{"id":120263,"date":"2015-05-29T07:23:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T07:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=120263"},"modified":"2015-05-29T07:23:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T07:23:21","slug":"lenovo-phone-features-virtual-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=120263","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo phone features virtual keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese electronics giant Lenovo has unveiled a phone with a built-in laser projector that can be used to display a virtual keyboard or display.<\/p>\n

The interactive display can replicate the phone’s touch screen, a full-size computer keyboard or even piano keys.<\/p>\n

The laser projector can also be used to beam images and videos onto walls.<\/p>\n

The Smart Cast phone was unveiled at the company’s Tech World conference in Beijing, where the firm also unveiled a new type of smartwatch.<\/p>\n

‘Headline-grabbing’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The laser projector measures just 34mm by 26mm by 5mm and, said Lenovo, does not need focussing to project sharp images onto walls or other flat surfaces.<\/p>\n

A video showing the Smart Cast in action shows how twisting the mounting for the device’s lens turns it from a standard wall projector into “surface mode” that beams the display on to a table top.<\/p>\n

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The Magic View watch reveals a second “private” projected screen when the device is held close to the face<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A kickstand mounted on the back of the phone keeps the device upright while the virtual keyboard is in use.<\/p>\n

At Tech World, Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang used the virtual keyboard to play a version of The Entertainer.<\/p>\n

Mike Lowe, reviews editor at gadget site Pocket-lint, who has tried out the phone said there was far less delay using the virtual keyboard with the Smart Cast than was apparent on other devices with similar input systems.<\/p>\n

“The history of the projector phone is hardly rosy,” he said. “Samsung launched the Galaxy Beam in 2012 and that bombed. It’s not been a booming industry for any other manufacturer since.”<\/p>\n

Mr Lowe said his experience with the phone did not convince him that the Smart Cast would break that cycle.<\/p>\n

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Lenovo suggests that its Smart Cast phones’ projected images could be used to play music and games<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“It’s fun, but ultimately a gimmick,” he said. “It’s hard to be accurate with the increased scale of the keys for starters, plus the demo was in a dimly-lit room.”<\/p>\n

In a separate demonstration, he added, Lenovo showed ways to use the interactive projected display to play games.<\/p>\n

“It’s fun, it’s headline-grabbing, but it’s also impractical, not coming to the UK and well, just isn’t a product anyone is likely to genuinely need,” he said.<\/p>\n

Tech World also saw Lenovo show off a smart watch, called Magic View, that has two screens.<\/p>\n

The device has a standard “public” screen viewable by anyone and a second “private” projected screen only visible when the watch is held close to the face and at a specific angle.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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