Optoma DLP Pico-Projector to launch later in 2008
Optoma have announced their latest pico-projector, a cellphone-sized portable presentation device that is the first to use the DLP Pico chipset. The company has been pretty coy with details – projected size, for instance, is quoted as "up to 100 times larger" than the 2 to 3-inch display on the source device – and aside from what we can glean from the images the connections it uses are similarly vague.
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What we do know is that the Pico Projector uses an LED backlight and is obviously going to be battery powered. The picture shows what looks to be a mini-jack labelled "AV IN" on one side, and seemingly a microUSB port on the other. Optics are provided by Texas Instruments.
It'll be available first in Europe and Asia, with "limited distribution" late in 2008, before a worldwide launch in 2009. No suggestion on price as yet.