In the morning was rain. A solid wall of water, continuous flow, rainfall, possible only in this part of the world. We reached the station and Taipei City Hall is already pouring into the output streams of a different kind - the rushing river of umbrellas, moving in only one direction - where are focusing these days are the largest producers of computer hardware, peripherals, displays, digital cameras, drives and, of course, handheld computers, which interested me most: in the direction of the famous pavilions Taipei World Trade Center (Taipei World Trade Center, TWTC). At Computex 2005. To manage at this year's 25-year anniversary, the exhibition was marked by the unprecedented scale: 1276 companies presented their products at the 2852's stands. For the first time for the exhibition had been pulled all four TWTC exhibition halls with total area of 26,930 square meters. m - by the assurance of the organizers, the Taipei Computer Association (Taipei Computer Association, TCA) and the Council for the Development of Foreign Trade (Taiwan External Trade Development Council, TAITRA), was used "every inch" of available space. Annual growth in the number of participants made it the second largest in the world after CeBIT. In anticipation of next year's municipal government in a big hurry already build additional complex in the heart of the capital, which, instead of another 300 booths, and in 2007, Computex will move to a new, huge pavilion that will accommodate up to 3000 stands. Even anniversary exhibition was not without standard opening speeches with an annual recurring jokes. There were, however, and interesting, and the slogan "Innovate your life", who titled his speech, Vice-President of Intel, could well describe the whole exhibition this year. In a highly competitive company, for the most part, have tried to come up with something new. In some cases, this led to curiosity, and sometimes spawn ideas attracted attention, so that the sample to the stand was difficult. However, first things first.
Hero of the day award ...
On the first day of Computex 2005 have been announced winners of "Best Choice", held annually at the exhibition. Evaluating the criterion of originality, technical execution and export potential in Europe and America, the jury members - experts from academic and government institutions, representatives of companies working in information technology, as well as journalists from the media, specializing in the same area - away luchshie of the exhibits in ten categories. First, note has already become a famous handheld MyPAL A636 from ASUSTeK. Interestingly, the company introduced this year is a PDA without phone functionality, despite the numerous reports showing the decline of interest in the PDA itself. And this after last year the company was awarded in the same category is a PDA MyPal P505. The new PDA, which is positioned as GPS Pocket PC, based on Windows Mobile 5.0, equipped with WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as the functionality of portable video and MP3-player. In all of these, MyPAL A636 exactly meets the expectations of analysts In-Stat MDR, which in March had predicted the development of the PDA market in the direction of more specialization (in particular, stated that the basis of the market will make it a PDA with GPS), and also equipped with functions of the player.
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| Medalist MyPal A636 and the award itself |
It should be noted that this year, ASUSTeK has been awarded in several categories, so that its stand after the ceremony had been subjected to change at lightning speed, and after several passes designers decorated with a proud inscription "Biggest Winner of the" Best Choice of Computex ". In particular, Laptop Company V6000V was marked both by the jury, and in the category of "Buyers' choice", in addition, appreciation was also awarded Display ASUS PM17T LCD. Unfortunately, the company's staff, who works at the exhibition, was not very knowledgeable about the winner-PDA so that at the moment, we refine the information available and as soon as we get a response from ASUS, update this article.As for a complete list of winners of the nomination, he is shown in the attached file.
"And who's to say what the new version of Windows Mobile come out?"
Nice girl lit vengeance, trying to stir up the crowd and bring her to the stand of Microsoft, while a boring young man, bubnyaschy into the microphone properties of the new OS, with the same success from the audience dared to stand. Tank-prize for the correct answer to the symbol of a monopolist still can not go out of her hands, with the right answer proudly flaunted on a huge plasma display. "Well," - in despair she made another attempt - "Well, as you have fingers on your hand?" Raise your hands! " A crowd of visitors who are unlikely to understand English, with great interest traced as she fixed her with both hands up. Difficult to imagine what else she has made, if no more a Hindu and squeezed, calling the desired number, picked up his shirt to fit busily and retired. That's where you know which country is the leader in information technology ...:) Continuing the theme of the new OS. Award "Disappointment exhibition" HPC.ru honorable awards ... HTC. The most famous manufacturers of PDAs, the authors of the very same HTC Universal, which was first demonstrated Windows Mobile 5.0, the exhibition was not there. It has been reported in the press center, this is because the profile of the company. Unfortunately, those manufacturers who specialize in contract manufacturing (On Demand Manufacturing, ODM), does not meet the criteria for Computex 2005.
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| E-Ten M500 and M600 new |
The first device under Windows Mobile 5.0, discovered by me at the show was the communicator of the M600 E-Ten. In general, it is almost completely repeats the features of its predecessor, M500, differing only in the operating system. Another difference was the increase in weight at 10 grams, so it could not help wondering about what all this because of "tyazhecti" new Windows Mobile:) Even the processor on the same clock frequency. Of the 128 MB ROM users to set aside 70-90MB (depending on the size of the OS), and from 64 MB RAM 50 MB available. The battery provides 3.5-4 hours of talk time and 150-200 hours of standby time. Communicator is expected in November for an estimated price of $ 600. Characteristics of the communicator E-Ten M600: