We have seen a couple of phones come out with integrated picoprojectors as added features to new mobile phones today and apparently this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Based on forecasts made by In-Stat, the market for picoprojectors is expected to exceed $1.1 billion within the next five years.

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

• Illumination technologies continue to develop with vendors offering both LED and laser. Green laser is a critical development area.
• Projector module economies of scale will expand the market for embedded picoprojectors to lower-priced cellphones and media players in the near future.
• Among companies offering picoprojectors include 3M, Displaytech, Foxxcon, Light Blue Optics, Oculon, Optoma, Microvision, Toshiba, and TI.

The research, “Embedded Picoprojectors Ready To Break Out Worldwide”, covers the worldwide market for picoprojectors. It includes:

• Market shipments, attach rates and five-year forecasts for products using picoprojector modules: cellphones, computing devices, personal media players, digital cameras, digital camcorders, and accessory projectors.
• Worldwide picoprojector module shipments and revenue forecasts.
• Analysis of competing illumination technologies (LED, laser) as well as MEMS and liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) displays.
• Profiles of key technology vendors.

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When it comes to logging on to social networking sites like Facebook, subscribers just seem to want to log on and showcase images and some excerpts according to them. When they are away from their PC, the nearest device to use is the mobile phone on a limited capacity. But not anymore!

GoTV Networks, Inc., the industry’s largest mobile media network, today announced the launch of LiveFromYou, a new personal media application for mobile phones and social networks.

LiveFromYou is a mobile and web product that enables users to share the stories of their lives in pictures, videos and words with friends and family on their social network page. LiveFromYou automatically organizes pictures, videos, and other media for easy and instant sharing via an application widget loaded onto a user’s Facebook or MySpace page.

LiveFromYou curates and organizes media, whether it is currently present on the user’s social network page or ready to upload from a collection stored on a desktop PC, digital camera or mobile phone. Media is automatically presented in chronological order, either individually or grouped in user-defined albums on the innovative LiveFromYou timeline. When geo-code data is present, the media items or albums are also viewable on a map.

LiveFromYou is now available for Facebook and MySpace. In one easy process users can load the application to their personal page. The LiveFromYou application widget automatically imports the media from a user’s social network profile.

Key Features:

• Multimedia Sharing
• Easy Access
• Instant Media Uploads
• Map/Geo Tracking
• Security

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