Projectors have certainly come a long way since those big clunky things that teachers had to put up with when doing a presentation to a class full of kids.  These days the projectors on the market are a lot more sophisticated and there is even a breed of projector which is so small and light it can fit into the palm of your hand or into your pocket.

Now, you need to understand that these portable projectors are not the type you would use to give a presentation to a large group of people however there are still a number of occasions when you might want to make use of a portable projector.

Generally they would be for private use or to a very small group of friends and family.  There are projectors which can plug into your iPod or iPhone which will then allow you to watch movies as long as you have some sort of surface that is suitable to watch the projection on.

For the last few years there have been projectors being called “pocket sized” but this is only true if you happen to have giant-sized pockets.  Instead they should really be called “palm sized.”  However there are now models on the market that really can fit into your pocket, these include 3M MPro and Optoma PICO.

What you need to realize is that by having a projector so tiny, you will lose a certain amount of quality in terms of size and brightness.  So if you feel that quality is more important than size, you should opt for the palm-sized projectors rather than one of the pocket-sized projectors.

Having one of the pocket projectors will still be useful to some people though because it’s a vast improvement over viewing items on a tiny little screen.  Be careful about what you buy and understand exactly what you are going to be getting. 

If you want your projector to be compatible with different items such as your iPhone and iPod then make sure that this is the case.  You certainly don’t want to discover that you need to buy another projector to work with another gadget you have.