14 DAY TRIAL // If you were wondering what weird gadget was going to spring up next, only to be lost in obscurity shortly thereafter, GeChic may have the answer, though it no doubt wishes its invention will catch on somehow.
To go right to the point, GeChic has reportedly created a very special kind of monitor, one that most people can do without.
After all, smartphones have their own screens, even if they are small and potentially unruly.
Indeed, GeChic's newest monitor is a portable model meant to be used with smartphones on the go.
Unfortunately, it isn't the easiest thing in the world to use, despite how a portable product is supposed to be quick and easy to set up.
Not only does it have to be connected to the phone itself, but it needs a 5V USB mobile battery to run, not to mention an AV adapter in case you have an iPhone, or an MHL-to-HMDI adapter for non-Apple phones.
Not only that, but even the screen itself isn't that incredible, even though it supports HD image quality.
The 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution is nice enough, but the response time of 16ms is rather underwhelming, not to mention the viewing angle of a mere 45 degrees.
Still, the display has some merit as an idea, and we wouldn't be surprised if someone combined the concept with the rollable displays Samsung patented recently.
Hopefully, those ones won't be quite as expensive as GeChic's invention though. Despite the so-called “assets”, the On-Lap 1302, as the portable monitor is called, has a price of $229.99, which translates into 174.80 Euro.
Currently, the list of supported phones is composed of the Apple iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy SII and the HTC Sensations. More should follow, assuming they support MHL and that GeChic manages to establish at least a small niche market segment.
