Thursday, March 09, 2006
IT Show 2006
Presenting to you some of the better hardware deals at the IT Show. No pictures due to time constraint. Look at this and check them out by Sunday if you're interested!

Location: Suntec City Levels 3,4,6. Level 3 is crap.
Time: Till 12 March. Noon to 9pm.

[Notebooks]
Samsung Q30. The anorexic 1.1kg red notebook is back with a $1000 price slash. Flyer says original price was $3999 but I think $3799 is more correct. Anyway the show price is $2799 and it comes with an additional 6 cell battery. Finally good enough value.
Samsung X60. Samsung introduces its dual core notebooks with a reasonably priced one. 15.4" display, DVD writer, 80GB, 512MB RAM, remote control, slim for its size, 2.48kg, $2499. Worth checking out if you've always wanted a Samsung lappy but found them chronically overpriced. Both Samsungs comes with free mouse and carrying case.
Samsung R50, X20 and X1 also at a better than usual price.
MSI Megabook S452B. At $2099 with a 14" widescreen display, 512MB ram, 80GB HDD, DVD writer, GeForce Go6200 gfx card and XP Pro, this is too good value for money to be ignore.

[Digicams]
Nikon Coolpix S1. Slim, relatively stylish and armed with a 5 megapixel camera. An older model, but you can definitely do worse than this. At a $349 clearance price, it's hard to ignore as well.
Fuji FinePix F460. This 5 megapixel shooter with 3x optical zoom and 2.5" display is priced at $399 and comes with 256MB xD card and extra battery among other freebies.
Olympus FE-150. 5 megapixel, 2.5" display, 3x optical zoom and lightweight. Priced $349, with free 512MB xD card and more.
Casio Z600. 6 megapixels, Anti-shake, 2.7" LCD, 3x optical zoom. $649, with 512MB SD card, Siemens DECT phone, leather carrying case and more.

[MP3 players]
Samsung YH-820. Outgoing model that plays MP3 and WMA formats. FM, line in recorder and JPEG viewer also features. Free Sennheiser headphones. $299 for 4GB storage and colour display. Good value.
Creative. Many of Creative's players are receiving a free set of its speakers (worth $69) or earphones (worth $39). But check out Samsung's YP-T55 if you're thinking of going MuVo. It sounds better.

[LCD monitors]
Acer AL1916W. 19", widescreen, $399. Very limited sets left.
But for something of higher quality, you may want to check out BenQ FP91G+ and ViewSonic VA912/B at $469 and $455 respectively. Both comes with free DVI cable, not available in the Acer. I personally prefer the ViewSonic.

[Printers and AIOs]
As usual, many good deals. Check out your preferred brand. All have some decent offers.