Lancer's iJector is the $700 projector for your $200 iPhone

For that $700 price quoted above you were probably hoping for some sort of impossibly small and stylish pico projector, able to consume your iPhone, beam its contents onto the nearest flat surface, and make everyone nearby say "Ooh." Sadly the truth is not quite so charming, with Lancer Corporation's iJector looking to be smallish but not particularly svelte -- or stylish, for that matter. It sports the ubiquitous iPod dock on top that will accept a suite of Apple devices ranging from Gen 1 iPod nanos to iPhones running OS 3.0, and also has video input and output so that it can work with non-Apple devices, beaming a maximum 50-inch image at a disappointing 557 x 234 resolution. Did we mention that, at ¥64,800, it's nearly $700? It is, and it's shipping to Japan next month if for some reason you're still interested.

[Via CoolestGadgets]

[nvidiagtx @ Jun 26th 2009 8:16AM]

meh..

[BAWWW @ Jun 26th 2009 8:20AM]

wow...
:/

[Patrick @ Jun 26th 2009 8:30AM]

iPhone...... the slinky of the new millennium

[Bob @ Jun 26th 2009 8:46AM]

Pet rock?

[PoisonWolf @ Jun 26th 2009 8:37AM]

Im curious as to who would actually fork out that kind of money for this darn thing. With 700 USD, you can just have a full-blown laptop/netbook/desktop, etc.

[martin @ Jun 26th 2009 8:53AM]

how does a laptop compare to a projector though?

thats like saying why buy a cake for $5 when you can get a magazine for the same cost, its 2 different things

[PoisonWolf @ Jun 26th 2009 9:04AM]

Martin,

While that is true and I agree with you, I am looking at it from the standpoint of cost and worth. While they are not on the same grounds in terms of comparison, in terms of worth, I'd rather spend the 700 USD in cost on purchasing something else which brings more worth to -me-. It just doesn't make sense for anyone to buy this product. The next thing you know, they'll want you to buy a wirelesskeyboard and a mouse with it so you can make it a portable computer or something.

[bjay @ Jun 26th 2009 8:38AM]

Wow....dat one ugly device

[tyler @ Jun 26th 2009 8:54AM]

If this thing was $800, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

[Galley @ Jun 26th 2009 9:16AM]

An iPhone will output 480p. Why won't this POS?

[Joe @ Jun 26th 2009 9:40AM]

Because it's "only" $700 "worth" of projector...

[Joe @ Jun 26th 2009 9:39AM]

Last time I checked, an iPhone cost close to $2K - after you get done paying for the minimum required service contract.

[NeoHumpty @ Jun 26th 2009 9:43AM]

lol. Agreed.

[Tijuanatom @ Jun 26th 2009 10:24AM]

or there's this:
http://www.phonesuit.com/products/MiLi_Pro_iPhone_iPod_Video_Projector-18-10.html

[Karl @ Jun 26th 2009 10:25AM]

"iJector" sounds like the title of a porn movie.

[toyotaboy @ Jun 26th 2009 1:17PM]

I see two flaws with this:

1. those dock cradles with the connector poking out always break eventually, would be better off with a retracting cord
2. How do you navigate during a presentation if it's sitting in a cradle (and when you poke the screen you'll further stress that connector and break it).

I guess what I'm saying is I want my display to wirelessly send to a projector through bluetooth

[jon @ Jun 26th 2009 1:43PM]

Only two?

[Wwhat @ Jun 26th 2009 1:58PM]

There are plenty of engadget writers that are still interested I bet, in anything that glorifies the iphone.