Despite the shorter show (6 vs. 7 days), attendance was up 3% from last year, totaling 495,000. One out of five attendees (100,000+ in total) was from outside Germany.
CeBIT’s new show format used a “Home & Mobility” category to reflect the consumer IT products that CeBIT once spurned but now covets.
Buzz in this category centered mainly on the emerging low-cost subnotebook category as epitomized by Asus’ eee pc (350,000 sold with 3-5 million units by year end). Asus will have plenty of competition as 25 new notebooks using Intel’s Atom are readying in Asia for Q3 release.
Partner Country France
Was Happy at CeBIT
According to organizers, partner country France was also happy with this year's CeBIT, speaking of "renewed momentum for our Franco-German partnership."
We already knew that by looking at these two photos from the opening ceremony.
No disrespect but these could make for an interesting Photo Caption contest.
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