A display device having an integral docking station to facilitate the display device to be used in conjunction with a palm sized computing device for applications executing on the palm sized computing device is disclosed. The display device includes a flat panel display, a display controller, a microcontroller, a docking station including a communication interface, and a chassis integrally housing the earlier enumerated elements. Together, the enumerated elements facilitate removable coupling of the palm sized computing device to the display device to allow the flat panel display to be used in conjunction with said palm sized computing device under the control of said microcontroller for applications executing on said palm sized computing device. In various embodiments, the display device additionally includes at least a selected one of a number of other I/O peripherals. In other embodiments, other extended I/O capabilities, such as storage media, keyboard and cursor control are also provided. In yet other embodiments, the I/O extending apparatus is included as an integral feature of an article of manufacture, such as a furnishing item.

An apparatus and method of manufacturing is disclosed for an image display. Disclosed is a display body, having a docking station for accepting a computer; and a display screen coupled to the display body. The method of manufacturing discloses: selecting a display screen; selecting a display body; selecting a docking station; and integrating the screen, body and docking station within a single device.

A portable computer has a computer body (1), a lid (3) with an inner face having formed in it a first liquid crystal display (2), and a hinge (4) connecting the computer body (1) to the lid (3) that is capable of being folded onto the body. The computer further has a second liquid crystal display (5) normally stored in the computer body (1) and capable of being pulled out sideways from it, so that the displays (2) and (5) will form an integral liquid crystal display of a larger area.

Disclosed is a flat panel display device including a modular system board structured to be separably mounted to the flat panel display device so that it is replaceable with a new one having a different function, thereby being capable of easily changing its function or application by a replacement of the modular system board with a new one corresponding to the changed function or application while achieving a reduction in the manufacturing costs and an effective shielding of electromagnetic waves. The flat panel display device includes a timing controller for controlling the outputting of image control signals from column and row drivers, a first connector electrically connected to the timing controller and adapted to transmit an input image signal to the timing controller, a replaceable modular system board electrically connected to the first connector and adapted to output video control signals to the flat panel module in accordance with a function allocated thereto, and a chassis adapted to mechanically fix and clamp all components of the flat panel display device and adapted to shield electromagnetic waves generated from the system board, thereby preventing an external discharge of the electromagnetic waves.

A computing system is provided that includes a plurality of interconnected components. The components include a processing subsystem, an input subsystem, an output subsystem, a storage subsystem, and a power subsystem. Subsets of the plurality of components may be rearranged and interconnected in various configurations to form different computing systems.