Samsung Electronics unveiled ‘LD220′, the world’s first USB monitor dedicated to notebook pc during World IT Show 2009 in Korea market. It supports 300cd/m2 of brightness, 30,000:1 contrast ratio and 5ms response speed. As you can see from the image itself that this LCD is not the brightest LCD yet it will be a cool gadget to have in your room. The design is a typical Samsung (which is quite good) and with just one USB cable connection, its almost a clutter free device on the desk!

Samsung Electronics announced its first solar powered mobile phone ‘Crest Solar(model: E1107)’ in Korea market. The new handset enables its users to charge the battery anywhere the sun is shining when electricity is unavailable.

With an extended solar powered battery, the Samsung Crest Solar solves the problem of unavailable or unstable electrical outlets, particularly in rural areas. The phone has the capacity to provide around 5~10 minutes of talk time with one hour of solar charging. Moreover, the solar panel charging allows its users to save money and energy consumption on traditional electrical charging.

The Crest Solar comes in a compact design with essential mobile phone features such as FM radio, MP3 ring tones, embedded games and a powerful torch light. For consumer safety, the phone offers Mobile Tracker, which automatically alerts when the SIM card is changed or sends out an SOS message in an emergency. The Crest Solar also has a fake call feature, so users can pretend they have an incoming call to escape unsafe situations.

The Crest Solar will be available in numerous markets including India, Europe, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, and Latin America from June 2009. The Crest Solar also provides specialized features for different religions, such as alerts for prayer time.

TAIPEI, Taiwan Penpower Technology displayed its business card scanner ‘WorldCard ultra WCU01A’ during Computex 2009.

Able to recognize multiple languages, the WorldCard scans or captures a business card and automatically inputs all card information into the proper database fields, including the person’s name, company name, title, address, and telephone number. If using Windows, WorldCard can be integrated or synchronized with Outlook, Outlook Express, Palm, Pocket PC, Lotus Notes and many other types of PIM software. WorldCard is the only product of its kind that allows voice search queries. A special Mac version has also been released for Mac users so that everyone can create personal contact databases with the WorldCard Series.

Nikon Imaging Korea announced the launch of its new DSLR ‘D5000′ equipped with its 2.7-inch vari-angle LCD monitor that allows you to shoot easily from any angle you can imagine.

The D5000 has inherited the D90′s groundbreaking HD movie capability, Nikon’s proprietary D-Movie function. Coupled with extensive in-camera editing features, a wide choice of scene modes, 12.3MP sensor and high-sensitivity between ISO 200 and 3200 (which can be extended to ISO 100 and ISO 6400 equivalent) for shooting in a wide range of lighting conditions, this camera makes it easier than ever to take great quality pictures.

The D5000 will be available on May 4 in Korea market. No words on pricing yet.

LG Electronics rolls out its touch-screen mobile phone ‘Versa(model: VX9600)’ via Verizon on March 1st, which features the ability to detach a qwerty keypad.

In addition to the detachable keypad, the LG Versa incorporates an accelerometer now popular in many smartphones to rotate images on the touch screen from portrait to landscape. The Web browser supports Flash video and allows customers to keep up to three windows open at once. A virtual keypad on the touch screen is also available.

Other features included a 2.0 megapixel camera with video capabilities, a music/video player, mobile e-mail service, a microsSD slot supporting up to 16GB, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and Wi-Fi support.

Offering the battery life up to 290 minutes of use and 430 hours of standby time, the phone will sell for $200 at Verizon Wireless stores with a two-year wireless subscription.