After its great success in the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is ready to share with the world the latest products and state-of-the-art technologies Taiwan can offer in ¡§Taiwan Hottest Products at CeBIT 2008¡¨, featuring Taiwan executives from up-and-coming high-tech firms, good design and innovative products, industry networking sessions, new products announcement and a tea reception during CeBIT 2008. This is an opportunity to meet the elite of Taiwan¡¦s ICT industry and partners in Europe. The even is scheduled to take place at the Taiwan Pavilion (TAITRA VIP Lounge) from 15:00 to 16:00 on March 5th. TAITRA is delighted to have Mr. Wiegmann, President of iF International Forum Design GmbH, to give a keynote speech before our Taiwanese ICT superstars share their new product: Acer, ASUS, Giga-byte, HTC, Mio and Thermaltake will be launching their latest inventions and take questions in the event.

Mobile phone-based navigation is remaking the GPS market. While Garmin and TomTom remain the worldwide market leaders for portable navigation devices today, mobile phone makers Nokia, Motorola, LG and Samsung are expected to lead the way in the near future. This will happen as the worldwide portable navigation market grows from 50 million units in 2007 to more than 500 million units in 2015, according to Telematics Research Group. The pure navigation devices like TomTom and Garmin will enhance their connectivity, and how to compete with smartphone users would be a key of survival for them.