The emphasis for the Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI Award has always been on technology, innovation and market potential. This year, in addition to experts from the industry, academia and research sectors, the judging panel included experts from the international design community and international awards committee. According to the panel, this year's criteria were more extensive and reflective to the current industry trends, providing better recognition of the participants’ creativity, technology and product features. Among the 550 candidate products, 39 were ultimately chosen as the best to be showcased at COMPUTEX2008.

In COMPUTEX2008, over 240 vendors and 550 products, a 26% increment from last year's enrollment, competed for the 7th Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI Award, and 125 products made it through the preliminary selection. Among the final 39 products winning the Best Choice Award, GIGABYTE alone includes 5, consisting of 2 mobile devices -- M528 and M700. GIGABYTE's M528 Mobile Internet Device (MID) and M700 Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) had previously won the 2008 Taiwan Excellence Award. In a demonstration of their high quality, the two products went on to receive the Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 Award as well.

GIGABYTE MID M528 has a stylish, simplistic design, elegant appearance, and is compact in size. Equipped with a 4.8” LCD display and weighing only at 340g, it is convenient to be carried around. M528 provides excellent performance. With a built-in 3.0M pixels camera for entertainment and a 300K pixels webcam for video conference, information comes as easy as a grip. In addition, the wireless communication design of M528 allows users to connect to the Internet and to process e-mails and messages at anytime. Meanwhile, the QWERTY slider keyboard and handwriting recognition device make e-mails replying easy and convenient. M528 also has a built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) for consumers to navigate their surroundings at anytime and anywhere, enhancing the experiences in the stylish slider with a single finger and the superior performance with both hands.



GIGABYTE M700 is a newly integrated, multi-functional 3C product with an elegant simplistic design in fashionable ivory. In addition to the 7” LED backlight display, ultra lightweight body of 650g, M700 is equipped with a built-in expandable Express Card slot supporting both HSPDA and WiMAX.Consumers can conduct both video web communication and instant-message sharing with friends through the unique-designed twin-lens camera. Moreover, a built-in GPS, brand new touch screen operation, and robust multi-media features in M700 provide users with a variety of selection of operating modes, creating infinite possibilities to experience the conveniences brought by modern technology.



The Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 Award ceremony will be held at 10:00AM on June 3rd (Tuesday) at “Booth Section M” on the 4th floor of the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) Nangang Exhibition Hall. GIGABYTE's award-winning M528 MID and M700 UMPC will be on display on the 1st floor of the same location for consecutive 5 days (June 3rd ~June 7th) during COMPUTEX2008 exhibition. We look forward to your visit and comments.