CommunicAsia2006: It's a wrap!
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Eileen Yu
Eileen Yu began covering the IT industry when Asynchronous Transfer Mode was still hip and e-commerce was the new buzzword. In her B.T.W blog, she takes an offbeat look at issues about life and finds a connection to the tech and business landscape. Eileen is senior editor at ZDNet Asia, where she oversees the business tech news site.
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Where are the services?
While the sexy phones and booth babes took centerstage at this year's CommunicAsia, I was hard-pressed to find mobile applications for both consumers and corporate types.Only a handful of apps caught my eye.
Say, where have we heard that before?
For me, the CommunicAsia show thus far can be summed up in three words--hectic, hectic, hectic. I spend most of my days between trawling through the exhibition halls at the 'far' eastern end of Singapore, attending conferences held at a separate venue in the city, and rushing back to the office to file stories.
Say, where have we heard that before?
For me, the CommunicAsia show thus far can be summed up in three words--hectic, hectic, hectic. I spend most of my days between trawling through the exhibition halls at the 'far' eastern end of Singapore, attending conferences held at a separate venue in the city, and rushing back to the office to file stories.
What good is all this technology?
Even with all the hubbub about how technology--the likes of HSDPA, IMS, NGN, IPTV, WiMax and VoBB--will change the way we live in the future, it seems that certain things in life remain resistant to change. Or, so I discovered this week.
What good is all this technology?
Even with all the hubbub about how technology--the likes of HSDPA, IMS, NGN, IPTV, WiMax and VoBB--will change the way we live in the future, it seems that certain things in life remain resistant to change. Or, so I discovered this week.
And the best-dressed award goes to...
CommunicAsia is never complete without svelte models dressed in figure-hugging costumes, or so I have been led to believe.And at this year's show, there were indeed some exhibitors that turned up the heat in the air-conditioned event halls with skimpily-clad sweet young things strutting around the company's product displays.
And the best-dressed award goes to...
CommunicAsia is never complete without svelte models dressed in figure-hugging costumes, or so I have been led to believe.And at this year's show, there were indeed some exhibitors that turned up the heat in the air-conditioned event halls with skimpily-clad sweet young things strutting around the company's product displays.
No end to the hype
Industry vendors creating hoopla out of technologies that are ahead of their time will obviously find it hard to fulfill their promises.WiMax is an example.