Viewsonic has been known to deliver quality PC displays and lately, LCD solutions. Now it has added another line to its band of products with the launch of its first smartphone. Viewsonic today announced plans to expand into the 3G smartphone industry, making its 3” – 300” product line a reality. China will be the first region to carry the phones, followed by Europe and the Americas.

This marks ViewSonic’s first product in the smartphone market, but falls in line with the convergence of televisions, computers and mobile phones. As the demand for mobile phone functionality increases, ViewSonic’s heritage in display technology plays an important role in the development of smartphones.

Consumers are demanding larger screens, greater color saturation and contrast to take advantage of new services such as mobile Internet, television and video applications, gaming and eBooks.

Following successful market entries with LCD monitors, LCD TVs, projectors, digital signage displays, digital photo frames, computing products and other display solutions, ViewSonic is well positioned to take advantage of the rapidly expanding 3G smartphone market.

(Source) Press

Tags: 3G, Cell Phones, color saturation, convergence, digital photo frames, digital signage, display solutions, display technology, internet television, launch, lcd monitors, lcd solutions, market entries, market source, mobile internet, Mobile News, pc displays, Projectors, quality pc, smartphone, video applications

Thanko has been known to come up with some crazy concept USB gadgets. Their latest brainchild is in the form of a palm-sized projector, a timely addition towards the growing influx of pico projectors being launched in the market.

Thanko, fine purveyors of the weirdest USB gadgets on the planet, has stepped up its game with the introduction of the Miseal Mini-Projector. Offering 800×600 resolution, the projector comes with a speaker dock, projector stand, easily hooks up to your iPod and can display images up to 112 inches from about 16 feet away. You can pick up the Miseal Mini-Projector for just 39,800 yen ($441).

(Source) Thanko

Tags: gadgets, ipod, Palm, Portable Devices, projector, Projectors, Projectors