Pico projectors were certainly all the rage at CES 2009 and you can now add Samsung to the mix. The company introduced their own pico-projector during the trade show called the MBP200. Utilizing a DLP pico chip from Texas Instruments, this compact portable projector connects to mobile phones or laptops and features a built-in 2.2 inch QVGA display, a microSD slot, and built-in viewers for a variety of file formats. That’s all fine and dandy of course but the real question is – how big of a picture can it project? Samsung claims the MBP200 can project up to a size of 50 inches with a resolution of 480 x 320 (ok, so it isn’t high def but that’s ok when it comes to business presentations).

You’ll find the microSD slot particularly useful as it frees the MBP200 from needing a PC to connect to. Simply transfer the files you want to project onto a microSD card and slide it into the projector. The MBP200 supports playback of the following file formats:

• Pictures: JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, MBP
• Music: MP3, WMA, OGG, ACC, WAV
• Video: DivX, Xvid, WMV9 Simple Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-4
• Files: PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Text

The pico projector also includes a 3.5 mm standard jack and a built-in external speaker.  Expect the MBP200 later this year. No word on pricing as of yet.

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