A Quick Review.....

A little to review.....  The writing is on the wall, this is NOT the time to get impatient....

Facebook's Upcoming Smart Speakers with 15" Displays and Face ID Feature is out to challenge Apple Music and HomePod

Facebook Portal Engadget

Facebook Portal - Cheddar

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Apple Envisions Tabletop & Ceiling Versions of their TrueDepth Camera for Mapping Rooms & Projecting Images

Apple won 39 Patents today covering the iPhone X's Scanning Depth Engine & more

A Major Apple Patent published in Europe this week Covers Near-Eye Displays for Augmented Realty Glasses

While Rumors Persist that Samsung is finalizing a Foldable Smartphone, Apple has its own plan on the drawing board (Must have a BIGGER SCREEN)

While Apple's First-Gen HomePod is set to arrive in 2018, Amazon may Advance Echo with added Pico Projector

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Google Smart Screen 

Rockchip voice recognition / Two of Microvision's partners at Google's booth at CES.

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Links to Microvision Latest CC Transcripts


Thank you Ron.

Voga V Review... TechRadar

The projector shows strong here.

They don't like that it can't connect to google services, but that little thing has zero to do with the projection.

TechRadar

You turn the projector on using a simple on-screen switch, and by default, the screen goes dark shortly afterwards to save power – but you can still interact with it and turn off the projector just as easily.

The projector displayed impressive and eerily bright pictures during our testing, although it’s best used in a dark environment and as close as possible to the targeted projection surface (a dedicated projector screen preferably, but a white wall will do).

A sample of movie trailers from YouTube played flawlessly with no visible ghosting or stuttering – this is a device that will feel equally at home projecting content on your bedroom wall, or on a whiteboard in the boardroom of a PLC.

Chinese MPCL1 Review

Thanks for the heads-up Joe

Chinese Review Source Translation from Google Translate.

Lightweight and convenient to carry Sony MPCL1 good portable mini projector

Preface:
Video equipment is very advanced now, like a lot of high-end flagship phone or have support 4K video camera, any memorable pictures are instantly will shoot it down, but have you ever thought, if we just Chinese Lunar New Year reunion when you want to share memories, in addition to forwarding through intelligent means movie, there is no more immediate fast, and everyone can feel with the way?

With today Marco Kao joining us to share this one from the MP-CL1 Sony portable mini projector, all the problems have been solved, this mini projector will not only bring good light, but the built-in speaker, wanted to know it What are superior to others, now followed by Marco Kao borrowed less get to know Sony's MP-CL1 it!

The second half of the Sony firepower can be said, in the Division of products can be seen highly explosive product, TV division launched a history of the thinnest 4K TV, camera department has high sensitivity and low noise of A7S II and the smallest full-format digital camera RX1R II, mobile communications departments are brought in 4K screen phone Xperia Z5 Premium, can interact with intelligent Bluetooth Speakers BSP60, of course, developed for business 4K laser ultra-short focus projector, but the price is not the average person can start with. Fortunately, Sony in early October, to launch a relatively close to the people of action miniature projector MP-CL1, which is to share with you today, I keep the product.

PC Magazine Review

PC Magazine

BY M. DAVID STONE

The Celluon PicoPro ($379.99) is one of the most portable projectors on the planet. It weighs just 7 ounces complete with batteries, and it's small enough to fit comfortably in a shirt pocket. It lacks some features that are common for pico projectors, like the ability to show images stored in memory. However, it more than makes up for that by letting you easily project images from a cell phone or tablet, and it offers some neat tricks of its own, including eliminating the need to focus. Most important, it offers enough to make it our Editors' Choice pico projector.

Dallas Morning News Review

Great review. This is what the reviews of PicoP technology are going to be!!

New Review "Exceeded All Expectations"

TechnologyTell.com

"...Most all of us have experienced mobile music via connected smartphones, streaming services, and Bluetooth wireless headphones. But how about mobile movies? I’m so seriously, you guys. You gotta get one of these."

"...When it comes to easy and hassle-free use, the Celluon PicoPro definitely does it right. It’s straight plug-and-play with no onboard controls aside from power (press-hold), volume, and input (also press-hold to switch). All you do is turn the projector on, decide to use it wirelessly or via the included HDMI cable, and that’s it."

"...If you are running Android 4.0 or later, screen mirroring is baked right in. On my Galaxy Note 4, it’s one of my quick setting buttons at the top of my notification panel. Tap it, connect to the Celluon PicoPro projector, and that’s it. Instant mirroring from a mobile smartphone or tablet. 

