Tired at squinting at tiny pictures on the small screen on your mobile device? A company called Neochroma is working on an attachment that would effectively enlarge that tiny display to the size of a desktop monitor. Already in prototype, users would slide their device into it. Lenses would then enlarge the display and effectively show the image with a viewing angle roughly equal to that of 19-inch monitor at a 30-inch distance.
The device will consist of plastic parts and lenses only, ensuring that it can be sold for a relatively inexpensive price. With some 850 million camera phones already sold and growing ot 1.5 billion by 2010, Neochroma is hoping that there are many who are frustrated with current device screen sizes and would find such a device handy. “Our strategy relies on a product that provides excellent image quality, since the picture is shown in a viewer that protects it from stray light. That also ensures perfect privacy,” says Patrick Amaru, founder and MD of Neochroma.
Neochroma expects that its devices will hit the market within two years.
Source: Mobinaute