Mobiles and Electronics

2004 Forecast: Panasonic
Panasonic is expecting strong growth to continue in the regional consumer electronics market. Panasonic's Atsushi Hinoki predicts high tech imaging gadgets and DVD-writing devices will be the star performers of 2004.
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United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, January 14 - 2004 at 08:45

Blasting stress away
Business executives are increasingly turning to video games to let off steam at the end of a hard day's work, according to Sony Entertainment. The company recently previewed several yet-to-be-released titles in Dubai, including a new karaoke-style singing game.
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United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, January 13 - 2004 at 06:14

2004 Forecast: Samsung mobiles
Samsung recently launched the world's first fully integrated flash camera phone in the Middle East, promoted by Lebanese pop star Ragheb Alama. Sudhir Nair, Samsung's Sales and Marketing Manager for the Gulf, predicts a strong regional mobile sector in 2004. Nair also believes Bluetooth will become more significant around mid-2004 as enabled devices become smaller.
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United Arab Emirates: Saturday, December 20 - 2003 at 09:05

2004 Forecast: Palm MEA
PDAs are soaring in popularity in the Middle East and elsewhere, with advanced technology making them a more portable yet also internet-enabled alternative to a laptop. Stuart Maughan, Country Manager for Palm Middle East and Africa, says Palm's recent acquisition of Handspring will result in increasingly more convergent devices acting as both PDAs and mobile phones in 2004.
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United Arab Emirates: Monday, November 24 - 2003 at 15:06

Driving Multimedia Communication
Samsung aims to drive MMS (multimedia messaging) in the Middle East with its latest E700 mobile, the world's first super VGA-camera phone. Samsung says 95% of its new mobiles in 2004 will be MMS-enabled.
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United Arab Emirates: Thursday, November 06 - 2003 at 10:07

GITEX: IBM Iris Recognition
IBM featured an advanced iris recognition system at GITEX 2003, from partner Dartagnan Biometric Solutions. The technology works rapidly and is able to detect forgery attempts, for example people using contact lenses printed with another person's iris pattern.
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United Arab Emirates: Monday, October 27 - 2003 at 13:33

GITEX: LG Electronics ME&A
LG has enjoyed strong growth in the Middle East region, holding onto its number one position for Plasma Display Screen and LCD monitors. LG is a latecomer to the mobile phone market, but is determined to expand this area of its business, by offering several new models.
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United Arab Emirates: Monday, October 27 - 2003 at 12:32

GITEX: Acer Pleasure Centre
Acer's Aspire Pleasure Centre creates an entire digital hub for computing, home cinema, internet, television and gaming, which it describes as the first example of true convergence. Acer believes the most advanced markets in the Middle East, including the UAE and Saudi Arabia, now fully compare with Europe.
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United Arab Emirates: Monday, October 27 - 2003 at 10:31