PowerPoint and portable projectors have made it possible for anyone - and everyone - to make professional (sort of) presentations. From the days when “portable” projectors required a special wheeled case to manage to the development of projectors that can be tucked into a briefcase or even a purse, miniaturization has reduced them to palm-sized!

Here are some of the more recent versions available:

1. Honlai MP100 LED mini-projector utilizes LCoS micro-projection technology, throws up a 640 x 480 image between 5- and 37-inches, has a 200:1 contrast ratio, and a lamp good for some 20,000 hours of use. No pricing yet.
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2. Honlai QingBar MP101 connectors for Apple’s iPod and iPhone allowing you to carry all your video files and then have the ability to project them. Just clip your iPod or iPhone on top of the MP101 and you’re ready to go. Pretty cool.
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3. Foxconn’s PD-W1001 features a 0.3-inch Texas Instruments DLP chip, WVGA (854 x 480) resolution and 25 Lm, all within a 55- x 46- x 26-millimeter package that weighs just 65-grams.

4. Mint Wireless Mint V10 measures 125 x 55 x 23 mm, 20,000-hour LED lamp which, according to them, doesn’t need warming up. The company also says the $600 projector battery offers “hours” worth of viewing time at 640 x 480 pixels, either from your computer or using its SD card slot or 1GB of internal memory.

5. Fuchitek PEP01 stands less than an inch high and is about the size of a medium sized remote control. It comes with a manual focus and is able to display VGA (640 x 480) resolution with an 80:1 contrast ratio. The PEP01 is also expected to be able to display an image but to 40 inches diagonally. The downside about this projector is that it only has a 40 minute battery life.

6. Nippon Signal has a prototype SVGA projector of its own that measures a 90 x 55 x 20 millimeters. It uses lasers and a pair of MEMS scanners to project an image, unlike some other tiny projectors that rely on a more conventional LED light source.

Can’t wait to tuck one of these little babies into my computer bag! It shouldn’t be long now…