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First Orders Taken For the SHOWWX Pico Projector
Original at CyberTheater
• Wed, Nov 4
By Steve Anderson So a new brand of pico projector, the SHOWWX, has burst onto the scene and has already taken orders for the tiny devices. Microvision, the company behind the SHOWWX, has struck a deal with a European mobile phone producer to basically attach SHOWWXs to their line of phones. This is actually...
The HYPOLED OLED Pico Projector Project
Original at CyberTheater
• Thu, Oct 1
By Brian Pico Projectors may yet come out in high performance resolutions should this project continue to gain ground in their developmental stage. Now on its 18th month, this European project has been showing some great results. The new OLED pico projectors have so far come up with a new VGA 0.18-mi...
Samsung P410M Pocket Projector
Original at CyberTheater
• Fri, Sep 11
By Brian Samsung Electronics unveils another portable projector suitable for games and presentations with the release of the Samsung P410M portable projector. This is a LED-based DLP pocket projector and weighs less than 2 lbs. It has the standard connectivity features that include a USB port,...
Opus Set to Release Laser Pico Projectors
Original at CyberTheater
• Wed, Jul 22
By Brian If this interview is any indication of good things to come for Opus technologies, then we may yet see another new innovation as far as the influx of pico projectors in the market. Opus plans on delivering a new MEMS based laser scan pico projection solution. The new Opus solution is a two-axis...
Aiptek T30, T20 Pico Projectors
Original at Gear Live
• Thu, Jun 11
WA What better use of a pico projector than to be adapted for small hardware as Aiptek has done with its T30 and T20. The T30 is geared for iPhone and iPod users who want to have a larger view than they get now with an RGB LED included and an image size ...
Asia Optical to start shipping pico projectors in July
Original at DigiTimes
• Wed, Jun 10
Pico projectors and high-end home theater projectors Asia Optical's new product line for Asia Optical, with the latter already launched into production, ... and more »
Thanko's New Tiny Micro LED Pico Projector, Now on
Original at AkihabaraNews
• Fri, Jun 5
Japan Here's Thanko's latest Pico Projector, the MINIJEC1… In just the palm of you hand, 61x37x60mm and just 142g, you can project video from a PC, and even an ipod video or iphone. It's resolution is quite standard, 640x480, with 10 lumens brightness and a ... Sale, Hands-on ITvoir
Pio Pico state park could close due to state budget woes
Original at Whittier Daily News
• Fri, May 29
CA By Bethania Palma Markus, Staff Writer WHITTIER - Pio Pico State Historic Park could soon be shuttered, if officials move forward with plans to close 220 parks in the midst of a state fiscal crisis. The park, located at 6003 Pioneer Blvd., ...
VIA-Developed Pico-ITXe Claims Center Stage at Computex 2009
Original at Hard OCP
• Mon, May 25
TX VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the recently launched Pico-ITXe form factor received the coveted 'Best of Computex' award by the Taiwan Computer Association and the Taiwan External ...
Micron Moves Into Micro-Projector Imagers
Original at Twice
• Wed, May 20
By Greg Tarr -- TWICE, 5/20/2009 7:34:00 AM Boise, Idaho — Memory chip maker Micron Technology said Wednesday it has acquired DisplayTech, a manufacturer of small display screens for camera viewfinders and display chips for Pico-style projectors, ...
Mock terror attack held at Pico Rivera High School
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Sat, May 16
By Brian Day, Staff Writer LA Sheriff s SWAT members move in to rescue wounded officer during the School Terrorism Awareness and Response (STAR)exercise held Saturday , May 16, 2009, at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera. (Correspondent photo by Mike ...
Nifty device
Original at Hindu Business Line
• Wed, May 13
India LG Electronics has launched a new palm-size pocket projector, the HS102G. Targeting both the business and home consumers, it is among the smallest projectors available in a dimension of 15.4 x 11.7 x 5 cm and weighs 780 gm. The projector is optimised ...
Sneaking A Peek At Pico Projectors
Original at VARBusiness
• Mon, May 4
NY At the Macworld Conference and Expo 2009 in January, Microvision introduced a prototype of its SHOW WX pico projector, which uses the company's proprietary PicoP display engine technology. According to Microvision, the SHOW WX does not require ...
