The little tablet has a 7-inch resistive touch screen with a screen resolution of 800 x 480. The tablet has an integrated gravity-sensor and 256MB of DDR2 RAM. Other features include 2GB of flash storage, a microSD card reader, and integrated WiFi. A 3G external modem will be an option for the tablet.

Power comes from a 3200mAh battery good for 6-8 hours of use per charge and the CPU is an ARM11 running at 800MHz. The little tablet is in an aluminum enclosure and weighs 1.1 pounds. Perhaps the best thing about the CherryPad is the price. It sells for a very reasonable $188(USD). You can order the CherryPad here.

Vizio first showed this set off back during CES in January and you can now walk into Walmart and buy one. The set has a 7-inch screen that uses Razor LED edge lit tech for a better image. The TV has a resolution of 800 x 480 and a 500:1 dynamic contrast ratio. The little screen is rated for 250 nits brightness.

The antenna for the NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuner is integrated into the design and folds down for portability, so you should be able to receive all your local digital stations over the air. There’s also a composite video input if you want to connect an external video source such as a DVD player or a video game system, as well as a USB port for viewing photos and using it as a digital picture frame. Too bad they didn’t include an HDMI port, though.

The set is less than an inch thick and has an internal battery good for 3.5 hours of use. The set will cost you $159.99(USD), and you can get one now over at the Vizio website.

The Expand iPhone clone sports a 7-inch touchscreen with 800×480 resolution, and runs on a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M CPU. Under the hood, it’s got 1GB RAM, 16GB of SSD storage, and both 3G EVDO and Wi-Fi connectivity. And with a front-facing camera, it’s got pretty much everything you’d want in either an iPhone or iPad. Except that little part about running iOS applications. Nope, this mid-size portable actually runs Microsoft Windows XP (not even Windows 7?)

At this point, you’ll have to dig around the streets of the Shenhzen region of China if you want one, where you can findone for 2500 Yuan (appx. $367 USD) – or inquire here if you’d like to buy in wholesale quantities.

[via Shanzaiben via Cloned in China]

The product brief describes the Sunfury as a 7-inch touchscreen tablet, with 800×480 resolution. It’s going to be capable of booting from different operating systems off of a microSD card, and will have 802.11 b/g wireless networking and a 3G network option with support for multiple carriers. The device will also include built-in stereo speakers for audio playback.

In addition, the Sunfury is expected to offer optional video camera inputs, a 3-axis accelerometer and an expandable I/O option card. The CPU wasn’t specifically named, but will be available in 1.2 GHz and 800MHz versions, but from the looks of this press release, it’s a Marvell PXA168 processor. On-board memory is either 128 or 256MB of DDR SDRAM, but can be expanded through the microSD slot.Clearly, the Sunfury isn’t designed for heavy-duty computing tasks – rather, it’s going to be used for things like commercial signage, advertising and interactive art installations.

The Sunfury platform will run Chumby widget applications for everything from news and stock tickers to mini games, and other custom apps. It’ll also play video in MOV, H.264, AVI, MJPEG, MPEG-4 and MP4 formats, as well as allow viewing of YouTube and other web-based video content. Photo integration with Photobucket and other data sources on your network will let you use the tablet as a digital picture frame, and Chumby also has app support for sites like Pandora, Flickr and Facebook among others.

No word yet on if or when the Sunfury will make it to market, what it will sell for, or if it will only end up being OEM’d to other vendors (although there’s clearly some overlap with the new Chumby-powered Sony Dash). You can always check back on the Chumby website to see if and when they make an official announcement about Sunfury-powered products.

While Nanovision is making several models of these diminutive displays, the one I got to try out was the UM-710, which is the most basic of the three models available stateside. While the UM-710 ($129 USD) only works as a secondary monitor, the UM-730 ($169 USD) adds a webcam and microphone, and the UM-740 ($199 USD) ups the ante by adding a touchscreen.

