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Peter Ha, PC World - Friday August 1, 2008
An Australian firm called Mint Trading says it will introduce what it claims is the world's smallest projector called the Aiptek V10 Projector. The 4.9 x 2.1 x 0.9-inch projector can musters up a 50-inch 640x480 resolution image (4:3 aspect ratio) from 5.9-feet away. No word when, or if, the projector will make to U.S. retails shelves, but Mint says Aussies can pick one up next month for about US$600.
Ok, so it's not HD quality, but it's really, really tiny and can hook up to nearly any peripheral, according to the company.
Equipped with an LED lamp, the V10 should illuminate that PowerPoint presentation of yours for up to 20,000 hours. A few added bonuses include 1GB of built-in storage, an SD memory card slot, stereo speakers, and the ability to playback a variety of formats that include MP4, AVI and MP3s should make this wonder from down under a 'must have' when it launches. No word on the battery life (I suspect it's not worth bragging about).
The V10 is not the first pico projector PC World has seen, but it may be the first to become commercially available.
The V10's price tag may scare some of you away. If that's the case you may want to wait for Dell's upcoming pocket projector.
Taiwan-based Aiptek International is the hardware manufacture of the V10 pocket projector. Texas Instruments is reportedly the hardware manufacturer behind Dell's upcoming tiny projector.
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