The fourth and latest member of LG's design-conscious Black Label family of handsets will be out soon. The phone, dubbed the BL40 New Chocolate, is the first to have a widescreen 21:9 aspect ratio screen, which is 4 inches in size and has 345 by 800 pixel resolution. That makes the screen longer and thinner than the 16:9 displays found on many new TVs and monitors. It also has a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, and multi-touch support, plus all the scheduling, contact and other functions expected in cell phones today. Release and price will vary by carrier and market but it should start appearing soon.

The first digital still camera with built-in projector is on the way from Nikon. The Coolpix S1000pj can project a still or video image over a distance of about 2 meters for a picture about the same size as a 10-inch screen. It also has a 12-megapixel image sensor, 5X optical zoom (28mm to 240mm), a 2.7-inch-diagonal LCD, and ISO levels of up to 3200 at full resolution (as well as ISO 6400 at a 3-megapixel resolution). The camera will launch worldwide from September and cost around US$430.