrast ratio and a native resolution of 1280×768 px. The best news is that this concept is very close to becoming a reality.