Projectors to Magnify Cell-Phone Cinema

By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer, Electronic Devices / Hardware

Russell Hannigan, of Microvision Inc., demonstrates a handheld projector hooked up to an iPod during the CTIA wireless show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in this Tuesday, April 1, 2008 file photo. Recognizing it's not much fun to watch movies on a tiny cell phone, a number of companies are racing to develop gadgets that project what's playing on the small screen onto walls, table cloths and other handy surfaces. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

(AP) -- Recognizing that it's not much fun to watch movies on a tiny cell phone, a number of companies are racing to develop gadgets that project what's playing on the small screen onto walls, table cloths and other handy surfaces.

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Posted by joefarah 04/03/08 16:48

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Sad comment: "They prefer this...parents". I guess parents and teens have a lot of work to do! It wouldn't hurt if the rest of our culture recognized this problem and dealt with it too.