Comments on: $240 SmartDevices T30 10.1″ 1280×800 OMAP4470, $300 SmartQ U7, SmartQ U7H 7″ with built-in DLP projector

By: Rolandas Medelis

Rolandas Medelis — Fri, 31 May 2013 06:19:00 +0000

SmartQ U7

By: Highlights of 2012 on ARMdevices.net – ARMdevices.net

Highlights of 2012 on ARMdevices.net – ARMdevices.net — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:41:44 +0000

[…] Set-top-box $82 13.3″ VIA 8850 Laptop (Macbook Air clone) and Allwinner A10S HDMI Stick by Wabook $240 SmartDevices T30 10.1″ 1280×800 OMAP4470, $300 SmartQ U7, SmartQ U7H 7″ with built-in DLP … $64 7″ 1024×600 RK3066, $151 9.7″ IPS RK3066 by Sigo $70 7″ 1024×600 Rockchip RK3066, $46 […]

By: anwa

anwa — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:51:00 +0000

The problem with the smartq-devices are the missing kernel sources!!
I can’t understand why they won’t release them :/

By: Turvy

Turvy — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:32:00 +0000

There was a tablet a few years ago called the iOne (eye one) that had a Pico Projector built in to it. I think it’ll be pretty much standard in about 5 years. The Samsung Galaxy Torch isn’t selling very well, Probably because of the low quality projector, but i’m willing to bet it’ll be worth a few quid as a collectors “rare” item in fifty years 🙂

By: Charbax

Charbax — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:51:00 +0000

In reply to Maventwo. Yup, but I guess the DLP market share and performance/price has been top of the market for pico projectors, pocket projectors, compact projectors, perhaps that DLP also dominates for full size home theater, office projectors, the Texas Instruments nHD super small projector for phones and tablets seems to perform awesomely, the BOM to add this in a phone or tablet may be below $50 already and a bright enough projection may not consume much more power than a backlit LCD or AMOLED screen. I'd like to see them use kick-stands, shaped mirrors and/or lenses to project a 20" screen onto any table using these types of pico projectors in upcoming phones, and with a sensor, thus we can transform our next phone into a 20" tablet experience when using the projector pointing donwnwards onto the table.

By: Maventwo

Maventwo — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:23:00 +0000

First ever in-built micro projector I have seen in a tablet pc!

But Texas Instruments pico-DLP technology is only one of many types of pico projector technologies we will see forthcoming years.

Another promising pico projector tech is laser diode based like american Microvision
and brittish Light Blue Optics or bTendo tech which ST-Microelectronics recently have aquired.

And LCoS is another promising white LED pico projection tech, which is using Liquid crystals for making the video stream or pictures and the white LED is the light source like pico-DLP use as light source.