AAXA P1 Pico Projector Review
Original at I4U
• Mon, Apr 13
Today I am going to look at the AAXA P1 Pico Projector. The tiny projector is very portable and is smaller than many of the devices it can attach to. Mobile workers can use the device to show presentations to large groups of people without having to ...
ACER K10 DLP Projector
Original at Tech2
• Sat, Apr 4
India Recently released, it has been touted by many as a pocket projector, pico projector, and many other names that signify ‘tiny’. When I took it out of the box, I was quite amused and impressed too, looking at this mini projector. ...
Opinion: Dell M109S On-The-Go Projector
Original at Hardware Zone
• Mon, Mar 30
Singapore What makes a small DLP Pico projector so interesting is that historically, DLP projectors have had stronger black levels and contrast, making for a picture with more 'pop'. Now, in terms of size, the M109S is no match for the much smaller 3M MPro110, ...
Acer K10 DLP pico projector
Original at Register
• Wed, Mar 11
Smaller than its own power brick Review Acer’s website describes the K10 as a "travel projector", but we reckon the tiny size and weight of this LED unit qualify it as a Pico Projector.…
5 things you need to know about pico projectors
Original at Stuff Magazine
• Tue, Mar 3
Pico projectors are the ideal way to unleash the video on your PMP or iPod. Just plug it in, make sure you're in a dark room and you can be watching those once shackled videos with a 50in picture. Not quite SIM2 quality, but great if you've got ...
Acer K10 pocket projector finally lands in the UK
Original at Engadget HD
• Mon, Mar 2
CA As you can see, it's also not quite able to join the ranks of pico projectors, though its specs certainly beat out most of its smaller cousins. Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, ...
EyeClops Mini Projector Breaks $100 Barrier
Original at U.S. News & World Report
• Fri, Feb 27
Palm-size Pico projectors are hitting the market in a sudden wave, able to cast a large image on a nearby wall or ceiling. Most are in the price range of $300 to $500. Now toy-maker Jakks Pacific has announced a $99 model. The EyeClops Mini Projector ...
Coming Attractions: Mini Projector Could Be a One-Eyed Monster
Original at Wired News
• Tue, Feb 24
Like we noted previously, players at this size are allowing companies to increase their image quality to such an extent that they're pushing out the need for regular projectors and might even squeeze out the burgeoning Pico projector market. ...
New Gadgets Signal New Trends in Mobile
Original at NewsFactor Network
• Tue, Feb 24
Samsung may be on to a second trend. It got together with Texas Instruments to introduce a mobile phone, the Samsung Optoma, with an embedded projector that can show videos, business presentations and e-mail messages on any flat surface.
How To: 3M MPro110 ProjectorOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Feb 23
By rss@youtube.com (BHPhotoVideoProAudio) Keywords: pico projector micro projector palm projector pocket projector ultra portable projector portable projector LED projector small projector tiny projector hand projector LCoS projector VGA projector phone projector notebook projector PowerPoint projector camera proj...
Tech2.com India > MWC 09: Texas Instruments Announces New Chipset ...
Original at Tech2
• Sat, Feb 21
At GSMA Mobile World Congress, Texas Instruments DLP Products announced the newest chipset in the DLP Pico family with availability slated for late 2009. Small enough to embed into the most compact mobile phones and gadgets, DLP Products has effectively scaled the display technology d...
How would you change 3M's MPro110 pocket projector? - Engadget
Original at Engadget
• Thu, Feb 19
By Darren Murph A combination of features of Aiptek and 3M plus brighter screen is ideal. Its worthing checking out how these features compare at Personal Projector's website which has loads of info on picos -goto "COMPARE PICO PROJECTORS" under the ...
Optoma Pico PK101
Original at ITP.net
• Mon, Feb 16
• 1 related articles
United Arab Emirates Optoma’s Pico PK101 is one such device; measuring 50 x 103 x 15mm and with a weight of 115g, the PK101 is the smallest projector the team has ever come across. Thanks to this, it can be carried at all times and as it's equipped with a host of input ...
