Hands On: 3M MPro110 Pocket Projector

Imagine you’re a traveling salesman, and you’re finding it a little more than inconvenient to be pulling out your laptop for a presentation, only to discover that you can only handle so many people at one go at the local Starbucks, before they point out they can’t see what’s on the screen, or that the table’s a little too small to be crowding around.

Times like that, gadgets like the 3M MPro110 Pocket Projector could come in great handy. Battery operated, built using LCoS technology, fits into the palm of your hand; this is literally the smallest projector i’ve seen yet.

Quite recently made available on the sunny shores of Singapore, I had an opportunity to take the MPro110 out for a spin a day or two back, and here’s my take. A word of warning though, a great number of pictures lie waiting after the break.

Up Close and Personal

Side by side with my Nokia N82, it’s immediately clear just how small the MPro110 is.  With dimensions of approximately 114mm x 51mm x 114mm, its just slightly wider than the mobile phone, as well as being nearly as thick.

Tipping the scales at just 140g, its also quite light, literally a projector you can shove in the back pocket of your jeans. The MPro110 is made of plastic all around, which explains the weight. That said however, being made of plastic doesn’t mean you can throw it around and neither should you sit on it; i doubt the chassis can take much punishment.

Turning the unit on is almost instantaneous – there’s no warmup time required, great for when you’re in a hurry and need to get the projector up and running in a matter of seconds. For some reason though, the composite video and VGA inputs use different connectors for each.

This little dial lets you adjust the focus of the projected image. It’s a little stiff, but works as it should. That’s the only physical control on the MPro110 though, you don’t get anything else. No brightness adjustments, no pincushion correction, etc; zilch.

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