Budget Technology Boom at Barcelona Mobile Fair

The second day of the world's largest mobile fair in Barcelona showcased a range of popular budget products such as a 15-euro mobile phone and a pocket printer.

Published

3 months ago

Categories

Technology

Topics

Technology

Places

Spain, Barcelona

Companies

P.T. Lg Electronics Indonesia, Hewlett-Packard Company

Tags

smartphone

Transcript

SHOTLIST: BARCELONA, SPAIN, FEBRUARY 26, 2013 SOURCE: AFPTV -VAR Congress SOUNDBITE 1 Cecile Tezenas de Montcel, HP demonstrator (French, 17 sec): "HP has just launched the new HP Slate 7, which is this 7 inch long tablet.. so we are in a revival on the tablet market. The idea with this product is to offer clients the best deal possible between price and features." [French] "HP vient de lancer la nouvelle HP Slate 7, c'est cette tablette ici, qui est une tablette 7 pouces, donc on se relance sur le marché des tablettes et l'idée avec ce produit là c'est d'amener au client le meilleur compromis prix et specs, feature en anglais" VAR HP Slate 7 tablet SOUNDBITE 2 Ayokunle Adesina (man), Nokia demonstrator (English, 13 sec): "There are still millions and millions of people out there who do not have a phone yet so in Nokia one of the things we try to do is create access because we do know, by talking to each other and calling people or calling friends an families, probably things are more human." -VAR Nokia 15 euro phone SOUNDBITE 3 Ayokunle Adesina (man), Nokia demonstrator (English, 14 sec): "It's going to cost 15 euros at retail and so it's really affordable like someone says it's probably the cost of a glass of wine." -Delegates at congress SOUNDBITE 4 Coralie Collet (woman), head of communications at LG (French, 11 sec): "It's a pocket printer connected to your smartphone, so you download the app, you customize your picture with the it and then you print via blutetooth or USB cable." [French] "C'est une imprimante de poche qui communique avec votre smartphone, donc vous téléchargez l'application, vous personnalisez votre photo sur l'application et vous lancez l'impression via bluetooth ou cable USB" -VAR LG pocket printer -VAR Congress