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Projector phones: Cool app or visual pollution?

By Paul Marks

25 February 2009

IF HEARING other people’s music fizzing out of tinny headphones annoys you, get ready for even more irritation: chip maker Texas Instruments (TI) has shrunk a video projector to the size of a raisin and it says the device is cheap enough to become the next must-have feature for cellphones. This means people could project their photos, videos and Powerpoint-style presentations on walls, tables or just about any other surface.

But while specialists see some advantages in the technology, particularly in creating new ways to interact with cellphones, they also warn that it raises fresh privacy and security issues.

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