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Pico Projectors Embedded in Cell Phones Expected to Grow

Pico projectors for embedding in mobile electronics devices are about to become an important accessory in the cell phone market. According to the market research firm iSuppli Corp., shipments of these pico projectors are set to experience a sixty-fold growth in the next four years, up from less than 50,000 units this year to more than 3 million units in 2013.

Pico projectors are defined as front projectors that measure less than 60 cubic inches and weigh less than 2 pounds without a battery pack. They are capable of projecting large and bright 50-inch diagonal images on a wall and other surface despite their small sizes. They are perfect for business professionals to make presentations directly via their smartphones, PDAs and laptops on the go.

Other than the corporate market, pico projectors also have potential in the consumer market, as many people nowadays prefer a large-sized display to optimize enjoyment of watching video, browsing Internet websites and playing video games. Their capability to overcome screen-size limitations in mobile electronics devices gives them a cutting edge, making them perfect to be embedded into space-constrained mobile devices such as smartphones and PDAs.

In fact, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is the first one who introduced the tiny devices into the handset market, as it has unveiled pico projector embedded smartphone the Show in January 2009. Currently only available in South Korea, the Show employs the Digital Light Processing (DLP) projection technology. iSuppli predicted that other smartphones applying this technology will soon be introduced to the market as well.

While iSuppli sees rapid growth for the embedded pico projectors, it says the devices will still account for a small fraction of overall mobile device shipments through 2013. However, with the perfect combination of small physical size and large display image, the brighter future ahead of these tiny devices can be foreseen.

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