MIMO Companion Netbook Touchscreens
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New netbook accessories are usually a reason to get pretty excited, but these new USB-powered touchscreens are enough to make even the most chilled out among us squeal with glee.
The screens are usable on any system, but manufacturer MIMO intends for them to be channeled to the netbook market. Just pop it into your netbook’s USB and you’ve opened the door for all kinds of technological endeavors.
The MIMO netbook touchscreens are 7-inch devices designed for use as secondary displays. Desktop PCs don’t get to monopolize the fun anymore – now netbooks can manage two (or three? four?) screens at once also. You can tilt both models to landscape or portrait view.
The MIMO netbook displays are immensely cool, and definitely earn their place in the small but fascinating category of netbook accessories. One of the models, the UM-740, adds a few more USB ports, audio jacks, and a webcam/microphone combo that optimizes it for video conferencing through Skype or a similar program. The cheaper version, the UM-710, lacks those features but makes up for it by costing a mere $130 instead of the $200 for the UM-740 netbook tool.
The MIMO netbook displays connect through USBs, meaning “each MIMO is a separate video identity.” Theoretically, you can add in as many touchscreens to your netbook as you want if you go with the UM-740 – it compensates for the USB port it takes up by adding a few of its own. This could make for some pretty crazy netbooking, depending on how much you’re willing to drop on the touchscreens.
The new netbook accessories manage a moderate 800×480 resolution, and are expected to ship in the US in the very near future.
Via JKOntheRun.
[...] displays work in a similar way to MIMO touchscreens, or the recent Kensington USB monitors, upgrading and expanding the user’s visual surface. [...]