Written on October 17, 2008 – 5:11 am | by Maria Mihale |


As I was writing yesterday an article about a cool device manufactured by a company called Century Japan, an alternative LCD screen, codenamed LCD-4300U, I also analyzed whether I need such a device or not. The USB powered 4.3-inch LCD is ideal for whoever needs to have a second screen, in order to focus attention on important things, sending the unnecessary stuff to the secondary one.

Well, today I’ve discovered a similar device, which might be a great alternative for all of those out there who are searching for a second screen and can’t make up their minds, as they’re lacking information. Therefore, Nanovision, a Korean company, presents the Mimo USB LCD mini monitor, another choice if Century’s one doesn’t satisfy your requirements.



We all need, at a certain point, a little more real estate on our computer screen, there’s no doubt about it. So plug one of these 7-inch Mimo displays into a USB port, install the included software and you have instant convenience. The Mimo UM-710 shows up in your Display Settings control panel just like any other monitor, and you can drag any window or widget onto it for your viewing pleasure. A great thing about this device is that you can even connect multiples to the same PC without need for any special video card. More than that, each mini-widescreen features a sharp 800 x 480 display resolution, and can be rotated into landscape or portrait modes.

This way, you can drop an email window onto it, so that you keep an eye on that as you go about more important stuff. You have now the chance to park weather widgets on it, an RSS feed, reminders and to add screen real estate to a small, go-to area.

The $78 UM-710 model is the basic version, while the UM-750, which costs $147, is provided with a touchscreen, a built-in webcam and a DMB television tuner (which works only in Korea thus far). At this point, this mini Mimo displays are only available in Korea, but hopefully they will find their way beyond state boundaries at some point in the near future. For now, you should be content with admiring the devices from afar, surfing the Funshop Korea website.

(Source technabob.com)