Gadgetory

hey everybody this is Erica the technology node like the film staff at Mobile World Congress collaborating with PocketNow I had found myself at the Sony booth taking a look at some really cool stuff one which is coming to market this summer called the xperia ear and the concept product the xperia projector both were very well received by attendees now the Xperia projector is very much a concept with no actual specs because Sony doesn't know when or even if they will bring it to market I suppose they are testing the waters to gauge interest before following through with it the gist is that it is a little box that they want to be a standalone product without needing to be connected to a smartphone and without needing to be plugged in so it will hopefully run off of battery power it can be projected onto a desk or flat surface or even a wall we don't know specs on range per size and projection however in fact every question I asked was met with a we don't know which shows how rough this idea really is right now the model currently being shown was running Android but they don't know what OS eventually will be used but a concept idea would be for Android to run on it and to be able to project apps the sky is the limit with this they showed a little bit of a mock-up interface and what they envisioned can be done with it so I kindly had them run the demonstration over again just for me can you run through that against everything oh yeah I can do yeah so the Xperia projector concept all comes in function y all right you have calendar which is the digital as well and I looked element you can add notes and you mark something and in first I'm going to tell me I want to go to the zoo with you on the 28th then they will sink on a meditation my Google Calendar right you can post it notes you can query on those here so no that's not it right you can also use it for any kind of conference programs Rama yeah full sweep of their minor friend is having a cup of tea so is there a camera there's a camera there you can see on top of course usually we can pop it up voice up right as well and then there's a demo over there as well which throw the picture against the walls recipes also have option if you put this on a kitchen table for combo right hook it up to your home heating system the air conditioning see you're a large power bill Wars I don't but you can see here now you put a more heating name thank you so much watching hook it up to your home security system check on the status of the doors windows etc etcetera I know of course you can play music with it as well it's the uncanny thing was that even though this is a prototype they had it tracking your finger movement so well in convincing enough for it to already feel very real so that everybody was so much wanting to know more so much wanting to touch it in interact with it it's too bad that this interface was really just a mock-up it didn't have too much you can actually do with it but this is a really cool technology imagine being able to turn any surface into a computer screen essentially and that's really what this is you don't have to worry about your countertop being dirty or whatever for example you're free to go and touch it and interact with it and it really tracks your hands well so I hope that they go and do more with this because I think I would buy it especially if it wasn't really heavy and if it had a pretty decent range on it now neither they nor I would have any idea what this would cost again this is extremely prototype I am curious though what do you guys think about this what can you imagine being done with this where would you want to see this take direction and most of all would you buy this otherwise we also have the Xperia e R that should be ready for purchase this summer June or July it's a smart Bluetooth headset you can use it to send or receive information as a personal assistant and get info from your phone without ever having to take it out of your pocket so that is really nice you can choose your voice engine as Google now or Sony though they say a thin if it's use use Sony's because it talks back to you with search results for instance the voice agent is launched by short pressing the main key so it is not voice-activated you can't say something like okay Google it also has a proximity sensor so it'll turn itself on if you put it inside your ear and it will greet you it feels pretty comfortable it kind of reminds me of a SmartWatch / personal assistant that you wear in your ear instead of on your wrist I can't help but think of cybus industries ear pods for you dr. Pooh fans out there so sony says it has 80 hours standby time 3.5 hours of talktime and it comes with a little compact carrying case last battery case that charges about three times so they say it's going to work with any Android device we don't know about iOS just yet and we don't know if price yet either that's something that will be announced a little bit later on so let me know what you guys think of this would you use this or would you rather use a SmartWatch this has been designed to be worn pretty comfortably for many hours a day so it's gonna be kinder to whether you want to walk around with a thing sticking out of your ear or talking to yourself looking like a crazy person or if you'd rather talk to your wrist so it's really one or the other a joke a kid this is pretty cool so again this has been Erica with pocket now youtube.com slash Erica Griffin let me know what you all think about these products and whether you would really like to use them and a special shout out and thank you to pocket now for letting me accompany them to MWC