The model I tested came in a high-gloss black plastic that’s reminiscent of the exterior of the Playstation 3. The black model is definitely a bit of a fingerprint magnet, so you might want to check out the white model if you’re anal retentive about those things. Personally, I prefer the black model, as I think it looks cooler on my desktop. (Plus, it’s the only color currently available outside of Korea).

Setup of the Nanovision screen couldn’t be much easier. Just attach the display to the included stand with a simple turn of the shiny chrome thumbscrew, install the included driver software, and plug in the included USB cable between the display and your computer (the display comes with a dual USB connector in case one port doesn’t provide sufficient power). Thanks to the USB 2.0-based connection, you can connect multiple monitors without need for an additional video card. Keep in mind that each display you add will eat up somewhere around 50 to 75 MB of your system memory.

The drivers I tested were a pre-release of the English language version of Nanovisions DisplayLink Core software. I only got to test the Windows version, but OS X support is also supposed to be included. The software installed easily and without much incident on my Dell Latitude laptop, running Windows Vista Pro. The only challenge with the driver was that after installation, it messed with the resolution of my main display, and I had to reboot. After the reboot, all went smoothly, and the mini Mimo display started to work as a mirror of my main screen. A simple tick of the “Extend” option on the included task bar application turned the external display into its own unique desktop. You can decide whether the screen is extended from the left, right, top or bottom of your primary display. For more precision, you can tweak this using the Windows standard multiple monitor properties controls.

When I first connected the display, I was immediately impressed by the sharpness of the 7-inch 800×480 widescreen display, which packs a singnificantly higher pixel density than typical PC monitors. There was a little bit of flicker when I first plugged in the display, but bumping up the backlight control on the side of the display by one or two notches immediately resolved this issue. The photo below doesn’t nearly do justice to the sharp focus of the diminutive screen.

The Mimo displays all feature a pivot feature, which lets you rotate the monitor from landscape to portrait mode with just a simple twist of your wrist. It took me a few minutes to figure out that the display doesn’t auto-sense the pivot. Even though the box says “auto-pivot”, it turns out that you do need to go into the task bar app and set the rotation manually. It’s unclear to me if there is or isn’t a motion sensor inside the screen and if this is a software bug or just bad labeling on the box. Either way, the display worked quite well in either orientation once I figured this out.

I did find that off-axis viewing angles of the screen were quite a bit better in landscape mode than portrait mode, however, so you’ll need to make sure the display is oriented properly if you’re operating in portrait mode for optimal brightness. After playing with both modes, I decided to stick with landscape since I could watch videos or open web pages most efficiently on the screen in that orientation.

A couple of minor things to be aware of with the Mimo. First off, I couldn’t find a way to apply color correction to make the display match my primary screen. While there might be a way to do this with Windows color profiles, I couldn’t figure out a way to make that work. Nanovision should consider including color correction software to make this possible. One other minor issue is the stand. The arm only has a single pivot point, which somewhat limits the angles you can set the display to. Also, if you swing the arm back too far, it’s very top-heavy and can easily tip over. That said, with proper adjustment of the arm, it’s not a big deal. There’s also no cord-control for the small USB cable, so it does interfere a bit with the sleek lines of the monitor.

At first, I wondered how much I’d use a display like this. But after just a few hours with the Mimo, I was hooked. I pawned off all of my Windows Sidebar gadgets, instant messenger windows, and used the display as a holding place for extraneous palettes in Photoshop whenever I worked on larger images. The mini-screen is exceptionally sharp, so it’s even possible to read entire web pages on the display while working on other documents on your larger screen.

Overall, I was really impressed with this pint-size monitor. It took just a couple of minutes to get set up, and it looks really great (especially in landscape mode). While you probably wouldn’t trust the color accuracy of the display for image retouching work, it’s more than capable of handling the secondary display usage that it was designed for. And while I wondered about USB’s ability to handle fast-motion data, I managed to play back full-screen video clips on the display with not the slightest stutter.

