PC Expo 2012 readies for Johor Bahru

More than 70,000 expected at Johor Bahru PC Expo 2012 November 2 – 4, PJICC

OCTOBER 25, 2012, JOHOR BAHRU – Preparations are underway to ready Johor Baru PC Expo 2012 next month held at Persada Johor International Convention Centre (PJICC) in Johor Bahru.

Local digital lifestyle retailers will join global brands and multinational technology principals for the largest digital lifestyle showcase in the state. The year-end PC Expo 2012 will be held November 2 – 4 at PJICC. At the time, PC Expo 2012 will also be held at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (MVEC) in Kuala Lumpur and Penang International Sports Arena (PISA) in Penang.

According EM Exhibitions (M) Sdn Bhd project director Jeslynn Wong Lee Chen, the large number of participating local retailers reflects well on the growth and pervasiveness of the digital lifestyle industry in Johor Bahru. These retailers include EIT Lifestyle (Booths J5, J15, JJ32, J55), MicroNation Sdn Bhd (Booth J52), Metakey Sdn Bhd (Booth J50), Navotech Technology Sdn Bhd (Booths J38, J43), Oriental Digital Imaging Sdn Bhd (Booth J12), Pan Millenium Sdn Bhd (Booth J39), Passo Technology Sdn Bhd (Booth J27), PDA Junction (M) Sdn Bhd (Booth J13) and Today Mobile Sdn Bhd (Booth J18).

Joining them are established distributors and technology principals alike such as Alpha Tech Distribution Sdn Bhd (Booth J14), G&O Distribution (M) Sdn Bhd (Booths J37, J45), Kao Sheng Distribution Sdn Bhd (Booths J6, J23, J31), Thunder Match Technology Sdn Bhd (Booths J8, J24), Tele Dynamics Sdn Bhd (Booth J57), Activelansing Technology Sdn Bhd, Dell Sales Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Booth J4) and Hewlett-Packard (M) Sdn Bhd (Booth J9).

Such a combination offer visitors at Johor Bahru PC Expo 2012 a wide variety of choices and bargains. For example, Thunder Match Technology is bundling tablets like Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1” (16GB) with a screen protector, cover and 16GB Memory Card at RM2,199, Sony Tablet S 9.4” (16GB) with a slip case, screen protector, micro USB cable, cleaning kit, 4GB Micro SD and 1+1 Year Extended Warranty at RM1,199 and Samsung Galaxy S3 with flip cover and screen protector at RM1,999.

Meanwhile Grex Multimedia will be offering best buys of Intel i5-3210 powered Lenovo G480 at RM1,599 and Lenovo Z480 at RM1,799, with a RM99 headset, and EIT Lifestyle is promoting the 20-inch all-in-one AMD A6-3600 powered HP TouchSmart at RM2,588 with free gift worth RM199.

More than 70,000 visitors are expected to converge at PJICC during PC Expo next month. Asides these offers, she said it is also interesting to observe PC Expo visitors include those who are well past 50 years old, in addition to youths, students, business executives, entrepreneurs and young families. “We have observed well-informed elderly couples with strong brand preferences and purchasing power shopping for primarily tablet devices, then smartphones and followed by digital cameras. They are purchasing to use these devices for social networking, voice and video communications, entertainment and gaming,” she remarked. “The proliferation of these devices plus the availability of numerous hotspots have increased the quality of digital lifestyle in Johor.”

According to Communications & Multimedia Pocket Book of Statistics, Q2 2012, Johor currently has a registered number of 2,377 hotspots, the third largest in the country, having grown from 1,732 hotspots in 2011. In addition, Johor also has the largest number of 1Malaysia Community Broadband Centre at 45. These initiatives have helped enhance digital lifestyle in the state.”

In addition, she said Johor Bahru PC Expo 2012 will feature unique offers like RM9.90 for a 8GB Kingston USB drive, RM169 for a 500GB Buffalo HDD and RM199 for a HP Laserjet P1102. “We have more than RM50,000 worth of prizes like the new iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0”, Alcatel OT979 Special Edition Phone and Sony Hello Kitty Limited Edition Handycam for our “Lucky Draw”. There are also offers for limited-edition USB devices with themes depicting popular characters like Batman, Transformer 3, Doraemon, Ironman and Avengers.

There are other activities like “Unlock and Win” which features a Samsung Galaxy S3 as its grand prize and “Like, Share and Tag” with prizes like an iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Both activities are available at PC Expo Facebook (www.facebook.com/pcexpo).

Asides PJICC, MVEC and PISA, the popular three-day digital lifestyle PC Expo 2012 continues its third leg November 9 - 11 at Melaka International Trade Centre in Melaka.

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