An iPhone 5 can act as your personal music player and video streamer, and soon it will be able to project movies onto your bedroom wall.
At the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin this weekend, manufacturer Aiptek showed off a new handheld projector, the i55, designed specifically to work with the iPhone 5. Similar to the company's pocket projector for the iPhone 4, the device can take anything that appears on your iPhone's screen, enlarge it to 60 inches and display that image on any wall.
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A built-in speaker lets you listen to audio from the projector and a built-in battery keeps your iPhone charged while you watch. The i55 also has an HDMI input for projecting content from devices other than your iPhone that can work with the iPad mini and older iPhones with the help of an adapter.
Expected to retail for around $350, the projector is currently marketed exclusively to European markets. However, analysts anticipate it will eventually be available for customers in the United States as well.
Would you pay upwards of $300 for an i55? Tell us in the comments below.
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