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Acer K10 Pocket Projector Available in the UK
Original at CyberTheater
• Sun, Feb 15
By Chris Acer’s K10 pocket projector is finally available in the UK after more than two months since it got released. It will cost you around $560 and it will feature a 20,000 hour lamp life, 100 ANSI lumens of brightness, 1,000:1 contrast ratio and a projected image size up to 60-inch. Acer’s pocket p...
Optoma Pico PK101, Not to Small for a Projector
Original at CyberTheater
• Tue, Dec 9
By Chris The projector can be a great device if you’re traveling a lot but still want to enjoy your videos and presentations other than from a 4 inch screen. The projector costs £249.99 which is a little high considering the bad resolution. via pocket-link
Aiptek PocketCinema V10 Pico Projector Review [Lightning Review]
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Nov 26
By Wilson Rothman The beefs I had with it were basically the same as with the 3M: You really can't set the thing back more than five feet or so when by which time the picture—at that point about 50 inches diagonal—really starts to blur. I'm not even going to begin to talk about contrast, color accuracy, motion bl...
Dell M109S Projector In Action
Original at at About Projectors
• Mon, Nov 24
The M109S uses the same DLP display technology you see in the newly released Optoma Pico projector or the Toshiba pocket projector that has yet to be released. The M109S is capable of displaying up to a 60 inch diagonal image from a ...
Aiptek’s pico projector pocket cinema fails to impress | CHARGED's ...
Original at CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play
• Sat, Nov 22
If only this worked it could have been the year's must-have Christmas gift for the gadget lover or the hard-to-buy-for. I'm talking about a pocket projector.
The Raw Feed: Pocket Projector For Sale On Apple Japan Site
Original at The Raw Feed
• Thu, Nov 20
By Mike Suddenly, however, a projector from Optoma called the Optoma pocket projector PK 101 has arrived and is actually for sale on, of all places, the Apple Store web site for Japan. The projector works with iPods, presumably iPhones and also ...
Flash drive-sized projector anyone?
Original at CyberTheater
• Thu, Nov 20
By Jeff Sure Optoma’s Pico projector is now available but purchase, but who needs all that added bulk? (/sarcasm) Word has it, Konica Minolta is developing a pocket projector no bigger than a flash drive, with dimensions said to be 1.6-inches long, 0.79-inches wide, and 0.3-inches thing.
Optoma PICO PK-101: Palm-Sized 60-inch Pocket Projector | Mark's ...
Original at Mark's Technology
• Thu, Nov 20
Here's a neat little DLP pocket projector offering from Optoma, which manages to produce a 60-inch projection from a device that fits in the palm of your hand. Called the Optoma PICO PK-101, it can connect with numerous devices ...
3M's MPro110 pico projector hits the streets for $359 a pop
Original at Engadget HD
• Wed, Nov 12
By Paul Miller With the holidays at hand, all these improbably-small projectors we've been seeing around for the past year or so are starting to land in force, and 3M's MPro110 is certainly a contender. The little unit shoots a VGA image onto screens as large as 50-inches (though we wouldn't recommend it...
Review – 3M MPro 110 Pocket Projector
Original at Kris Abel's Tech Life
• Tue, Nov 11
By Kris Abel One of the continual delights of researching changes in technology is the way new breakthroughs can lead to smaller gadgets and this week’s astonishing example is a multimedia projector that is small enough to fit in your pocket. Several companies have been working on this idea over the p...
ホームシアター、ポケットサイズプロジェクター「Optoma pocket ...
Original at The Daily Yomiuri
• Mon, Nov 10
CNET Japan Japan - Nov 10, 2008 ホームシアターは11月11日、米国テキサス・インスツルメンツの「DLP Picoチップセット」を採用した、約120gの超小型プロジェクター「Optoma pocket projector ... ホームシアター、手のひらサイズのDLPプロジェクター「PK101」発表 マイコミジャーナル Optoma、携帯電話サイズのDLPプロジェクター 価格.com オーエス、携帯電話並みの超小型プロジェクターを発売 ITpro CNET Japan - 朝日新聞
3M's MPro110 pico projector hits the streets for $359 a pop - Engadget
Original at Engadget
• Mon, Nov 10
By Paul Miller The projector autofocuses plenty fast, which is clutch for a "handheld" projector, but it does get fairly warm despite its LED usage. Overall, we can't fault the projector too much, with a $359 pricetag and a "paperback book" form ...
