Soon your phone can send out presentation slides and project through a portable LED pocket projector. Toshiba is showing off the new toy at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) 2005 in Berlin. According to Toshiba, the projector will be able to be used with 3G phones only.

The LED projector weighs 565 grams, features SVGA (800 x 600) resolution using a 0.55-inch digital mirror device (DMD) chip, has a contrast ratio of 1500:1 and uses USB connectivity. The 250-gram battery can run for two hours off-line and recharges fully in three hours, according to the company.

by using LED for projection, it can run without fan unlike normal projector.The projector is set to be available by year-end, with a recommended retail price of approximately 999 euros (about US$1,250).

A USB reader enables presentations to be made even without a notebook computer. This new development can also be used together with a Home Cinema system or games console, or for showing photographs. This innovative product is supplied with a folding mini-screen and will be on sale for 999 euros in December.

The new flat screen technology SED (Surface-conduction-Electron-emitter-Display) which has been developed together with Canon combines the advantages of traditional picture tubes with those of the current LCD and plasma displays and is being shown in Europe for the first time. However, the prototype is only intended for media representatives. The first SED units will be launched on the market next year, according to Yoshio Abe, President of Toshiba European Consumer Products Operations.

digitimes via gizmodo.com