The Pico Projector Cometh

The Samsung MBP200 Pico Projector is the reason that you’re about to get excited about a little concept we in technologies like to call “convergence.” Half portable media player, half portable projector and thoroughly excellent, the MBP200 Pico Projector is the convergence device (items that serve multiple functions), that is begging to converge itself right into your backpack.

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The MBP200 is a compact portable projector designed to connect directly to mobile phones and laptops to bring your presentations on the road. Weighing in at just 160-grams, the Pico Projector is capable of projecting on a surface as small as a sheet of paper up to a 50-inch viewing area.

The Pico Projector natively supports PDF and Microsoft Office standard file formats, while support for microSD (in capacities up to 16 GB) allow the device to display content independently.

With its 2.2-inch QVGA LCD screen, 3.5-milimeter headphone jack and built-in speaker, the MBP200 conveniently doubles as a portable media player (PMP). The device supports common audio formats like MP3, WMA and OGG, and popular video codecs such as DivX and Xvid.

Full product specs:

Features: File viewer, picture viewer, music player, video player
Projection Panel: HVGA (480*320)
LCD: 2.2” QVGA(320*240)
Audio Output: 3.5 mm Standard Stereo Earphone Jack
Storage: microSD slot (up to 16 GB)
Picture Viewer: JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, MBP
Music Player: MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, WAV
Video Player: Video CODEC: DivX, Xvid, WMV9 Simple Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-4; Audio CODEC: MP3, AAC, WMA
File Viewer: Adobe PDF (.pdf), MS PowerPoint (.ppt), MS Word (.doc), MS Excel (.xls), Text (.txt)
Size/Weight: 107.3 x 48.8 x 19 mm / 160 g

UPDATE: At this time, Samsung does not have information on a launch date for the MBP200 in the U.S. When an official launch date has been set, we will be sure to post an update!

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33 Responses to “The Pico Projector Cometh”

  1. R.L. says:
    January 7, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    I needed the MBP200 yesterday……

    Great Job Samsung

    Reply
  2. Leo Williams says:
    January 8, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    What you did not mention is the price and how long does the lamp last, Is the lamp replacable by the consumer or it has to be sent back to Samsung

    Reply
  3. Marvin says:
    January 8, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    Realy nice stuff. But more then the price is important for me what type of connections the projector have (vga/video in/…) and if it works with battery.

    Marvin

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    • admin says:
      January 10, 2009 at 5:14 pm

      The MBP200 has TV out capabilities and holds up to 16GB microSD card. The MBP200’s battery has a play time of up to 2 hours and 40 minutes.

      Reply
  4. Jonathan says:
    January 8, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    I second marvin’s question concerning the connectors, in -and- out(?). Additionally, what sort of interface will it have?

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  5. Mac says:
    January 9, 2009 at 2:25 am

    Nice stuff,

    What other file formats does it support? What picture formats?
    Is the software developed by Samsung or it is the popular Picsel file viewer.

    Thanks
    Mac

    Reply please

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    • admin says:
      January 11, 2009 at 5:15 pm

      Here is a list of the file formats the MBP200 supports:
      Picture Viewer: JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, PNG, BMP, WBMP, WME, EMF, and TIFF
      Music Player: MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, WAV
      Video Player: Video CODEC: DivX, Xvid, WMV9 Simple Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-4; Audio CODEC: MP3, AAC, WMA
      File Viewer: Adobe PDF, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel, Text (.txt)

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  6. Mac says:
    January 9, 2009 at 5:28 am

    Well Done once again.!! Samsung

    what file / picture formats does it support? Does it support HTML, Text and WMF, PNG formats. It is the Pixel viewer, if yes, then that is fantastic.

    When will this be available?

