Remember the Samsung Galaxy Beam? If you’re one of the select few wanting a built-in pico projector with your smartphone then Samsung has you covered. Last we heard about this little projector smartphone it was headed for the UK in July, and now it’s finally available for pre-order for all 10 of you interested.
After initially missing the April launch date, it is now currently available in Europe and Singapore for pre-order and will be officially available tomorrow. In case you forgot, Samsung released a Galaxy Beam once before that is stuck on Android 2.1 and is quite old, so for those who enjoyed it this will be a decent upgrade.
We got our first hands-on with this phone back at MWC this year, and hopefully will get more time with it soon. The phone rocks a 15-lumen projector and bulb that shoots a 640×480 image up to 50 inches diagonally. It should last for well over 20,000 hours so you can expect years of usage from the pico up top. The rest of the specs are quite generic and you’ll get a 4.0-inch AMOLED screen, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 5 megapixel camera and a decent little phone. I keep imagining streaming Netflix on my ceiling while in bed, or watching YouTube videos and I’m sold. You can buy it outright for $541 from Exansys too.
Story Timeline Samsung Galaxy Beam official with integrated Pico projector Samsung Galaxy Beam Hands-on Samsung Galaxy Beam to hit UK this summer Samsung Galaxy Beam set to brighten the market this April Samsung Galaxy Beam pre-orders begin in UK Samsung Galaxy Beam hits the FCC headed to AT&T Android Community Weekly: July 8th, 2012 // startHeight ? startHeight : newHeight; box.animate({height:newHeight,duration:500, easing:'bounceEaseOut'},function(){ if(boxH > startHeight){ jQuery('#toggle_device a').text('See More'); jQuery('.ac_device_spec a').css('background','url(http://cdn.androidcommunity.com/wp-content/themes/ewdisonv2/images/acw_device_down.gif) no-repeat'); } else {jQuery('#toggle_device a').text('See Less'); jQuery('.ac_device_spec a').css('background','url(http://cdn.androidcommunity.com/wp-content/themes/ewdisonv2/images/acw_device_up.gif) no-repeat'); } } ); }); }); // ]]> Device Specifications and Information Device Info Device Name : i8530 Galaxy Beam Manufactuer : Samsung Carrier : NAAnnounced Date : February 26, 2012Release Date : TBAAlso Known As : Display Screen Size : 4.0 Inch Resolution : 480x800Screen Type : TFT Dimension & Weight Height : 4.88 Inch Width : 2.53 Inch Depth : 0.49 Inch Weight : 145.3 Grams Battery & Power Battery Type: Lithium Ion Battery Capacity : 2000 mAhTalk Time : NAStand By Time : NA SoftwareAndroid OS: 2.3.xAudio Playback: AACAAC+AMRMIDMP3WAVWMAVideo Playback: h.263h.264 / AVC3GPMPEG-4 (MP4)WMVMessaging: SMSMMSIM Hardware CPU : NovaThor U8500 CPU Clock Speed : 1000 Mhz Core : 2 Ram : 768 MB Internal Storage : 8 GBFront Facing Camera :
Camera Resolution : 5 MPExternal Storage: MicroSDCamera Features: Auto focusFlash720p Video RecordingSensors: AccelerometerAmbient lightProximityQWERTY :
Cellular Network Network Technology: GSMGSM Band: 85090018001900
Device Connectivity Wi-Fi: 802.11b802.11g802.11nBluetooth: Bluetooth 3.0A2DPLocation Features: CompassGPSCellular locationWi-Fi locationFM Radio :NFC :
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