Samsung grabs the limelight with new projector phone

It’s a phone that doubles as a home cinema — and the latest offering from Samsung was grabbing all the limelight at the opening day of the World Mobile Congress.

Using a HD projector, the Samsung Galaxy Beam can project images, including games, video clips and photographs, on to any flat surface such as a wall or ceiling.

Images are of good enough definition to be viewed up to 50 inches wide, maintains Samsung, or at least up to that of a reasonably sized television. Although the South Korean manufacturer claims its strong backlighting enables the device to be bright enough to work outside, a darkened room is necessary for effective viewing.