Getting a pico phone to be affordable enough for teens would be a challenge, but Novak says carriers are likely to subsidize the devices if they believe they can recoup the difference through data fees.
FORBES: TI Says Pico Projectors Poised For Mobile Phone Resurgence
When fitted with a pico-projector, the Skinput system could display an image of a digital keyboard on a person's forearm.
The highlight is iconic Morro do Pico a thin, 1, 023-foot-high peak that surely wowed the Portuguese expeditionary force that discovered it in 1503.
Would you be interested in a pico projector phone?
FORBES: TI Says Pico Projectors Poised For Mobile Phone Resurgence
Linking pico phones to 4G and video transforms pico phones into a sales tool for carriers to sell data packages to consumers or to nudge people who already pay for data to purchase higher-capacity plans.
FORBES: TI Says Pico Projectors Poised For Mobile Phone Resurgence
For one thing, you're going to need a lot more than just your phone, including a projector ( pico will do fine for your needs) and a tripod.
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Pico projectors looked like a short-lived fad.
FORBES: TI Says Pico Projectors Poised For Mobile Phone Resurgence
India already supports a few pico phones.
FORBES: TI Says Pico Projectors Poised For Mobile Phone Resurgence
Based on the incredibly compact Pico-ITX form factor, measuring 10 cm x 7.2 cm, the VIA EPIA-P910 Pico-ITX combines a 1.0GHz VIA QuadCore E-Series processor and the latest VIA VX11H MSP to offer superior computing performance for ultra compact systems.
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There's also a lack of enclosures for the Pico-ITX motherboard size, where there's a Catch 22 situation of manufacturers unwilling to create cases for a limited market, and consumers unwilling to buy motherboards without a decent array of cases.
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Hulton, director of applications for the high-performance computing company Pico, and Muller, a researcher for mobile security firm CellCrypt, plan to make their decryption method free and public.
On the technology side, TI has been focusing on shrinking its pico chipsets, which boast a miniature version of the technology TI provides to cinemas and overhead projectors.
FORBES: TI Says Pico Projectors Poised For Mobile Phone Resurgence
On top of never having to remember a password again, Pico users would be theoretically immune from phishing attacks, choosing weak passwords, or even having their password stolen by an over-the-shoulder snoop.
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The server would then send back a message that only the unique Pico computer would be able to decrypt with its own secret key assigned to that service.
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Providing superior performance and outstanding display capabilities, the VIA EPIA-P910 Pico-ITX provides the ideal platform for a wide array of next-generation ultra compact devices for applications in health-care, logistics, fleet management and other vertical market segments.
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In developed markets like the U.S., TI says a range of phones would benefit from pico projectors. (The technology will run on any mobile operating system and is compatible with chipsets from companies other than TI.) Business-centric smartphones could include projectors for displaying PowerPoint projections or sales videos while high-end feature phones could incorporate them for social networking for teenagers.
FORBES: TI Says Pico Projectors Poised For Mobile Phone Resurgence
Microvision's current pico projection engine uses red and blue laser diodes and a frequency-doubled "synthetic" green laser to create a full color image.
Pico Iyer, who is of Tamil origin, has written a very different book.
Trust us, the sharp and large picture you may hope for from this device is possible only in very limited circumstances -- even a moonlit night seems likely to mess with your enjoyment of the attached pico projector's output.
Though the LUMILEO P100 is a very small device that fits into even the smallest pocket, the pico-presenter punches above its weight: Its long-lasting LED light combined with the high-quality optics allow users to project pictures up to a size of 152 cm (measured diagonally) onto a wall.
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With this in mind, Texas Instruments' DLP arm has unveiled a new system at MWC known as IntelliBright, which is intended to improve the brightness of pico projectors without making hardware hungrier.
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