In the past we’ve seen the little USB 7” monitors that just basically plug in and add screen real estate to any computer, desktop/laptop it all just works. Personally I see it as a great way for to clean up my apps, I mean a nice USB monitor running at 800×480 is perfect for running instant messaging windows so that you can have a separate screen while your busy working.
I can see a lot of uses, hell if they had made it a little spring loaded so that it could pop up i could see it being used even as a “cheap” Rackmount monitor I say “cheap” because in the world of rackmount monitors it might be considered cheap, but considering we’re talking about a 7” monitor the fact it completely runs off of USB is wicked for as I said, running say MSN in a separate tiny screen while I’m working but it also makes it into something that I really don’t need necessarily especially with 20” monitors selling for around $200 it kind of hurts the chances of me picking one of these up now that their available in the US since their being priced over that one hundred dollar impulse buy line. The basic 710 version with 800 x 480 resolution and 400:1 contrast, 360 nit brightness, definitely solid specs for its size selling for $130 and the higher end 740 even higher priced at $200 with touch screen and webcam make it a little more limited to who exactly would buy it. I think it’s more limited now to perhaps CarPC makers as I want extra desktop space for my chat windows for that price I’ll just get a PCI video card and another 19” monitor for the same price and get more for my money.
Source: Engadget
