Koreans Push 7" USB LCD for Widgets and Gadgets

There's no doubt bigger is better for LCD monitors, unless you live in Korea where Nanovision and DisplayLink are encouraging people to think small. These companies have jointly announced MIMO USB monitors, which are what they called dedicating visual workspace to applications that are used at a glance, such as IM clients, calendars and stock quote monitoring. The technology behind the MIMO is none other than DisplayLink, so these tiny monitors should handle most multimedia tasks with ease.

NanoVision initially will offer MIMO UM-710 with just a barebone USB-powered display. The 7" LCD's resolution tops at 800x480, and will automatically adjust its orientation accordingly as you rotate the screen. The UM-730 adds a 1.3MP webcam, a microphone as well as a headphone jack. The highest end model - UM-750 - comes all all the aforementioned features plus a touch-screen and a built-in DMB tuner. The price isn't pretty, at 130,000 Won ($129 USD) for the starter kit. Similar application is seen on Samsung's 22" wide-screen except the mini-monitor sidekick is always tethered to the main unit.

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