With the onset of social networking, instant messaging, financial tickers, news feeds, media players, and countless other “always on” PC applications, screen space management can be an issue for even the largest displays.   While the concept of a smaller, auxiliary monitor isn’t new, Mimo’s new 720-S offers several noteworty features that deserve some attention.

The 720-S is a USB monitor, getting both its power and signal from your PC, and thus doesn’t require a fancy video card with two connections or any power adapters.  In an upgrade from the company’s 710-S model, the 720-S includes a resistive touchscreen.  As pictured above and to suit a wide variety of uses, the 800×480 screen can be positioned in both portrait and landscape configurations.    And at $230, you could probably just buy that fancy video card and additional full size monitor.