There are some products that you just know are going to become really popular in the future. I felt that way about netbooks two years ago, and now nearly every tech company seems to be making their own. Believe it or not, I have that same feeling about pocket projectors. I mean, how cool would it be to pull out your phone or DAP and start playing your files on a larger screen wherever you are? That concept seems so "futuristic" to me, but this is present day technology and Samsung is doing it right. They just announced the MBP200 Pico, a pocket projector that doubles as a DAP.



Samsung is certainly taking convergence to the next level it seems. Though small, the projector has the ability to scale to a viewing area of 50 feet. The device has a very small factor that's reminiscent of previous Samsung DAP's, like the YP-K5. It supports a wide array of audio and video formats, and has a built-in file viewer with support for the most popular presentation formats (Powerpoint, Excel, etc..). See the full specs below:

Features

• Projection Panel: HVGA (480 x 320)
• LCD: 2.2” QVGA(320 x 240)
• Storage: microSD slot (up to 16 GB)
• Picture Viewer: JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, MBP
• Audio Playback: MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, WAV
• Video Playback: DivX, Xvid, WMV9 Simple Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-4;
• File Viewer: Adobe PDF (.pdf), MS PowerPoint (.ppt), MS Word (.doc), MS Excel (.xls), Text (.txt)
• DMB support in Korea
• Size/Weight: 107.3 x 48.8 x 19 mm / 160 g

When I see things like this, I think back to scenes from Star Wars and other Sci-Fi movies. Those films expanded my imagination of what was possible as a kid, and I'm glad I'm able to see some of that technology becoming a reality. Next up: hover cars and lightsabers!

via Samsung Newsroom