You might have heard about handheld projectors for a while now. Handheld projector is an emerging technology that applies the use of an image projector in a handheld gadget. It is a technical device which uses a projector in the mobile equipment; hence it is referred as Pico projector or mobile projector. It is a tiny device which can shoot an image up on to a wall or anywhere, according to your wish.

Handheld projector is known as a unique invention of 21st century, merely made for the new generation professional to give them equal benefits of a full-sized projector with high resolution. Handheld projector provides you a complete new experience of video games, watching movies, organizing conferences simply using LED lamp technology. It can produce a high-resolution picture with low energy consumption and good brightness.

Essentially, a handheld projector is something that is small enough to carry in one hand or to fit within a pocket.  Therefore, it is also called as pocket projector. Smaller than most of the smart phones, the new handheld projector fits in your palm and is an ideal companion to ultra-portable media devices like smart phones, iPods, iPhone, PDA’s and digital cameras.

Handheld projector is perfect for business presentations. It is a necessary tool for those people who have to do lot of professional business presentations. It has enough brightness to give a presentation to a small group of people. Handheld projector usually incorporates ample storage capacity to save presentation materials that can be projected on any kind of viewing surface such as white board, wall, ceiling, etc.

Generally, handheld projector comprises of four parts, the electronics, the combiner optic, the laser light resources and the scanning mirrors. It turns an image into an electronic signal. The electronic signal uses the laser light sources having different colors and intensities to the different parts of the projector. Its combiner optic makes use of these different light paths and combines them in a single path representing vibrant colors. The mirrors copy an image pixel by pixel and project it on handheld pocket projector by giving higher screen resolution to 800 x 600.

The handheld projector or Pico projector can enhance the enjoyment of pictures, video and images browsing from a big projection screen rather than a small iPhone display. It is now possible to email a presentation to mobile phone through pocket projector. The gadget can also be connected to cameras, camcorders and even game consoles. With the help of pocket projector you can present displays anywhere and project them to anyone or anything on the floor of an exhibition hall or even on a projection screen in a meeting without a projector.