The holy grail of gadgets springs at last (from an unlikely source)
Posted 09.11.2008 at 5:53 pm
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The MPro110 is pretty basic looking on the outside—just a grey box. But it gets the job down. A VGA input lets you plug in a laptop; and the composite video jack will take output from a digital camera, PSP, iPod, iPhone, or most any handheld device (though video-out is still pretty rare on cellphones). A thumbwheel on the front allows you to focus.
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Gadgets, 3m, gadgets, pocket projector, Sean CaptainThe standalone projector goes on sale September 30. In a year or so, 3M hopes to squeeze it into cellphones.
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from Montreal, Quebec
wow. Love the new technology. wonder whats the resolution ...
- DiGGY
from Montreal, Quebec
still not that bad for a gadjet that small.
- DiGGY
To heck with movies. I'm so tired of lugging around laptops. I want this paired up with a PDA sized device and a fold-up keyboard to replace my laptop and my desktop!!!!
Dave S
There is another pocket projector with 3M LED backlight module in China. http://en.cetus-components.com/Products/; It is nearly the same with MPro110.
BeamBox.co.uk, sells a pocket projector at $350. It actually looks good as well, i wouldnt say this 3M is the most good looking.
Well it's certainly cool but I don't really see a huge advantage to it, considering that you'd also need a number of other bulky pieces of equipment to make a movie watchable, which is among the only reasons to project a large-sized image. Why not get a bigger, better projector with HDMI and all the goodies instead? If that what you want... www.rentex.com/Projector-Rentals/Projector-Rentals.asp