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Project your Android phone's screen onto a larger display

I've been wondering about such an app for sometime... back in the WinMo days, there were apps that even allowed control of the phone from the pc screen.

I just don't understand why one can't simply plug the phone/tablet into a screen? surely tech has advanced that much??? I really wanted to demo some kids apps to my daughter's class but could not find a way - eventually I borrowed another tablet and they all huddled around the 2 tablets - it was absolute chaos.
but will give this a try!

Then, I went down the rabbit hole of Android development... 6 hours later I think I might be close to getting this to work, but of course now I have to try my hand at Android development, since I spent all that time installing all that crap. So, maybe I'll try this screen projector thing later... and people wonder why I like Visual Studio.

Sorry I'm late.
Try androidscreencast.
You need have java and the android sdk but it claims 4 or 5 fps -that's a lot better than 40 fpm and the best part is, on rooted phones you can remote control the device with the mouse and keyboard. You can also record videos while using remote control so it gets my #1 so far.
It's a really handy piece of software when developing and yes it's free with java source available.
It's available at http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
- It actually took me a while to realise I just needed to run the jnlp file as I expected to have to install an app onto the phone before running it.

Most new smartphones have the option of purchasing an MHL-HDMI adaptor (I got mine off eBay) and then connecting directly via an HDMI cable to a display.

Also, TeamViewer (free for personal use) lets me display and control my phone using a PC (don't know about Mac). The frame rate is a bit rubbish but maybe that's my slow broadband connection!