Vendors woo consumer market

摘要

Computex is now the second biggest technology show in the world, behind Cebit in Germany. This year more than 28,000 people visited the exhibition over its four days. There was little real innovation, apart from some interesting releases in the graphics card sector and some eye-catching concepts and pre-production devices. One obvious trend was the shift being made by components manufacturers towards consumer electronics products. Cary Chao, a specialist from the marketing department at the Taipei Computer Association, which organises Computex and represents most of the Taiwanese companies exhibiting, said: The line is starting to blur between IT companies and consumer electronics companies.'