 Do you remember Kaleidoscopes from when you were a kid? Well, Nokia has paired the kaleidoscope with the cell phone and taken it to a new realm. The Kaleidoscope I is a stylish device the size of a salt shaker that can be worn as a pendant or tucked in a purse.
It uses infrared technology to receive images from a compatible imaging cell phones or digital cameras and enables users to create a mobile digital photo album. These images can then be viewed by looking through a viewfinder that contains new technology provided by Kopin's CyberDisplay 180K. The Nokia Kaleidoscope I can store up to 24 high-resolution digital images internally and up to 750 images using an external 64MB memory card in the device's memory card slot. Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, has selected the Kopin Corp. CyberDisplay™ 180K as the color microdisplay for Nokia's new Kaleidoscope I, an innovative picture-viewing and storage accessory for users of digital still cameras and next-generation mobile phone systems. The Kaleidoscope I reveals the future of cellular phone technology and is the first major foray by a major cell phone company into high-resolution microdisplays. The Nokia Kaleidoscope I takes the clarity and image quality of phone-based digital imaging to a new level, thanks to the Kopin CyberDisplay 180K, a color-filter microdisplay that contains 800 x 225 (180,000) pixel dots on a quarter-inch diagonal active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) surface. "How many of us have grown up with pictures of our children, grandchildren or friends in our wallets or pocketbooks?" said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's president and CEO. "One of the best features of a camera phone or very small digital still cameras available today is their ability to capture spontaneous events worth viewing for a lifetime. The Nokia Kaleidoscope I ties these together. Now you have a device to store and view these moments as large virtual images in their full crisp and colorful glory. The trend-setting Nokia Kaleidoscope marks Kopin's entry into telephone display technology with the world's largest cellular phone manufacturer. We strongly believe the recent developments in advanced features in cell phones bode well for Kopin's microdisplays." Kopin is the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays for consumer, military and industrial applications. The Nokia Kaleidoscope I is compatible with Nokia products that have both infrared and the Foreground Send and Receive feature, including the Nokia 3200, Nokia 3650, Nokia 6220, Nokia 6600, Nokia 6650, Nokia 7600 and Nokia 7650 phones, the Nokia 9210 and Nokia 9210i Communicators, Nokia Medallions I and II, and other Nokia Kaleidoscope I viewers. The Kaleidoscope I also works with compatible PCs with an infrared connection, or images can be loaded from a compatible MMC card. |
