Expo 2012 ends year at MITC

PC Expo 2012 ends year with celebratory offers at Melaka International Trade Centre Nov 9 – 11

NOVEMBER 8, 2012, MELAKA – PC Expo 2012 will end this year with an impressive lineup of celebratory bargains, school holiday deals and year-end promotional offers November 9 – 11 at Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC), Melaka.

According EM Exhibitions (M) Sdn Bhd project director Jeslynn Wong Lee Chen, the festive mood is in the air particularly as year-end school holidays start this weekend. In addition, there are two festivities next week, Deepavali on Nov 13, 2012 and Awal  Muharram two days later. “Shoppers will be in for a treat for festive bargains, school-holiday offers and year-end sales for digital lifestyle devices and services at the Expo.“

More than 350,000 shoppers have made PC Expo 2012 their shopping destination in recent weeks. Melaka PC Expo 2012 is the third and final leg of the Expo, which to date has been held in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Penang and Sg. Petani.

This week, about 80,000 shoppers are expected to converge at MITC to take advantage of offers and bargains from 47 participating digital lifestyle retailers, distributors and technology principals. These include exhibitors like Acer Sales and Services Sdn Bhd (MK3), Celcom Mobile Sdn Bhd (MK39), Hewlett-Packard (M) Sdn Bhd (MK7), Maxis Mobile Services Sdn Bhd (MK36), Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (MK41), TM Berhad (MK38), Toshiba (MK8), U Mobile Sdn Bhd (MK40) and YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (MK37).

Local digital lifestyle retailers based in Melaka are well represented at the Expo. They include GH Computer Technology Sdn Bhd (MK24), Kao Sheng Distribution Sdn Bhd (MK6, MK26), Keypoint Computers Sdn Bhd (MK14), Komputer Abadi Sdn Bhd (MK31, MK32), MicroNation Sdn Bhd (MK23), MPS Telecommunication Sdn Bhd (MK5, MK31A), Navotech Technology Sdn Bhd (MK4, MK49), Pan Millenium Sdn Bhd (MK11), Stygix Distribution (MK12, MK15A) and VKnow Systems Sdn Bhd (MK21).

She said shoppers can look forward to several activities held during the Expo. For example, Acer will be organising Mini Speedy Sweep @ PC Expo daily. Every customer making a purchase during Happy Hour (3.00pm to 4.00pm) are eligible to play Mini Speedy Sweep which has a grand prize of Acer products worth RM1,500. In addition, every participant will receive a RM20 Acer shopping voucher. Participants need to identify and gather Acer products on the stage worth RM2,000 and the participant with the closest amount wins. “There are also hands-on opportunity featuring Windows 8 on Acer’s new all-in-one 27-inch touch-friendly desktop PC, Acer Aspire 7600U and on-the-go ultrabook, Acer Aspire S7,” she said.

Thunder Match Technology Sdn Bhd (MK9) will offer Windows 8 pre-installed notebook PCs like the 14-inch Dell Inspiron Ultrabook 14Z 5423 at RM2,199 and Dell Inspiron 7420 at RM2,899. There are also numerous offers for smartphones and tablets like Samsung Galaxy Note II, at RM2,299 and bundled with a flip cover and screen protector, 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab II at RM1,299 and 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Note at RM2,199 and bundled with a screen protector, book cover and 16GB memory card.

Exhibitors like Metakey Sdn Bhd (MK16), Navotech Technology, Kao Sheng Distribution and E Cube Trading (MK27) have an assortment of interesting bargains. Metakey intends to highlight Android-based tablets with prices RM299 onwards and mobile digital MP3 players priced RM19.90 onwards. Navotech Technology will offer Samsung 19-inch LCD monitors for RM249, 8GB Kingston MicroSD cards for RM19 and bundling Acer 500GB External HDDs for RM159 with a free gift. Among interesting offers from Kao Sheng Distribution include RM89 for a 5400mAH smart phone PowerBank which retails at RM129, Targus notebook backpacks priced from RM139 and accessories for smartphones and tablets, while E Cube Trading is offering a “Buy 1 - Free 3” notebook backpacks for a selected range.

Shoppers can take advantage of Melaka PC Expo 2012 Early-Bird Offers like RM9.90 for a Kingston 8GB USB drive, RM29.90 for a Batman-themed PowerBank, RM169 for a Buffalo 500GB Portable HDD, RM199 for a HP Laserjet P1102 and more.

There are also numerous activities to reward shoppers. These activities include “Check- In and Redeem” and “Lucky Draw”. More than RM50,000 worth of prizes are ready and include the new iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0”, Alcatel OT979 Special Edition Phone and Sony Hello Kitty Limited Edition Handycam. There are also activities to celebrate the popularity of PC Expo Facebook (www.facebook.com/pcexpo), which has garnered about 47,000 “Likes”. These activities include “Unlock and Win” with a Samsung Galaxy S3 as the main prize and “Like, Share and Tag” which has an iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 as prizes