LG's XNOTE R200 with SideShow out in Korea

LG just kicked out the Z1 prototype as the production-quality, dual-LCD XNOTE R200. That 2.5-inch touch-sensitive, Windows SideShow LCD makes for quick access to email, photos, music, "mini-games" and plenty of Vista gadgets without having to boot the OS or even flip open the lappie. The laptop itself starts with a basic (R200-EP76K) configuration of a 12.1-inch LCD, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB of memory, 128MB of ATI HD 2400 graphics, 802.11a/g/draft-n, and 160GB of disk for as estimated ?2,240,000. That's about $2,440 should it ever arrive Stateside. Anyone else feeling a bit let down by the dearth of SideShow devices after all the fuss made by the industry at CES in January?

[Matthew Hilario @ Oct 15th 2007 2:44AM]

it's my azn girlfriend again showing me something to get my mind off my horrific vista os. o wait nm it's still there.

[3rdsun @ Oct 15th 2007 5:35AM]

Yeah I feel there should be more Sideshow devices by now. Its a brilliant idea. Maybe someone can get the main screen to act as a sideshow device.

[L. Cyphre @ Oct 15th 2007 7:39AM]

You'd still have to take the whole thing out of the bag and put it onto your lap. Interesting idea but not really that useful as far as I'm concerned.

[Oscar @ Oct 15th 2007 8:01AM]

Yummmm...chocolatey.

[moa999 @ Oct 15th 2007 9:26AM]

Good. Till you scratch, crack that external screen.
Really don't see the need for this

[Thilo @ Oct 15th 2007 5:49PM]

Most sideshow implementations are crap. Ok can read e-mails received before, what's the point I've already read them full-screen. Only thing that's current and up-to-date on sideshow is the time probably. Could look up appointments etc, not too bad, but not compelling. 'Offline' MP3 playing would finally be a feature, but for that Sideshow is sort of an overkill.
Should keep the thing online via 3G all the time just like a Blackberry. That indeed would make sense. Would still lack any mobile device's ability to type a reply.