Hands On: 3M MPro110 Pocket Projector

Packaging and Box Contents

Packaging-wise, the box comes across as rather simple, though its clear 3M is banking heavily on the the part about the MPro110 being small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Aside from the projector itself, you also get the obligatory power adapter (for charging the built-in battery on the MPro110), as well as video input cables; one for regular VGA, and one for composite video. There’s no audio cable of any sort, as the MPro110 doesn’t come with any built-in speakers.

Ze Bottom Line

Up front, its darn clear that this projector isn’t about to replace the large one you have sitting in your conference room. Neither will this replace that swanky new LCD TV you just picked up. Aside from being small and compact, what else can it bring to the table besides mediocre (bordering on crappy) projection quality?

Once manufacturers get better at making these things, you’d probably start seeing them on mobile phones, for example. They’ve proved that projectors the size of your palm are feasible, the only things left to do are to improve a couple of other details; resolution, projection size and distance as well as better color for example.

3M isn’t the only one in on the micro projector action, as Optoma recently paired up with Apple to launch a DLP pico projector all the way in Japan. Right now however, the MPro110 is nothing more than an expensive novelty (the street price is estimated at S$540 a pop), but wow, just imagine the kind of potential that this novelty could bring about.

For more information and marketing fluff, head over to the 3M MPro110 product page.

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