rebekkah transatlantic: Samsung Galaxy Beam Is Both a Smartphone and Projector

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Beam Is Both a Smartphone and Projector

BARCELONA: The Mobile World Congress hasn?t even officially kicked off yet, and Samsung is already on fire, announcing devices left and right. After the 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, next in line is a smartphone/mobile projector combo called Samsung Galaxy Beam.

The device?s dual-core 1 GHz CPU, 4-inch, 800?480 screen, 5-megapixel rear camera (with an additional VGA one on the front) and Android 2.3 don?t do much to differentiate it from the other mid-to-high-range Androids out there.

What makes it different from most other smartphones on the market is its ultra-bright, 15-lumen projector, which lets you project a 50-inch wide image on a wall ? really handy for presentations or those moments when you want to share your holiday photos with your family and friends.

Interestingly enough, Samsung says the device has 6 GB of RAM memory, but we?re seriously doubting that, and will update the article when we learn more.

Update: apparently, what Samsung really meant was 768 MB of RAM memory, while the ?6? figure was referring to the memory speed ? in gigabits. So, if you were hoping to have a smartphone that has more memory than most PCs, we have to disappoint you: the Galaxy Beam is not it.

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Samsung Galaxy Beam