| The world's second largest phone maker Samsung | | | | and local data connectivity options for Bluetooth 2.1 |
| has unveiled another world's first with the pico | | | | with A2DP and microUSB 2.0. There's also SatNav |
| projector-enabled Samsung Beam i8520 demoed at | | | | functionality with a built-in A-GPS receiver with Google |
| the recently concluded 2010 Mobile World Congress in | | | | Maps. |
| Barcelona. It runs on a proprietary 800 MHz processor | | | | Multimedia comes with media playback for all the |
| running the latest Android 2.1 Eclair platform with the | | | | popular media file formats that includes DivX/Xvid |
| TouchWiz UI. | | | | video, a stereo FM receiver with RDS and DNSe for |
| This is a real top-of-the-line smartphone that also | | | | surround and stereo widening effects. You get listening |
| features a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED capacitive | | | | options using either its 3.5mm headphone jack or going |
| multitouch screen and an 8.1 megapixel autofocus | | | | wireless with a Bluetooth A2DP stereo earphones. |
| camera with LED flash and true high definition 720p | | | | Display is tops with 3.7-inch Super AMOLED multitouch |
| video recording at a cinema-quality 30fps. There's just | | | | capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and |
| a handful of smartphones at the MWC you can count | | | | WideVGA resolution (800 x 480) that has scratch |
| with one hand that can touch this phone. | | | | resistant surface. It comes with the usual |
| Featuring the first ever Android smartphone with an | | | | accelerometer for auto-rotate viewing. |
| integrated projector, the Beam ups the projector | | | | With a 14.9mm body thickness, Samsung maximized |
| smartphone released last December by its main rival | | | | its CMOS sensor focal length to deliver an outstanding |
| compatriot LG Electronics whose LG Expo GW820 | | | | 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, face |
| QWERTY now looks primitive with a detachable | | | | smile/blink detection and geo tagging for it's a-GPS |
| snap-on pico projector. | | | | receiver. Another imaging standout with few peers is |
| This is not Samsung' first nor is pico projection new as | | | | its high definition 720p video recording at a |
| it had a similar pico projector smartphone released in | | | | movie-grade 30fps with video light. It also comes with |
| January 2009 called the Samsung Show using the | | | | a front-facing secondary VGA camera for 3G video |
| same Texas Instrument DLP chipset but now specified | | | | calls. |
| at WVGA resolution with a 6 lumens brightness that | | | | Its internal phone memory caps at 15 GB with 512 MB |
| can project a 50-inch wide image. | | | | ROM, 384 MB RAM and 32 GB microSD |
| Flagship Features | | | | expandability. Its battery life is arguably the best in the |
| The Beam is your quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 | | | | industry with 14 hours of talk times and 630 of standby |
| 900/1800/19000) on the 2G network and a tri-band | | | | time with a hefty 1800 mAh li-ion battery. Using its pico |
| UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (900/1900/2100) on 3G. You | | | | projector could eat more power but this didn't seem to |
| get WiFi 802.11/b/g/n with DLNA for hotspot support | | | | be a problem during its demo at the MWC. |