    Thanks
    Mac

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    • admin says:
      May 7, 2009 at 5:16 pm

      The MBP200 launch date and price have not been determined in the U.S., but check back for updates.
      Here is a list of file formats the MBP200 supports:
      Picture Viewer: JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, PNG, BMP, WBMP, WME, EMF, and TIFF
      Music Player: MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, WAV
      Video Player: Video CODEC: DivX, Xvid, WMV9 Simple Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-4; Audio CODEC: MP3, AAC, WMA
      File Viewer: Adobe PDF, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel, Text (.txt)

      Reply
  7. itai says:
    January 9, 2009 at 9:34 am

    WoW! i want one

    Reply
  8. Mondoxibaro says:
    January 9, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    I don’t know The Pico Projector not natively supports OpenOffice standard file formats, and support to doument’s Microsoft. Why?

    Reply
  9. Brandon says:
    January 9, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Any plans to make this embedded directly into a phone? If i could do that and have a bluetooth for keyboard, i would make it my next computer. especially if it also has 3G and wifi.

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    • admin says:
      May 7, 2009 at 5:17 pm

      Samsung introduced a full touch screen phone with a built-in projector named the Show. As of right now, there are no plans to launch the Show in the U.S.

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  10. SaX says:
    January 10, 2009 at 7:33 am

    File Viewer: MS PowerPoint (.ppt). WOW, WOW, WOW!!!

    Does it mean that it can be used for full-blown PowerPoint presenations (transitions, animations; NOT export-as-slideshow or export-as-stream-video) using the NATIVE “.ppt” files created on Mac OS X?

    Does it come with or support the use of a small handheld presentation remote?

    We need thousandds for our University.

    Thanks.

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  11. SaX says:
    January 10, 2009 at 8:17 am

    Does it come with or support the use of a small handheld presentation remote? I meant, one supplied by Samsung (best approach), or alternatively, one like the Keyspan Presentation Remote:

    http://www.keyspan.com/products/prus2

    That is most useful for PowerPoint presentations, since it liberates you from the projector, having freedom to walk around and interact with the audience. Otherwise, you are chained-to-the-projector to move between the screens of the presentation.

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  12. attilio guido forcellini says:
    January 20, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    I am from Italy and I would like to use it for my presentation. Where and when I can buy it.
    Ciao

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  13. yaozong says:
    April 17, 2009 at 8:39 am

    It would be great as claimed. However, do take note that such projector lumen is not good enough for decent presentation. I would be surprise if it is above 20 lumen without fan. I love the ppt and pdf functionality. Have been try to get one with that functionality. Would be useful for 2-3 person small meeting.

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  14. admin says:
    May 7, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    The MPB200 is not available for purchase and we’ll have final specs closer to when the product launches, but check back for updates.

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  15. george says:
    May 8, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    when available/cost/where can one be inspected

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  16. Malik says:
    May 13, 2009 at 4:02 am

    I would love one of these things. Is it possible to throw one of those projected keyboards on the back and make an OS for it. That would be a handy-dandy computer. Using flash cards instead of CD’s or DVD would be cool, maybe a little pagefile-ing if I needed more memory for something. I do admit the heat dissipation may be a problem if you throw too fast of a cpu in there.

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  17. HeartBeat says:
    May 20, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Hi, I got the MBP200 from korea and it is amazing and wonderfull however, I am not able to use it with the laptop to project from my laptop using the VGA cable.

    Sometime the projection comes but corrupted image and sometime it gives and error and cause my laptop to crash and reboot. I tried with another laptop and same problem.

    I alo downloaded the latest firmware but still have the problem.

    Is there anything that I am doing wrong?

    If you can not support me in here please tell me where can I get the help from.

    Thanks

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    • admin says:
      May 21, 2009 at 5:14 pm

      Since the MPB200 is not a U.S. product, please contact a Samsung customer service representative from the country where you purchased the device and they can walk you through trouble shooting.

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  18. micro projector 5.co.uk says:
    June 8, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    We have seen a lot of other pico projectors in person, it would be great to do a review of this if possible?

    Other than that I have heard good things.

    Reply

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