TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The winning products of the COMPUTEX design & innovation (d&i) awards are going on a year-long global tour, stopping at major ICT shows that include IFA in Berlin, GITEX in Dubai, CES in Las Vegas, MWC in Barcelona and CeBIT in Hannover. This multi-continental tour aims to spur the ICT world to let loose the creative juices to shape the future.

• IFA / Sept. 5^th to 10^th, 2014
  Hall 25 / Booth 122
• GITEX / October 12^th to 16^th, 2014
  Hall 8 / Booth E8-20
• CES / January 6^th to 9^th, 2015
  South Hall 1 / Booth 21642
• MWC / Mar. 2^nd to 5^th, 2015
  Hall 5 / Booth 5J11
• CeBIT / March 16^th to 20^th, 2015

The 2014 winning products were unveiled at last June’s COMPUTEX TAIPEI, one of the top ICT events of the year, which hosted 1,710 exhibitors using 5,069 booths to link 38,662 international visitors from 166 countries. Top makers used the 5-day event to showcase a dazzling line-up of product launches. Innovations from key players like Asus, Microsoft, Intel, Ford, AMD, MediaTek and Corning captured the headlines in the trade press.

The independent jury panel, organized by the prestigious iF (International Forum Design), selected 74 products as winners. Among them were big names such as Acer, Asus, Philips, Qualcomm and SanDisk. In addition, five winning products listed below were crowned with Gold awards.

• X300A Wireless digital Hi-Fi speaker system by GP Acoustics (UK) Ltd.
• Philips Two-in-One Design, Dual 19-inch Display by Philips
• HTC Dot View case by HTC
• Cylinder, cell phone car holder by Taer Innovation Co., Ltd.
• Level 10 M Hybrid mouse by Thermaltake Technology Co., Ltd.

This year a record 288 items were entered by 123 companies vying for the honors, the largest number since the COMPUTEX d&i awards started in 2008.

While showcasing online is the common, only the COMPUTEX d&i awards sends its ICT champ products on a global tour. This gesture offers a real and tangible access to appreciate the quality, innovation and design of the outstanding ICT products.

For more info on COMPUTEX d&i awards: www.ComputexTaipei.com.tw

Contacts

TAITRA
Shawn Lee, +886-2-2725-5200 ext. 2637
Exhibition Dept.
Fax: +886-2-2725-3501
2press@taitra.org.tw