The PicoPro does everything else all on its own with fixed brightness, contrast, color, saturation, and so forth. Not everyone is going to like the lack of settings or customizable presets. I’ve used projectors both ways, and sometimes you just want something to work right away without any additional fussing."

"In terms of wireless connectivity, my Galaxy Note 4 has had zero problems whatsoever. I hit the ‘screen mirroring’ button, wait a few seconds, and I’m in business. However, my Lenovo S8-50 tablet doesn’t fare so well. Half the time I’m required to reboot both devices so they see and link with each other (haven’t figured out what’s going on behind the scenes, yet)."

..."I have to say that the Celluon PicoPro projector has greatly surpassed all of my expectations. I went in thinking that it would be a cool little portable projector to tag along with my gear. You know, for fun. I wasn’t anticipating a powerhouse coming from the size of a smartphone (roughly). It’s bright, it’s sharp, it’s silent, and you can enjoy a full movie (and then some) before having to recharge."

Review from Asian Site

Tech.feng.com

　　威锋网 2 月 9 日消息 近日，曾推出很火爆激光镭射虚拟投影键盘的韩国厂商 Celluon，发布了一款外形袖珍的便携式高清投影机，名称就叫做 PicoPro，并且确定很快即将问世，定价大概在 350 美元左右。

　　Celluon PicoPro 是一款 LED 投影机，其分辨率略微奇葩，具体为 1920×720 像素。厂商表示，其对比度高达 80000:1，内置的电池充电一次可以续航两至三个小时左右。

　　顺应移动设备串流大屏幕的发展趋势，Celluon PicoPro 也支持 Miracast 和 DLNA，因此用户可以从基于 Windows 或 Android 的移动设备，将内容直接以镜像通过无线串流到投影机上播放。

　　当然，Celluon PicoPro 作为一款投影机，也设有 HDMI 接口，任何 PC 或游戏机都能够通过线缆连接投影机。至于苹果 iOS 设备，购买单独的转接头 Lightning Digital AV Adapter 之后才能接上投影机，不过转接头需额外花 44 美元。

　　近两年，微型投影技术飞速发展，国内有很多专注于微投的厂商。不过需要注意的是，微投由于尺寸限制的问题，性能和技术还是有别于传统投影机，特别在投影的实际效果上，亮度不足是最大的缺陷，投射超过 100 英寸的画面锐度和清晰度更是差一个档次。

　　不过话说回来，Celluon PicoPro 主打的是移动便携投影，重量仅 190g，满足用户带在身上拿出即用需求，随时随地与家人分享影音、音乐视频、社交媒体的照片或者向客户展示 PowerPoint 演示文稿。

　　Celluon PicoPro 零售定价 350 美元，大体上与目前市面上基于 Android 系统的微型投影机持平，但 80000:1 的对比度比传统产品大概 2000:1 的水平高出不少，实际效果如何还有待验证。

New Review From Technabob

From Technabob

What struck me first about the PicoPro was just how compact it is. It’s virtually the same size as my iPhone 6 Plus, but about 1/2″ thick. And it weighs just a hair more, at just 6.7 ounces. It’s also completely silent while turned on, since it needs no cooling fan. 

In the optimal environment, it can actually project an image up to about 100″ diagonal. I tested its ability to scale up, and the image stayed sharp, but was quite dim. That said, the only wide open wall I had that big wasn’t white, so that’s not a fair test. I’m reasonably certain that a white surface would make all the difference in the world. 

Regardless of its limitations, the PicoPro is a marvel of modern technology. If you had told me 10 years ago that I’d have a projector I could carry in my pocket, and required no external power supply or wires, I would have thought it was pretty far-fetched. 

The reviewer asked a direct question to Celluon about the unusual screen resolution and got this response:

"1920×720 resolution is an attribute of the display engine at the heart of the PicoPro/PicoAir. MicroVision’s PicoP® Display Technology uses a proprietary scanned laser beam methodology that has a fundamental advantage of supporting multiple output resolutions with a single MEMS mirror, as opposed to being limited to fixed resolutions like panel based displays. The number of pixels painted is dynamic, not fixed as in a panel. To achieve 1920×720, the image resolution is enhanced by upscaling the horizontal pixels from 1280 input to 1920 output. To maintain a standard 16:9 aspect ratio the display engine creates non-square pixels. The result is an image that surpasses the resolution and quality a typical 720p display by fitting more pixels into the space."