Philips PicoPix camcorder range launched at IFA Berlin

Philips joins other major brands including Optoma and Aiptek by adding the hand-held devices to their range. The company chose to make rumors official at one of the world's biggest platforms for consumer electronics in the world.

The image quality of the projectors are between 20 and 30 lumens, depending on which model you buy, with a resolution of 800x600 and contrast ratio of 400:1.

Buy an Optoma PK201 Pico Pocket Projector

The more advanced models – the 1230 and 1430 – come with a integrated battery, giving 2.5 hours of playback, while the 1020 model can be powered via a USB computer connection.

The 1230 also features stereo loudspeakers, while the 1430 has the speakers, as well as an integrated MP4 player and an SD card slot.

Embracing the eco-friendly requirements of modern gadgets, all of the projectors feature low energy consumption LED bulbs, with lifespans of up to 20,000 hours.

Buy Optoma PK102 Pico Pocket Projector

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Favi RIOLED-Q and RIOLED-V pico projectors

Favi is releasing a pair some time between late February and early March for prices yet unknown. First is the RIOLED-Q (pictured) which sports a pretty 800 x 600 native resolution at 50 lumens -- supposedly the best brightness in class (like the Optoma PK301), along with built-in SD / MMC card reader, battery, three-watt stereo speaker and an ever-so-handy digital keystone correction. Joining the party is the smaller RIOLED-V which is shy about its display specification, but proudly packs a card reader and WiFi to cater its various web apps for YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Yahoo News, Weather, Email, Internet Radio and web browser.

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Adapt 305 Pocket Projector

Good 'ol English gentlemen at www.personalprojector.co.uk say:

For anyone who's been tracking the progress of pico projectors, this amazing little device will be seen as something akin to the holy grail.

Despite its pocket-sized dimensions, it's somehow able to throw out a 100in pin-sharp picture at 800x400 resolution with an impressive brightness rating of 45 lumens.

As well as being able to connect to your laptop, console, iPod or phone, the 305 also has its own built-in media player capable of handling MPEG and AVI files from the generous 4GB of onboard memory.

For even more storage, there's an SD Card slot and there's even a cute little tripod for keeping things steady.

The media player struggled with some DIVX files I tried, while the two-hour battery life means movie fans are going to have to have it rigged up to the mains.

However, this doesn't diminish the fact that the Adapt 305 is far and away the best projector of this type I've tried.

The Adapt ADPP 305micro projector features

Project image up to 100 inches at 350CM distance

Project video, photo, music from its memory/micro SD card

Easily project from laptop, PC, net book by VGA

Photo: JPEG, BMP,GIF Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, APE, FLAC, AAC, AAC+,MPEG1,2,2.5

Video: MPEG1,2,4 AVI 3G, WMV9, VC1, ASF, RM, RMVB, FLV

Audio speaker Stereo (0.5W * 2)

Built-in memory: 4GB

Memory Slot TF card/Micro SD card 

Resolution:800x600 SVGA

Aspect Ratio 4:3

Zoom & Focus: Manual

Dimensions
Projector: Dimension 110mm x 60mm x 25mm (40mm with battery)
Weight: 190 grams using mains (300 grams inc. 1 hr battery)
Projected Screen: 6 to 100 inches