@MyContestEntry: The hardware may be the same, but you need software to control the projector. I don't know if the IQ has the software required.
@iamchucky4life: It completely depends on how often you'd use it, and how valuable what it offers is to you. I am not you, so only you can decide that. Asking that question is like asking me if chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla. ;-)
It's a review unit sent to me by AT&T/LG. I think the price is $199, but I can't say for sure...it doesn't look like AT&T is selling it just yet. You'd have to call them I guess!
iPhone could never do something like this, but when they do after 10-20 years, they act like there are the inventor, i.e. iphone fan-boy would say: iPhone invented touch screen.
This is clearly the best phone on the market for anybody who needs computing power who cares about the projector. It runs just about any program you run on your laptop or pc, its basically a mini laptop. It has a tv out so you can download movies and watch them on your tv. with a 1 ghz processor this thing makes the all other phones look like toys. This is a serious phone for a serious user. It's sold out on AT&T. If you think this phone sucks your dumb.
I wanted to correct one thing you said: it doesn't run any program you run on your laptop or PC. It's a Windows phone, which means Windows Mobile, and as such it will only run applications designed for that operating system. I don't want anyone thinking that they can take a Windows program and run it on this phone. :-)
a bulky, useless accessory for a bulky, ugly phone. Excellent. 10 lumens? a 13w cfl light bulb can be well over 100 times that. I have never been impressed with dlp technology and this is no different. until we have pico projectors of 40+ lumens, i don't see a use for them.
i was pretty harsh, its hard to get all this technology into such a small device, but i still think they should just work on making a design that works, rather then one they can sell. i dont care if i have too wait a year or two, just give me a projector that actually works, and preferably doesn't kill battery life.
All technology has to start somewhere, and evolve. You don't get the perfect device right out of the gate - you build it, you learn from that process, you find out what needs to be improved, you build it again, etc. If no one launched technologies until they were "perfect" we'd have nothing at all. :-)
my only thought for this projecting somthing you recorded or picture for a small group of people when there's little light in the room. It won't be too offten, and the people who gets this will be trying to look cool.
i don't think its bad as a start. i remember when i used to work with mobile retailers and Sony Ericsson introduced a mobile with an external camera, it didn't come with the mobile so u have to pay extra, the picture was horrible in quality, and the whole concept seemed unnecessary and expensive, back then we used to joke about the people who waste their money on what we thought then something that will never catch on. how wrong we were.
Good point! All first gen products tend to have a lot of compromises, but technology has to start somewhere. Imagine five to ten years down the road if this can be integrated into a phone without adding bulk, and it's brighter, has stabilization so you can hand-hold it without it bouncing around, and it has auto-adjusting so the angle you're holding it at doesn't matter. Might be pretty cool then! :-)
I think it's like cool.. yeah.. but like it's very impractical for the price and the fact that you have to have that one phone. And how many time would you use this day to day?
I'm guessing(and by guessing I mean hoping) ponyxpress was being slightly sarcastic there.
I can't see this being a massive success. It might be a fairly small expansion to carry around, but like you said, you would need almost perfect conditions to make this usable.
Not sure on the range. AT&T/LG hasn't released an official spec sheet for the projector - the only info I have is from AT&T and they say it can create an image up to 40 inches in size.That seems to me like it would be maybe six feet back from a wall? Hard to say. Can you tell I wish I had more info about this thing? :-)
Too gadgetty! Not worth spending money on. Good review though! These swiss army knife phones are a trend, and will quickly grow old. A good laptop/netbook with a decent low-end projector would do MUCH better.
wait...can you get portrait AND landscape mode for TEXTING????
bakabunneh247 1 year ago
i really want this phone it awesome but im just a teenager that really wants this phone would suggest this phone for a teenager
killer0603048932 1 year ago
not bad,certainly not great,but still not bad,creative little gadget 7 out of 10.
they need to get off there asses and start making holo projectors! damn it!
KeithWasHere1 1 year ago
"and.. BOOM..." wtf. quit saying boom lol
audiojester 1 year ago
whens this out in the uk, or when do u think it will be unlockable for uk usage?
