CommunicAsia 2006
Robert was at CommunicAsia 2006 at the Singapore Expo this afternoon. OK, there’s not much there for the photographer unless you are really into mobile phones and devices. Still it’s a massive IT and telecommunications show with total visitors this year expected to top 47,000. I took my Canon EOS 30D and there was really no need for an official press pass. The models were more than willing to pose either with or without gadgets in their hands.
The only camera manufacturer with an exhibit was Sony. They had a pretty model stationed at the Cyber-shot booth demonstrating Cyber-shot cameras including the 7.2MP DSC-T30. See the thumbnail above. Their Sony Ericsson division was featuring their latest pair of cellular offerings - the K610i handset and a white edition of the W810i that will include i-mode. Both phones have 2MP cameras. The K610i has a standard VGA dual camera. The camera in the W810i, however, comes with autofocus, a 4x zoom and flash. Cool!
Samsung announced a new line of ultra slim mobile phones at the show. Dubbed the ‘Ultra Edition” the line-up includes these phones:
Ultra Edition 6.9 (X820)
Ultra Edition 12.9 (D900)
Ultra Edition 9.9 (D830)
The X820 include a 2MP camera while the D900 is packing 3.1MP (2048×1536 pixels + video). They had a section of their exhibit demonstrating streaming television and movies on specially equipped phones.
LG had a huge exhibit packed with pretty models for the launch of their Chocolate Special Edition. The ‘Chocolate Zone’ was themed around their premium Chocolate Phone, which has become incredibly popular because of its sleek design and sophisticated technology. In addition to the Chocolate Phone, they showed phones with cutting edge features such as 5MP cameras, digital mobile TV (DVB-H, MediaFLO, T-DMB, and S-DMB), and Bluetooth stereo capability.
Motorola was heavily promoting new color editions of their mobile phones. New phones announced at CommunicAsia 2006 included a color V3x, new colors for the W375, and new colors for the W208. Pretty models were wearing skin-tight body suits in the same colors as the phones.
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