HCM CITY— Many of the latest information and communication technologies were on display at an exhibition in HCM City last week, the Viet Nam Computer World Expo.
The country’s top ICT company, the Financing and Promoting Technology Corporation, showcased a ‘wireless city’.
Comprising new technologies in education, IT solutions for banking and stock market, and digital content like online games, SMS, mobile phones, Internet Protocol TV, and computers, FPT evoked a wireless but technologically-linked city where residents are served by IT services everywhere and any time.
Hoang Minh Chau, vice general director of FPT, said with the burgeoning technological development and rapid integration, the wireless city’s time would come soon.
Sony’s "full high-definition world" with a super-thin, 11-inch Organic Light Emitting Diode TV which is only 0.3 mm thick attracted plenty of interest. The TV can also be curved with high-definition.
Sony showed off a Vaio laptop with a blueray hard disk, the world’s latest and biggest. The blueray has a file transfer speed of 36 Mbps and capacity of 25 Gb on each side of the hard disk. The blueray has a capacity of four hours of video recording.
Canon, with its slogan "Simplifying work for enterprises", unveiled technology products and IT solutions to assist enterprises in managing their activities.
It displayed more than 100 new products, ranging from digital cameras, photocopiers, printers, projectors, and scanning machines.
There were 26 new digital cameras for both professionals and amateurs, and a multi-function printer with photocopy, fax, scan, and internet access.
Giant US chip-maker Intel exhibited its four-core chip which has a 50 per cent higher capacity than a two-core chip.
Chinese-made Classmate PC, a US$200-300 laptop meant for students, was made based on an Intel chip. Two secondary schools in HCM City, Tran Dai Nghia and Nguyen Du, are set to use the computer for a pilot teaching programme.
"It’s easier to teach students with a computer," Vu Kieu Linh of Intel said.
Taiwanese computer maker Asus surprised visitors with its Lamborghini laptop designed and based on the legendary Italian sports car. It is available in Viet Nam at $3,600. — VNS