SICKM0F0 1 year ago
@arun9986161113 It looks "OK". As in, not great, but not awful - but what else would you expect from something this small? :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 1 year ago
I heard, not just anyone can buy this. Is that true? I heard you have to be a businessmen or something like that.
MyBigTyrano 1 year ago
@MyBigTyrano I have no idea. I heard the LG eXpo is hard to get right now anyway, so maybe it's the same thing for the accessories...
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 1 year ago
Is it possible I can buy this projector in america and use it on my LG IQ in canada?
MyContestEntry 2 years ago
As far as I know, no, you can't. The projector accessory is only for the LG eXpo.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
well actualy the IQ is the precise samne phone as the expo according to what i saw they only changed the name
MyContestEntry 1 year ago
@MyContestEntry: The hardware may be the same, but you need software to control the projector. I don't know if the IQ has the software required.
@iamchucky4life: It completely depends on how often you'd use it, and how valuable what it offers is to you. I am not you, so only you can decide that. Asking that question is like asking me if chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla. ;-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 1 year ago
@ThoughtsMedia eyeclops is a lot cheaper and basically the same thing and its made for kids.
KeithWasHere1 1 year ago
@ThoughtsMedia is it still hard to get
gud1272 1 year ago
sorry my kid was freaking out and i don't wanna watch the whole thing again but how big of a picture does it project?
letterpool 2 years ago
About 40 inches or so.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
I would love to see how a Remote Desktop session into a Windows PC functions via the projector.
DarthHick 2 years ago
Hey were did you get the projector and how much, Thanks!
Hchman1075 2 years ago
It's a review unit sent to me by AT&T/LG. I think the price is $199, but I can't say for sure...it doesn't look like AT&T is selling it just yet. You'd have to call them I guess!
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
cool i might get this phone on febuary
daniellealexisx 2 years ago
ill get the generation following this projection accessory. This one is too weak for the price they ask.
yammer123 2 years ago
do you think its good for teenagers cuz im 15 my step dad got it for me and he works for at&t
pk122345 2 years ago
@pk122345 yeahh watch movies with friends
SPACEJAMM1 2 years ago
Where did u get it?
1coolfootballdude 2 years ago
It's a review unit from LG/AT&T.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
How much for both. Or the pico？？
Monkeybread2010 2 years ago
Go ask an AT&T rep. :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
It looks awsome, but there is one huge problem. It runs WM... :P
I think it would kick more ass if it ran android, especially the new one.
dilirium22 2 years ago
Does the pico come with the phone. Or have to buy that to. ????
Monkeybread2010 2 years ago
It's an accessory that you need to purchase.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
omg that's the coolest phone ive ever seen! im so sick of people worshipping iphone
noboundariez 2 years ago 2
iPhone could never do something like this, but when they do after 10-20 years, they act like there are the inventor, i.e. iphone fan-boy would say: iPhone invented touch screen.
icycream0 2 years ago
This is clearly the best phone on the market for anybody who needs computing power who cares about the projector. It runs just about any program you run on your laptop or pc, its basically a mini laptop. It has a tv out so you can download movies and watch them on your tv. with a 1 ghz processor this thing makes the all other phones look like toys. This is a serious phone for a serious user. It's sold out on AT&T. If you think this phone sucks your dumb.
metlocal 2 years ago
I wanted to correct one thing you said: it doesn't run any program you run on your laptop or PC. It's a Windows phone, which means Windows Mobile, and as such it will only run applications designed for that operating system. I don't want anyone thinking that they can take a Windows program and run it on this phone. :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
You use the words "basicly" and "actually" way too much. Otherwise good.
printeh 2 years ago
a bulky, useless accessory for a bulky, ugly phone. Excellent. 10 lumens? a 13w cfl light bulb can be well over 100 times that. I have never been impressed with dlp technology and this is no different. until we have pico projectors of 40+ lumens, i don't see a use for them.
thebeetalls 2 years ago
As I said in the video, I don't know if it's 10 lumens or not - AT&T still hasn't provided us with any spec sheet on the projector.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
i was pretty harsh, its hard to get all this technology into such a small device, but i still think they should just work on making a design that works, rather then one they can sell. i dont care if i have too wait a year or two, just give me a projector that actually works, and preferably doesn't kill battery life.
