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IT SHOW 2010 - Your shopping Guide for the weekend
Bluetooth 13 Mar 2010

IT SHOW 2010

 


    

It is usual for the crowds to form whenever there are sales going on in town. The same applies for 3C shows like the IT SHOW 2010 at Suntec City.  We visited the show on the first day (Thur) and were surprised by the turn out at midday. On Thursday, we also brought you our first LIVE Twitter about the show from 12 pm to 4pm. If you have missed it here is where you can have a recap based on time line.

So what are the good buys at the show ? When we first arrived, we first saw the Canon booth on the ground floor. The booth is next to the main entrance to Suntec and you could miss it due to the crowd control there.

Anyway, at the Canon booth, my eyes were glued to the LEGRIA HF R16, it is a Full HD 1080p Video camcorder which comes with 8GB built in memory, 20x optical zoom. It seems like a good deal as it is price at just close to S$1100. For DSLR starters, there is also the EOS 1000D at S$899 and it comes with 2 SD 8GB card tripod, 2GB Flash drive, lens workshop and EOS bag FREE.

Up the floors, we see Singtel and M1 and Starhub is right on top of them. The three telcos usually have impressive deals to tie you up for 2 years contract. For Singtel, the offers aren't that attractive, the two better ones are the Free Macbook and S$88 plan and Free Acer Aspire 4820T at S$69.90 plan. Both are 10Mbps plans. Mio TV movies is bundled in for Free. If you are going for HSPA+ wireless plans, Singtel has a S$99 21mbps plan. it comes with a free Apple MacBook.

For higher broadband speeds above 10Mbps, you would have to go for the cable path. Starhub's Maxonline plans remains more or less the same. The only attractive promotion is the when you sign up for a 100Mbps plan with free 7.2mbps plan + free home line at S$99.30., you get a Free Lenovo All in on PC powered by PentiumT4400, Win7, 21.5"LED full HD Screen. Although not a new plan, value for money plans include the Maxonline surflite at S$26.96, it now comes with 2mbps cable plan with modem and 1.2mbps free HSPA modem for mobile internet surfing. A free home line is also thrown in. If you are looking for a basic wireless internet connection thru HSDPA, Maxmobile Basic would fit the bill with 1.2MBps at S$14 per month.

M1 has both ADSL and Cable plans and they seem to offer a pretty good deal. They are offering a Free HP MINI 210 Notebook if you sign up 8mbps home broadband + 2 Mbps mobile broadband at $58.36 per month. Alternatively you can get it for S$69.30 if you sign up the 7.2mbps HSPA mobile broadband. Another deal is that Fujitsu Lifebook P3010W at S$188 when you sign up Home Broadband (30Mbps) and Mobile broadband (4Mbps) at S$94.28 per month.

When it comes to mobile phones, Singtel seems to have the upper hand by introducing two latest phones, the Sony Ericsson VIVAZ and the Acer Liquid. The Sony Ericsson VIVAZ is a Symbian OS phone capable of recording HD video 720p with auto focus. The Acer Liquid is a Android 1.6 powered mobile phone with 1GHz snapdragon processor within. The Sony Ericsson Vivza is offered at S$0 with 3G Flexi Amped plus Plan or S$98 for 3G Flexi AMPed Lite plan after S$100 trade in. The Acer Liquid is S$0 if you sign up for 3G Flexi Plus plan after $100 trade-in or S$68 with 3G Flexi Lite plan after S$200 trade in.

On the same level, we check out the Sony booth which takes up most of the third floor. At one corner of the floor, we see long queues of people waiting to experience 3D on a 200 inch projector screen. Sony is also showing its latest 3D technology HDTVs to let consumers have a first hand view of what is like to watch in 3D. The Sony 3D TV is scheduled to go on sale in Singapore in July this year.

At the Sony booth, we also found the BDP-S360 BluRay player selling for S$299 and it comes with FREE MJ title and HDMI cable. What a steal!

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