Showing posts with label Viewsmart PS1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Viewsmart PS1. Show all posts
Monday, January 4, 2016
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Chinese Phones to hit US / Phones are TVs
Tech that will change your life in 2016
Chinese Phones Hit the U.S.
Chinese smartphones are big globally, but little-known to U.S. shoppers obsessed with Apple and Samsung. In 2016, expect Chinese brands that don’t just undercut on price, but bring features from China’s thriving mobile culture. Huawei, the world’s third-largest smartphone maker, made the $449 Nexus 6P and has declared its intention for a U.S. launch of its flagship Mate 8, which also has a metal body, fingerprint scanner and large battery. Letv, a brand created by known as the “ Steve Jobs of China,” is also poised for a big U.S. splash. Then the ball’s in the court of the enormously valued startup Xiaomi, which has downplayed U.S. launch plans.
How to get ready: If you’re on the fence about buying a new Android phone right now, hold off. At the very least, don’t sign a service contract that ties you to a handset.
Chinese smartphones are big globally, but little-known to U.S. shoppers obsessed with Apple and Samsung. In 2016, expect Chinese brands that don’t just undercut on price, but bring features from China’s thriving mobile culture. Huawei, the world’s third-largest smartphone maker, made the $449 Nexus 6P and has declared its intention for a U.S. launch of its flagship Mate 8, which also has a metal body, fingerprint scanner and large battery. Letv, a brand created by known as the “ Steve Jobs of China,” is also poised for a big U.S. splash. Then the ball’s in the court of the enormously valued startup Xiaomi, which has downplayed U.S. launch plans.
How to get ready: If you’re on the fence about buying a new Android phone right now, hold off. At the very least, don’t sign a service contract that ties you to a handset.
from a different wsj article...
Phones are TVs -- (Why we're jealous of Chinese Smartphones)
In China, phones aren’t second-class citizens when it comes to watching shows and movies.
The best stuff is mostly available to stream online. China’s historic challenges with protecting intellectual property have helped the market invent new business models for media. Services like Youku Tudou, iQiyi and Tencent Video convinced many piracy-stricken content owners to join, rather than fight, the demand for online video by making it legitimate and getting paid for it through video advertisements. If you pay, you watch without ads.
Chinese can legally watch recent episodes of “Game of Thrones” free on a video site owned by Tencent, though censors make it considerably less exciting than what Americans see on HBO.
Now China’s online video services are even producing 360-degree virtual reality shows designed for the mobile world. We’re not holding our breath for U.S. TV producers to invest in a VR version of “The Big Bang Theory” anytime soon.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
ViewSmart Laser Pico Projector - UPDATED
FCC Document (Particularly Image #12 is of interest, it seems to be the same size and shape of the Sony PicoP module.) The size checks out with the SONY module HERE. It does appear to me that the pictures are of a working unit that was disassembled for the pictures.
Top Menu of Device at FCC
This article From Big5 is showing imagery of the ViewSmart (95% confidence) and is using this MEMS image with is showing MicroVision MEMS. Source
Top Menu of Device at FCC
This article From Big5 is showing imagery of the ViewSmart (95% confidence) and is using this MEMS image with is showing MicroVision MEMS. Source
I believe this engine was in a working model and was removed for the included pictures which would explain the "damage" on the unit.
As you can see the dimensions are the same as claimed in the SONY release about the PicoP engine they make. (HERE)
So, where should we be with degree of confidence on this? There are some key terms used and some inconsistencies to consider:
Two Points against
1) The Viewsmart company claims their guy created the technology.
2) The Viewsmart company claims higher resolution than the SONY engine we know about provides.
Points FOR it being MicroVision:
1) The engine has the same shape and size of the SONY engine.
2) The engine is using lasers,
3) The engine is using MEMS
So, I'd give about 95% confidence that this is a MicroVision enabled product. There is enough given that points towards MVIS, and the things that point away would be explainable as the input going into the unit could be 1080P, and the resulting display being better than 720P... they may be giving themselves the benefit. As for credit for inventing the technology, one guy probably could have assembled the components and made this device possible.
From Giznoise
From an Article by Andrew Strachan
The latest rumors are that we are about to see another laser projector hit the market in December 2015.
From the images within the FCC filing, it seems that the ViewSmart PS1 utilizes a 5 laser Microvision/Sony PicoP laser module system very similar to that which Celluon and Sony have recently implemented in their models.
My personal opinion, is that the PS1 is using the same (or similar) Sony module that you will find inside both the Pico Air, Pico Pro and MPCL-1.
From what we can gather, the ViewSmart PS1 will contain at least the following features :-
- Android OS
- Icon driven menu system
- Touchpad
- Wi-Fi / DLNA
- PC Connectivity
- Video Player
- Music Player
- Photo Browser
So, if you have thought about getting a laser pico projector or you would like a pico projector with better features than the Sony MPCl-1 or Celluon PicoPro, it may be worth waiting until December to see what the ViewSmart PS1 has to offer.
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