Why bother with integrated pico projectors at all when you can get 4 times the picture quality from a small companion pico projector and connect it to almost anything?
I remember when all the tech press hated digital picture frames and couldnt see the point of them at all. That was 5 years ago and now even your grandma's got one and most of your friends have probably bought at least one and every high street tech store has them in stock. This will happen with pico projectors but probably not with the integrated picos taking off for a long while and for good reason.
The main thing to remember is these integrated pico projectors in phones, camcorders and soon laptops are great as an extra feature but they're not the main reason most people will buy one.
Lets face it the main feature you need when your buying a pico projector is screen quality and brightness. Right now thats not coming from an integrated pico projector, its coming from a stand alone or companion projector which you connect to the phone, cam etc and this trend will continue for many years to come whilst manufcaturers get to grips with the battery power required and the miniturisation.
Thus if you're looking for the best projection you can get from your pocket then look for the brightest smallest projector there is. Right now the best one is the Adapt 305 personal projector - 45 lumens, 4gb on board memory, VGA connectivity, micro SD, mac compatible, accepts most file formats (video, photo, ppt as jpg) without labourious file conversion and connects to most devices you've ever thought about connecting it to.
So unless you really want that phone or camcorder for all its other features just get the best pico projector there is and forget about the mini torches being incorporated into devices which are only 6 - 10 lumens instead of a much richer 45 lumens.
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
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Why bother with integrated pico projectors at all when you can get 4 times the picture quality from a small companion pico projector and connect it to almost anything?
I remember when all the tech press hated digital picture frames and couldnt see the point of them at all. That was 5 years ago and now even your grandma's got one and most of your friends have probably bought at least one and every high street tech store has them in stock. This will happen with pico projectors but probably not with the integrated picos taking off for a long while and for good reason.
The main thing to remember is these integrated pico projectors in phones, camcorders and soon laptops are great as an extra feature but they're not the main reason most people will buy one.
Lets face it the main feature you need when your buying a pico projector is screen quality and brightness. Right now thats not coming from an integrated pico projector, its coming from a stand alone or companion projector which you connect to the phone, cam etc and this trend will continue for many years to come whilst manufcaturers get to grips with the battery power required and the miniturisation.
Thus if you're looking for the best projection you can get from your pocket then look for the brightest smallest projector there is. Right now the best one is the Adapt 305 personal projector - 45 lumens, 4gb on board memory, VGA connectivity, micro SD, mac compatible, accepts most file formats (video, photo, ppt as jpg) without labourious file conversion and connects to most devices you've ever thought about connecting it to.
So unless you really want that phone or camcorder for all its other features just get the best pico projector there is and forget about the mini torches being incorporated into devices which are only 6 - 10 lumens instead of a much richer 45 lumens.