Exclusive: Sony’s ultra-thin Bravia ZX1 sent our jaws to the floor at IFA this morning. It’s just 9.9mm thin, using next-gen LED backlights to shrink its profile. But there’s a cost. Sony says the biggest they can me made is 40 inches.

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Sony’s been taking a leaf from Apple’s design manual, unleashing its latest mobile with nano-esque proportions, as well as tasty specs inside.

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Think “smartphone”, and you probably think “bulging pocket”, but no more. Samsung just gave us word on their newest handest: the i200. At 11.8mm thick it’s the slimmest smartphone in the world, running Windows Mobile 6.1, with a full suite of office apps, MMS and copy and paste. There’s three things it’s got over the iPhone already, and that’s before we even get onto its 3G skills. HSDPA means you’ll download data at blistering speeds, although its 2 megapixel camera’s still a bit stingy.
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In their unceasing quest for the size zero screen, LCD manufacturers have been whittling down their panels to ever-slimmer proportions, but it’s BenQ that takes the prize for the world’s slimmest 24-inch widescreen monitor – just 6cm at its thickest point! That’s enough to bag design awards from both iF and Red Dot as well.

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It’s not quite a thin as Sony’s barely there LCD prototype, but Comet is touting its upcoming Hitachi set as the slimmest in Europe.

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