Moto Z Backplates

The Verge

One of the MotoMods seems easy enough to work out: it's a camera grip that appears to have its own sensor, lens, and flash. The other two are a little less obvious in function, but VentureBeat has reported that the MotoMods line will include cases with better speakers and a pico projector, and another leaked list suggests names for the range including "adventure," "theater," "stereo," "power," "style," and "pro camera."

Lenovo is likely to reveal the Moto Z at its Tech World conference in San Francisco on June 9th.

Droid Life

Sony Projector Module

What this has that Lenovo and Samsung didn't have is high-definition and focus-free operation. 

I strongly suspect that this page from SONY, exists now only because they larger OEMS they're already selling components to have already been introduced to it. They are likely also dealing with NDA issues: the customers they're selling components to don't want it announced ahead of time either. 

This Sony announcement tells us it's coming soon, and lets all of the second-tier OEMS know that it will be available very soon.


Mobile Fun

It’s a pretty impressive feat, and we can only imagine that Sony will try to bring such a system to a smartphone or tablet in the future. We’ve already seen both smartphones (the Samsung Galaxy Beam) and tablets (the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro) with pico projectors, but Sony might be able to find a way to craft a compelling experience in a way that its rivals have failed to do thus far.

Samsung S7

These kinds of reports are difficult to take seriously. There were a lot of recent articles talking about S7 having a holographic display though, and there was even some attention for a do it yourself holographic display. (video below)

So, some of the language in here was worthy of mention -- take it with some salt.

Previous Article  - mentions "light emission device"

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Samsung has currently been in the spotlight with the launch of its Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. And now comes the news of the Korean tech-company working on the Samsung Galaxy S7.

It is speculated that the new offering would be a foldable phone, however, there is no confirmations on the design yet.

Codenamed ‘Jungfrau,’ the S7 may come powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. Samsung may also be leaning towards using its own Exynos chipsets to power the device, according to Master Herald.

The tech giant’s flagship smartphone may boast of the world’s first holographic display, Christian Post noted. The site points towards a published Samsung patent application which depicts a mobile phone projecting images over its screen.

The projected images look much like the icons on the phone that could be activated with a touch. This indicates that the phone’s projector will be employing the camera to detect interaction with the holographs.

As per Master Herald, the company may not launch its flagship even though it may be ready by the year-end, since the Note 5 and the S6 Edge Plus are now making an appearance in the markets.

SONY MPCL1

This is pretty interesting. The author of this article from GizNoise, claims that they have reached out to SONY and that SONY has confirmed that the projector is real and that it will be available in October 2015. It also highlights the article from the SONY corporate communications that describes the MicroVision/Sony PicoP module.

So -- I'll call it completely confirmed that SONY has at least one product that will be released for the holiday season of 2015. [Thanks Bart]

-- We don't have an "official" confirmation yet, but I expect it soon.

From GizNoise

We’ve reached out to Sony and have had official word that the Sony MPCL1 HD pico projector is real and will be available in October 2015.

You can project onto any surface and there is no need to fiddle with a focus wheel. This is a great feature for ad-hoc viewing. You can throw an image up a wall or on the floor/ceiling and your image is instantly in focus.

You can learn more about the laser display technology that Sony have employed here.

Battery life hasn’t been disclosed yet by Sony but it does come with a 3000mAh Li-Ion Polymer battery which utilizes gel technology. I’m unsure how this plays out with viewing hours but a nice feature is that the Sony pico projector can charge your phone as well. So if you have your MPCL1 with you and you phone battery gets low, you can just top it off. A very nice additional feature!

So, it seems that Sony have entered the market into what I personally feel is going to the next big thing – Hi Definition portable pico projectors.

Link to Announcement of PicoP with SONY (2/20/14)

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Best PicoProjector technology From Giznoise