Showing posts with label IFA 2018. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IFA 2018. Show all posts

Friday, August 31, 2018

Neffos P1 -- Coolest smartphone at IFA

Thanks for sending this to me today Joe!

Neffos P1 with built-in projector is the coolest smartphone in the IFA

TechGenius




We are in the middle of IFA 2018, the great European electronics competition and mobile is definitely on the rise with several brands trying to surprise and capture the attention. However, with more or less suspense, there is always someone who can get in the middle of the big ads with something really interesting and this year was Neffos, with its new Neffos P1 with micro-electro-mechanical laser (MEMS) .

"A projector on a smartphone?" Our readers ask, knowing it's not a new idea, or that it has been particularly successful so far, but the Neffos P1 promises a 5000: 1 contrast image, superior to a typical one laser DLP, and did not forget to create a 200-inch image with automatic alignment with the wall. They are five meters diagonal with 150% coverage of the NTSC color space, and all this on a smartphone. Sacrilege!

The hardware of the Neffos P1 is not fully known at the moment, but we already know that it will have a battery of 4000mAh, which Neffos promises a projection of 4 hours.

Of course, Neffos P1 is just a prototype and there is still a question to ask as to whether this device will not only hit the market, but whether it will be a success as a good alternative to tablets or 2 in 1 for presentations corporate and work on the go .

I notice with pleasure that at least the design is bold in its black and gold, although the renders show somewhat shifted edges of the reality of the market, but that is interesting, is, so we hope for news about this peculiar smartphone that for now takes even the most exotic prize in the bestiary of IFA 2018.

Who wants a projector on the smartphone?

Thursday, August 30, 2018

IFA 2018 -- Google Assistant

"The Consumer Electronics industry works in cycles of infatuation."

That's so true, and great news for us. Consumers, (CE writers) and investors need things to be infatuated with.

Old things fall out of favor, new things come into favor. These personal assistants are coming into favor in a big way.


We KNOW they are coming with interactive projection, because the guts of it with Microvision include are already at one of the worlds largest electronic distributors.
We know that it's Google based: It's android, and I've done the Google smart Screens Walkthrough here before.

Of course, I'm looking for more "google on your countertop"  I expect we'll see more, the show isn't even open yet.


(Oh, and I've seen the Bosch Countertop projector -- let them make the concept popular -- what MVIS has is WAY better.)

IFA 2018

The Verge

"Good luck trying to find a new gadget at IFA 2018 without Google Assistant on it"


The consumer electronics industry works in cycles of infatuation. Every couple of years, some new technology captures the attention of most manufacturers and triggers a wild race to be the first, cheapest, or best with it. We’ve been through the netbook and e-reader manias, followed by the tablet deluge, the 3D TV moment, the 2-in-1 laptop transformation, the flood of Bluetooth speakers and headphones, and, most recently, the Alexa-fication of everything. This year at IFA, the unmissable common thread to new announcements is shaping up to be the Google Assistant.

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Amazon deserves a measure of credit for proving the viability and appeal of smart speakers with its Alexa-powered Echo, but what Google is doing with the Assistant is fundamentally different because it plugs users into a whole different ecosystem. Sure, once integrated within smart speakers or displays, the Assistant can be your voice remote control for music, or a cooking timer, or a deliverer of reminders, like Alexa can. But it’s the Google-on-your-countertop experience that truly differentiates it.

ALSO..... they like it, Microvision's projector is WAY BETTER.

Bosch Countertop Projector