Malla Baba Exim, one of the distributors for Dell, is offering free Sony Ericsson mobile handset or Dell laser printer on every purchase. [break]
Malla Baba has introduced Inspiron 5110 featuring second generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processor with RAM up to 6GB. Neeraj Chachan of Malla Baba Exim said majority of buyers at his stall were students. “Number of sale is better than last year and there are many visitors too,” Chachan said.
Customers can get free gifts including carrying case, headphone and mouse on the purchase of laptops at ICM Systems. The stall has HP Pavilion series starting from Rs 44,5000, comes with free gifts at the expo. HP Pavilion 430 has intel core i3 processor, 2GB DDR3 memory, 320 GB hard drive.
Max International at stall number D36 is offering laptops of Sony Vaio, Acer, Compaq, Lenovo and others. Simran Ghising at the stall said that fierce competition in the market has compelled the companies to come up with competitive pricing and attractive offers. She further added they are targeting college students.
Digital Corner is offering computer exchange offer under which customers can bring their old computers and get them exchanged for a price with new ones.
The stall of Digital Corner is also giving away Dell´s Inspiron N4050 for Rs 44,500. The laptop features Core I3, 500 GB hard disk, WiFi, 14-inch LED screen and others.
Likewise, title sponsor of the event Explore Asia is offering HP 430 laptop for Rs 44,000. It features 14-inch LED Display, 320 GB Hard Drive, Intel Core i3 processor and so on. It is also offering printer worth Rs 14,000 free on the purchase of every Dell laptop.
Along with laptops, products like laptop cleaner, USB, external hard drive are the other popular products which were selling fast on Saturday.
´Next edition of Info-Tech will be more digital´
Kishor Panth is the first Vice-President of Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) - organizer of six-day long CAN Info-Tech 2012. Panth shares his experiences in organizing the event with Republica.
How do you evaluate the response so far at Info-Tech?
Visitors´ feedbacks are yet to come but we are encouraged with the crowd. Looking at the trade volume, we assume that exhibitors are also happy. In terms of number of visitors, around 100,000 visitors came on Saturday. Till now, the number of visitors has crossed 190,000.
How is this edition of Info-Tech different from the previous ones?
Like always, one product received maximum response. Last year, it was the notebook while this year the main attraction is tablet PC. Internet packages are also selling well. We have been introducing new technology every year. This year, we introduced bar code for tickets and VIP tags. Digital information display is the other new attraction.
Despite efforts from organizers, it seems managing the crowd is still a challenge. Would you like to comment on this?
Crowd management has always been a challenge. We have increased the space, splitting food stalls from other stalls. Limited space is our challenge. Visitors have also been cooperative and we request them to listen to volunteers´ instructions and help us in making the event more organized.
Do you have any plans for next edition of the event?
We are focusing on making the event more digital, cutting down on the use of paper. More focus will be on branding and technology will be used wherever possible. We are working to introduce Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to ease trading and we will incorporate the new innovations of ICT sector.
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