If you’ve ever find yourself running out of space on your computer screen, you need one of these. If you just want a cool toy for your desktop, you need one too. I’m already feeling like I can’t live without one, and want to order the touchscreen UM-740 as soon as its available. It’s already made me more productive, and it just looks really damned cool sitting alongside my other monitor. To get your hands on one, head on over to The Gadgeteers, who have worked hard to bring these slick little displays to North America for all of us to enjoy.

These new MIMO displays from Korea’s Nanovision let you add a tiny 7″ LCD to your PC as a secondary monitor. Each mini-widescreen monitor features a sharp 800×480 display resolution, and can be rotated into landscape or portrait modes.

Just connect the MIMO display to your computer’s USB 2.0 port, install the included software, and you’ll be up and running. You can even connect multiples to the same PC without need for any special video card. They each just show up as additional monitors under your Windows display properties.

The UM-710 model (98,000 KRW / $78 USD) is the basic version, while the UM-750 (183,000 KRW / $147 USD) adds a touchscreen, a built-in webcam and a DMB television tuner (perfect if you happen to watch TV in Korea).

At this point, MIMO displays are only available in Korea, but hopefully they’ll find their way stateside at some point in the near future. For now, you’ll have to head on over to Funshop Korea and admire them from afar.

[UPDATE: I managed to find some similar Samsung displays that you actually CAN buy outside of Korea. Click here to read more.]

Designed for people like me who like to use applications with tons of palettes open (think anything from Adobe), the Kuato-like outgrowth lets you drag those extra windows and widgets out of the way of your primary workspace.

Now I know you could just buy a bigger monitor, but there’s something about getting those small windows out of the way that I find strangely appealing. The SyncMaster 2263DX should be available any day now for about $550.

[via DVICE]

Case-in-point: the new Provia A1 navigator from Korea’s HTMS. Not only does this new GPS device look totally slick, it’s loaded with more features than you’ve ever dreamed of on your car’s dashboard. For starters, navigation is done using amazingly detailed, razor-sharp 3D maps, complete with models of buildings and other landmarks.

Then, there’s a complete media player with audio and fullscreen video playback in a wide variety of formats. It’s even got a “picture-in-picture” mode, so you can watch a movie while you drive and get directions. Also along for the ride is a DMB receiver, which means it can receive over-the-air digital television broadcasts. It’s all displayed on a gorgeous Samsung 800 x 480 resolution widescreen 7-inch display, complete with a touchscreen interface. It even offers handwriting recognition when you control it with an included stylus.

The Provia A1 is backed by a beefy Intel PXA270 processor, running at 520MHz, the same chip used to run some of the more powerful PDAs out there. There’s 128MB of on-board SDRAM, 128MB for program storage, and you can add up to 2GB more via an SD card. Unfortunately, we’ll probably never see one of these outside of Korea.

[via The Earlyadopter's World]

Nevover Electronics’ flip screen for the PS3 is designed to mount securely on the top of the console, and provides a 7-inch TFT LCD panel for viewing games and videos. Resolution for the screen is just 234 x 480, so you won’t be taking advantage of that 1080p high-def content with this little screen.

It’s not like the PS3 itself is portable at all, weighing in at over 11 pounds. Plus, the console is the world’s largest fingerprint magnet (yes even worse than the iPhone), so why you’d want to carry it around is anyone’s guess. Still if you just have to have your PS3 fix on the road, I guess this is your only option.

The device adds a perfectly matched 7-inch LCD screen to the top of your Wii, making it easy to play the console anywhere you’ve got an outlet.

Pega also plans to release a slightly less practical side mounted 8.5-inch display which gives you a bit more real estate, but doesn’t look as slick. I’m not sure what Pega has planned in place of the Wii sensor bar, but I imagine the displays should have some sort of built in version.

Sorry folks, I couldn’t manage to find out a U.S. price or release date, so you’ll just have to keep your eyes out for this one.

[via MaxConsole]