Optoma launches its pico mini- pocket projector
Original at nocheLatina Comunidad
• Fri, Nov 7
By nl-news Technology continues to shrink by the inch as Optoma finally announces the specs and pricing on its über small (4oz. and measuring 2 by 4 by 0.7 inches) portable pocket projector.Optoma More...
Opinion: The Pocket-Sized Projector Has Arrived
Original at Open Computing
• Thu, Nov 6
mallumax writes “David Pogue of New York Times has reviewed the Pico, which is a pocket projector from Optoma. The review is quite entertaining (Pogue projects the images on to a plane’s ceiling, leaving passengers baffled) and detailed ...
Opinion: The Pocket-Sized Projector Has Arrived
Original at iphone2die4.com
• Thu, Nov 6
mallumax writes "David Pogue of New York Times has reviewed the Pico, which is a pocket projector from Optoma. The review is quite entertaining (Pogue projects the images on to a plane's ceiling, leaving passengers baffled) and detailed ...
Opinion: The Pocket-Sized Projector Has Arrived
Original at Slashdot
• Thu, Nov 6
By timothy mallumax writes "David Pogue of New York Times has reviewed the Pico, which is a pocket projector from Optoma. The review is quite entertaining (Pogue projects the images on to a plane's ceiling, leaving passengers baffled) and detailed. The highlights are: It is a pocket-sized projecto...
Pico Pocket Projector PK-101
Original at CyberTheater
• Thu, Nov 6
By Anthony B The projector is able to display a screen size of 60-inches in any surface of your choice, and thanks to its small size and being lightweight (120 grams) it can be considered a real portable (and pocket) projector. ...
BeamBox Releases W-1 Pocket Projector
Original at at About Projectors
• Mon, Nov 3
By Jason BeamBox is announcing the release of a brand new pocket projector, the W-1. This model is about the size of two packs of cards and can fit in the palm of your hand. The W-1 features VGA (640 x 480) resolution, 10 ANSI lumens, ...
Opinion: 3M MPro110 handheld projector
Original at Register
• Mon, Nov 3
Palm-sized and ready for business Review In the spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show this year was 3M's Mobile Projection Engine, a tiny projector - the vision is that we’ll all have one embedded in our mobile phones etc.…
Aiptek Releases First Pocket Projector
Original at Digitaltrends.com
• Fri, Oct 31
The dream of a handheld projector that casts your photos and video onto a screen the size of a living room TV is finally coming true. On Thursday, Aiptek released its PocketCinema V10, a miniature LED-powered projector with built-in media player that’s capable of throwing an image up to 42...
Dell's tiny M109S pocket projector gets hands-on treatment
Original at Engadget
• Thu, Sep 25
By Darren Murph It's one thing to hear 3.46- x 4.12- x 1.46-inches. It's another thing to see how giant someone's hand looks beside Dell's absolutely minuscule M109S pocket projector. Based on a hands-on session with a near-final prototype of the pico-PJ, the cats over at Popular Mechanics were mighty impre...
Dell Puts SVGA Projector in Your Pocket for Only $500
Original at Rabble.ca
• Thu, Sep 25
By Paul Lilly For less than what some early adopters paid for a first-gen iPhone, Dell will sell you a pocket projector capable of an 858x600 (SVGA) resolution. The $500 Dell M109S On-the-Go Pocket-Sized projector checks in at 0.80 pounds (down from the Powerpoint slide's target weight of 1.1 pounds) an...
3M's Pocket Video Projector First to Hit Shops, 30th September
Original at Gizmodo
• Mon, Sep 15
By Kit Eaton Back in May we brought you some more data on the upcoming 3M pocket video projector, but only guesses on its release date: now we know it's September 30th. The palm-sized MPro110 has a VGA and composite video input, so it'll be good for either your laptop or portable gadgets with video-out. It...
Microvision Handheld Pico Projector Can Drive a 100-inch Image [Projectors]
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Jan 2
By Jason Chen If you really must have a way to watch those four seasons of Futurama DVDs anywhere you go, this Microvision SHOW handheld projector is the way to go. Not only is it about the size of a first or second-gen iPod, it can shoot out a 848x480 image (DVD quality) that's anywhere from 12-inches to 100...