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Saturday, April 24, 2010

2010 Hong Kong Houseware Fair

I went to take a quick walk around the Houseware Fair this week. The quality of the goods just keeps getting better every year, unfortunately the volcanic eruptions made a huge impact to the attendance. I was at one of the seminars on Wednesday and when the speaker asked how may Europeans are in the room, no one raised their hands. Guess there'll be a bit more business happening up at the Canton Fair this year.



Saturday, April 17, 2010

Inside the Gadget Markets of China

A short little video highlighting some of Hong Kong's gadget districts from Engadget.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Microsoft Kin








Microsoft have just announced a pair of social networking-centric cellphone called the Kin. It comes with two models: Kin 1 follows a Palm Pre-like form factor with a shorter proportions. Kin 2 follows an iPhone-like form factor with a horizontal slide-out keyboard.

A feature called Kin Loop allows you to see what your favorite friends are up to and easily share with them. Another feature called Kin Spot is like an attachment button in which you can drag and drop items into and share them with friends.

Aside from the cool UI and social networking features, it doesn't seem to have what it takes to take on heavyweights such as the iPhone or the Nexus One. It should however appeal to the younger generation of users though.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Spring 2010 Hong Kong Electronics Fair

















Just came back from the trade fair today. I've went through almost all 2000 exhibitors to look for certain items. Overall, I can say that there's definitely more people and exhibitors when compared to the previous year. The standard is a bit higher but I'm still having difficulty finding high end and insanely great products. Speaking of insanely great products, several exhibitors have already jumped onto the iPad bandwagon.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

2010 China Electronics Fair (Shenzhen)

It's this time of the year again where many tradeshows take place in the region. Just this past Friday, I took a quick walk around the China Electronics Fair to learn a bit from the factories and suppliers. I like how you can really dive down to get the answers, see actual samples, do some comparisons, in just one quick walk. Saves a lot of time when you're trying to find the right people to work with.

Next up...Hong Kong Electronics Fair.