Gadgets: Pico Projectors

These projectors first appeared as freestanding, companion units to cell phones and other devices connected by standard cables. Cell phone service providers have been the driving force behind the development with the goal of embedding the micro projectors, like the common cell phone camera.

I was intrigued after reading an article on the emerging technology last year.  These micro projectors have some possibility for impromptu meetings and mobile presentations.

An Amazon reviewer says:

"We have a number of people that travel a lot for training purposes. They usually have to pack around a laptop/dvd player, projector, external speakers, and all of the wires needed to connect everything together. They are usually in smaller rooms presenting to small groups. For this purpose, the projector is going to work very well.

Here is what we have put together. Instead of packing around the equipment mentioned above, our managers now have their iPhone or iTouch, the Optoma Pico Projector, and a set of mini speakers from a company called Grandmax (Grandmax.com). The speakers are powered from the iPhone and are not much bigger than the projector (the sound is excellent for the size). They are able to show videos, pictures, and PowerPoint presentations (you need a program to convert the PowerPoint presentation to a video to do this) and not have to pack a ton of equipment to do it.

It will be exciting to see where this technology goes in the future. However, as for now, this projector does a decent job as long as you can live with the shortcomings. It's not perfect and a lot of people will not be happy with the quality, but it has the potential to be a very worthwhile tool if you have a specific need that this projector can satisfy."

"Expect LED projectors to be used in all kinds of devices, including cell phones, digital cameras, game machines, portable media players, and even laptops!!!" www.projectorreviews.com

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