Tablets have proven themselves great for a number of reasons: you can take all of your favorite reading material on the road without weighing yourself down; you can download plethora apps to do just about anything you need; and you can download and stream videos to help pass the time when traveling. But what if you want to share that video with a large group of people? We’re not talking about the video file itself, but rather enjoy watching it together. Sure, you could hook it up to your television, but who has the time to fiddle with cords! Enter: Promate’s LumiTab, the self-declared first-ever tablet with a built-in projector.
The Lumitab offers a first in the world of tablets: a small integrated projector for there to on the screen of your tablet. Unlike the 15 lumens pico projector built into the Samsung Galaxy Beam smartphone, the model installed in the Lumitab this double power and up to 35 lumens with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels to project over 100 inches diagonal.
Despite the limited success of the Galaxy Beam, the Chinese company behind this tablet intends to retry the challenge with this tablet in the hope that this technology raises the curiosity of consumers. According to the statement published on the manufacturer's website, LumiTab is ideal for business presentations for projection and viewing a film, as well as the ebook family reading.
In terms of other features, the tablet is powered by a TI OMAP 4460 dual-core processor clocked 1.5 GHz (Cortex A9), 1GB of RAM and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. IPS screen has a diagonal of 7 inches and a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixel. There are also 16 GB of internal memory (expandable), stereo speakers, a front and 2 megapixel camera on the back, a door mini HDMI, micro USB, Bluetooth 4.0 and 4800 mAh battery.
No info on pricing or release dates for this Lumitab.
