It's been more than five months since we first saw the Samsung Galaxy Beam
at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and now it looks like the
phone/projector hybrid is set to officially make its way to the UK. A
Samsung press release indicates that the Beam is available in Britain
from today, though no specific retailers, networks or price points are
mentioned. Pre-order prices have suggested a fairly hefty £454.80 including VAT, or £379 (~$600) excluding VAT to buy the Beam outright.
The reason you might pay that much is the Galaxy Beam's built-in pico
projector, which allows you to fire images up to 50 feet away from the
device, depending on various factors like ambient lighting. Other specs
are relatively run-of-the-mill -- a 1GHz dual-core CPU, a 4-inch WVGA
display, 5MP camera and Android 2.3 Gingerbread
(yeah, we know) backed up by Samsung's TouchWiz software. So there are
certainly better deals to be had elsewhere for mainstream buyers, but if
you want a portable image projector that ties into your smartphone,
this is, for the moment, the only way you'll be able to get it.
We've got the full spec sheet and today's press release after the break.
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