First Look: Samsung's Galaxy Beam Android Phone with a Built-In Projector

[Jailani]

Samsung Sunday announced its first phone of Mobile World Congress
(MWC), the Samsung Galaxy Beam, an Android smartphone with a built-in
projector. The Galaxy Beam will be available globally in the second
quarter of this year. MWC, which officially starts Monday in
Barcelona, Spain, is the world's largest mobile show.

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Projector phones (and mobile projector accessories) have been around
for some time, but they tend to be on the chunky and not-so-
attractive
side. The Galaxy Beam measures only 0.49 inches while packing in a 15
lumens projector. Most pico projector accessories sold today are only
10 or 12 lumens bright.
The Galaxy Beam can project video, images or PowerPoint presentations
up to 50-inches wide. The resolution of projected video is 640-by-360
pixels. Samsung did a quick demo projector image quality. The image
clarity was impressive: colors looked vivid and the picture looked
sharp. In other demos of pico projectors I’ve seen, colors looked
washed out, while images and text looked faded.
The projector basically mirrors whatever is on your display. It uses
the phone’s gyroscope to correctly adjust the image from portrait to
landscape mode. It, however, is not Samsung's first attempt at a
phone/
projector combo.
Standard Specs
Samsung Galaxy Beam side view
Other than the built-in projector, the Galaxy Beam’s specs are pretty
standard for high-end Android phones. The Beam is powered by a 1GHz
dual-core processor, sports a 5-megapixel camera and has 6GB of RAM
along with 8GB of internal memory as well as a microSD slot. It has a
4-inch WVGA TFT LCD display. It currently runs Android 2.3
Gingerbread, but will be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich.
Design-wise, the Beam has a pretty unique look with a slightly curved
back made from a soft, yet ruggedized material. There’s a bright
yellow band that wraps around the edges of the phone, which contrasts
nicely with the black body.
Samsung estimates that the phone can project video for up to three
hours before you need to recharge again. Samsung also informed us
that
there will also be accessories, such as stands, available for the
Beam.
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