Hands-on review: IFA 2015: Lenovo Smart Cast Smartphone concept

Hands-on review: IFA 2015: Lenovo Smart Cast Smartphone concept

By Juan Martinez

Hands-on review: IFA 2015: Lenovo Smart Cast Smartphone concept

Hate how small your smartphone screen is? Have you sworn off giant phablets? Lenovo may be in the process of inventing the perfect technology for you.

The Lenovo Smart Cast Smartphone enables you to project images and video onto tabletops and walls. This means you may someday be able to turn any screen on your smartphone into a 10-inch-wide projection.

But the Smart Cast isn’t just for passive viewing. The hardware projector sits atop (or beneath) your smartphone and can sense movements via infrared light. This gesture control functionality means you can turn any flat surface into an interactive touchscreen.

Lenovo Smart Cast Smartphone

Design

The Smart Cast portion of the smartphone is a one-inch tall camera and projector that sits above the smartphone’s screen. It directs a bright projection onto the tabletop eight inches in front of the phone, or about 15 inches onto a wall behind the phone.

The phone features a hardware button that initiates the Smart Cast. Once triggered, the button automatically pulls up a folder containing every app that can interact with the Smart Cast. Lenovo has developed approximately 10 apps that work with the Smart Cast, including productivity tools like Email, Messaging, Calculator, …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Phones

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