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Samsung's new pico-projector, the SP-H03 is now available for pre-order in the US for $299. It will ship soon, although we do not know when exactly. The H03 is a DLP WVGA (854x480) 30 lumens pico projector with 1GB of internal memory and a microSD slot (supporting movies, Office documents and PDFs). Ports include VGA, USB and Composite.

Pre-order the SP-H03 now for $299, over at Amazon.com.

Nichia's green laser for pico-projectors is ready, and the company will start shipping samples in August. They plan to start volume production in summer 2011. The oscillation wavelength of the laser is 510nm, which is a little short for green color, but Nichia claims that the laser looks green.

Nichia says that their laser directly emits green light (as opposed to infrared with a second harmonic generation or blue laser converted to green using fluorescent materials). So the diode is smaller than what's currently available.

Optoma hopes to sell over 70,000 pico-projectors in 2010, up from 37,600 in 2009 and 10,600 in 2008. Optoma's market hare was 13.1% in 2009, down from 29.8% in 2008. Global pico-projector shipments are expected to exceed one million units in 2010 (up from 286,000 in 2009).

Optoma PK-201

Optoma's latest projectors are the PK-201 and PK-301, both offering WVGA DLP chips, internal memory (and a MicroSD slot) and A/V, USB and VGA connectors. The PK-201 offers 20 lumens and costs $299, while the PK-301 offers 50 lumens and costs $386.

Intel researchers have developed a new, smart touch-projected display using a pico-projector and a camera. The camera recognizes 3D objects in real-life, and use them to create virtual touch-based menus. So if you use it in your kitchen, and put a few vegetables on the counter, the camera will recognize them and offer relevant recipes right on the counter. Intel's system can work on almost any surface - including glass, granite and wood.

Intel research pico-projector touch photo

Intel is not the only company working on such devices. Light-Blue-Optics is close to commercial their Light-Touch, which is a 10" laser based projector that includes an infra-red sensor for the touch. Microsoft is also working on a similar solution.

Aiptek's PocketCinema Z20 is now shipping in the UK, for £381. This is a projector-video-camera with a 5Mp sensor that record HD video (720p) and comes with 2GB of internal memory and also a microSD card slot. The projector is an LCoS, with 640 x 480 resolution and 15 lumens. It has A/V and VGA inputs and a HDMI out.

Aiptek Z20

Buy the Z20 now for £381 in the UK.

Syndiant's CTO is a big believer in HD pico projectors - he says that Syndiant are already working on these, and expect to sample a module later this year. These will go into volume production in 2011. Karl also posted some more information about the 6-way pico projector shootout they were showing at SID. Here's a nice photo showing a closeup of their LCoS technology projectors vs DLP and Laser-Beam-Steering:

Read his full post here. Disclosure: Syndiant is a sponsor of PicoProjector-Info.

Microvision has released a VGA-Dock for the Show-WX: so you can now conncet it to your laptop computer. It costs $49.99. The Show WX laser pico-projector is shipping for $549.

Buy the VGA dock nowf for $49.99.