Micro-projectors coming to future Apple Devices

Digitimes reports that a bunch of tech companies including Apple Inc are gearing up to include micro-projectors in their hand held devices. This would allow video on these devices to be displayed on any surface rather than confining it to a small screen.

Taiwan-based Foxlink has stepped into the development of micro projectors, and the company is currently developing the products in cooperation with a handset client from Europe, according to sources with Taiwan handset makers.

Foxlink has sent related samples to the client for verification, which may pave the way for small shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009, the sources noted.

International brand vendors, including Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Apple, reportedly all plan to launch handsets with built-in micro projectors by the end of this year, indicated the sources, adding that Foxlink is likely to benefit from the emerging trend due to its strong business relationships with Nokia and Apple.

[DigiTimes]