While I was sitting around and trying to predict the future of gadgetry with one of my good friends, he surmised that cell phones, i-pods and the like, would one day have the ability to project their screens onto a given surface. We tried to imagine how a company like Apple, Blackberry or even Sony might attempt to accomplish this amazing feat. I mean, as it stands gadgets are getting smaller and smaller, so the addition of more internal, working parts, would essentially require more real estate, or additional minimization of parts that already make up a given piece of tech.
Needless to say we’re a ways off, but that said, it hasn’t stopped some from taking us near our vision of portable projection displays. Enter OptomalUSA, who has essentially created the smallest projector to date, so small in fact, that it fits into your pants pocket. The LED based projector connects to your favourite gadget via mini USB, with a battery life of 1.5 hours, and is compatible (via a variety of supplementary connectors) to Nokia’s etc… With a whopping 1000:1 contrast ratio, it’s only a matter of time until these bad boys come in 1080p flavors.
