Sunday, November 27, 2011

Infotech 2011

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The 18th edition of the Infotech tech/trade fair was organised from 24 to 27 Nov 2011 under the theme of "Shaping the Digital Economy."

 

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So here I was at the SVCC, after a horrible trip in the jam-packed (boîte sardine) shuttle bus!

 

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The first two stands you'll notice are the Emtel & HM Rawat stands.

 

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Contrary to previous years, Emtel didn't innovate a lot with their stand.

 

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At the far end to the right, there was Cash & Carry.

 

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Loads of TVs and laptops/netbooks.

 

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& Macs.

 

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& the iPad 2.

 

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Quite cheap.

 

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Next to Cash & Carry, there was the HM Rawat stand with the human statue.

 

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HM Rawat had designed their stand around their two flagship products. The first one was not the Nokia Lumia 800, but the Nokia N9. I was disappointed there was absolutely no mention of Nokia's move to Windows Phone OS. But I enjoyed myself being given a demo of the N9, the smartphone with the fastest camera (which it isn't).

 

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The 2nd product was the Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101, an Android Honeycomb tablet with a built-in keyboard.

 

My hands-on impression of Honeycomb is that, compared to the iPad, there was a noticeable lag in the UI. It definitely didn't feel fluid. & given the large dimensions of the screen, I'm sure they could have improved on button placement. As for the Slider, it's quite heavy but the keyboard is a useful addition.

 

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& then I saw this - a Lamborghini...

 

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... laptop? No, not laptop, but netbook! The ASUS-AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI Eee PC VX6. I apologise for the pink photos, but it's not my camera, it's the lighting! Who the hell thought that pink lighting would be cool?

 

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Next to it, the Asus NX90. Epic lighting FAIL!

 

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Moving on, I found this at the Orange stand. A touchscreen info display for the N9 & other Nokias.
The N9 featured prominently at Infotech & someone actually enquired about my N9 while I was taking a photo. :)

 

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MTML's Chili stand.

 

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At the Asus stand, there was a massive 24” IPS monitor, the PA246Q.

 

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& the Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101.

 

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Out of stock at HM Rawat, it was being sold here for Rs 18,490+VAT.

 

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If you live where I live, you'll get the joke. :P

 

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The Samsung Galaxy S2 at the Galaxy stand.

 

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A Genius graphic tablet.

 

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Tech trade fairs seems an opportunity for companies to advertise their large format printers.

 

I don't really think the average customer will be looking to buy one of these...

 

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Laser printers, perhaps yes.

 

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The Microsoft stand, which was nearly empty.

 

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iPods at the iShop.

 

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At least, something innovative from VEngineers - the eBeam Engage.

 

The eBeam uses IR & ultrasonic to determine the position of the stylus on a pre-calibrated surface, which can be any surface that a projector can screen. It converts that surface into an interactive board. It's connected by USB to the PC & a small wireless keyboard is provided if you need to enter text.

 

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So here ends my visit of Infotech 2011. Compared to last year’s Infotech where the craze was 3DTVs & Orange Expo where it was all about tablets, this time there was no emphasis on a single product category. There were a few stands that was business oriented – career prospects, e-marketing agencies, POS terminal sellers, security gadgets, interactive whiteboards, large-format printers & so on. But once again, it was back to being a trade fair, one for computer shops to sell their phones, PCs, laptops, printers & gadgets. & for the customers to get a good deal.

 

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5 comments

Yashvin Awootar

So, the pharse to sum up this post :  
TBS diversified into informatics.

carrotmadman6

LOL :p

Mike

No photos of the green hair hostesses?

carrotmadman6

They looked like kids! :|

yurit0s

There was a cash & carry 3D demo room. Don't know if it was operational or not.

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