thebeetalls 2 years ago
All technology has to start somewhere, and evolve. You don't get the perfect device right out of the gate - you build it, you learn from that process, you find out what needs to be improved, you build it again, etc. If no one launched technologies until they were "perfect" we'd have nothing at all. :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
hey. i have an lg neon. because they are both lg do u think this would work for my fone? thx! pls answer!
rbmproductions101 2 years ago
I doubt it - you'd have to ask LG though. :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
User scenarios naaa, I don't think it's useful for anything other than show off :S
Inspite of that, I bid the future holds more technology developments for such products
Mohamedhp 2 years ago
hey jason why dont you ever show us what you look like
mrlunz1975 2 years ago
My videos are about the products, not me, so that's what I'd prefer the focus be on. :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
hey jason i understand and keep making great video`s like you do
mrlunz1975 2 years ago
my only thought for this projecting somthing you recorded or picture for a small group of people when there's little light in the room. It won't be too offten, and the people who gets this will be trying to look cool.
Mouthmusician 2 years ago
yeah.. maybe "cool" kids in school..projecting picture of their ass crack during the class time? LOL justt saying haha
jojoonyoung 2 years ago
omg that was funny and then if they project it on the teachers face that would be funny
WWERocksfool 2 years ago
Vandilize is just mad cuz he's pry too broke to buy one haha...
shale0984 2 years ago
can you do the n86?
aznkilla10 2 years ago
Nope. I'm a Windows Mobile guy. Check out Mobile Burn, Phonescoop, or Phonedog...they do every phone out there. :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
the menu text is just like the zune
techfreak243 2 years ago
Yes, Windows Mobile and the Zune have a lot in common...lots of the same people are working on the user interfaces for both.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
i think it's a new way to do reviews!
JustinnnnChannel 2 years ago
This phone just seems like a gimmick, from the fingerprint sensor all the way to the projector. lame.
vandilize 2 years ago
when u said AT&T, LG, and TI it took me a second to realize that TI was texas instrumets. i thought u meant the rapper...
xxxtonio418 2 years ago
I've been wanting to know about this device since the commercial spot. Thanks for demonstrating it.
AJComixII 2 years ago
i don't think its bad as a start. i remember when i used to work with mobile retailers and Sony Ericsson introduced a mobile with an external camera, it didn't come with the mobile so u have to pay extra, the picture was horrible in quality, and the whole concept seemed unnecessary and expensive, back then we used to joke about the people who waste their money on what we thought then something that will never catch on. how wrong we were.
maaitah 2 years ago 2
Good point! All first gen products tend to have a lot of compromises, but technology has to start somewhere. Imagine five to ten years down the road if this can be integrated into a phone without adding bulk, and it's brighter, has stabilization so you can hand-hold it without it bouncing around, and it has auto-adjusting so the angle you're holding it at doesn't matter. Might be pretty cool then! :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
I think it's like cool.. yeah.. but like it's very impractical for the price and the fact that you have to have that one phone. And how many time would you use this day to day?
WeLikeWhatsFree 2 years ago
this would be so cool to have in school.
edgehead109 2 years ago
It's the wave of the future my friend!!!
ponyxpress2002 2 years ago
Phones with Pico Projectors? You really think so? Why? I have to wonder how many people would find this useful at this stage...
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
I'm guessing(and by guessing I mean hoping) ponyxpress was being slightly sarcastic there.
I can't see this being a massive success. It might be a fairly small expansion to carry around, but like you said, you would need almost perfect conditions to make this usable.
TaurusOxford 2 years ago
Heh. Communicating sarcasm in writing takes a fair amount of skill, and writing skill is in somewhat short supply around here at YouTube. ;-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
what kind of range does the projector have? You seemed to have trouble making the image sharp from even that short distance.
TaurusOxford 2 years ago
Not sure on the range. AT&T/LG hasn't released an official spec sheet for the projector - the only info I have is from AT&T and they say it can create an image up to 40 inches in size.That seems to me like it would be maybe six feet back from a wall? Hard to say. Can you tell I wish I had more info about this thing? :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 2 years ago
Too gadgetty! Not worth spending money on. Good review though! These swiss army knife phones are a trend, and will quickly grow old. A good laptop/netbook with a decent low-end projector would do MUCH better.
VideoGuyNC 2 years ago