Acer To Conduct Reward Distribution Event

Acer concluded three day mega reward event for its channel partners, to acknowledge their exemplary performance during the month of September. The Shubha-Lakshmi scheme, part of Acers on going partner appreciation initiatives across the country in partnership with Microsoft, proved to be extremely successful. The company will be conducting reward distribution events across 12 cities in India, to felicitate its star channel partners, by gifting gold coins&watches.


This channel event, with a 'difference, had various stalls to entertain the family members of the companys channel partners. This novel event held in Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Pune, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin, Nagpur, Guwahati conveys the companys belief that family encouragement & support is the backbone of success in any form of business.


September 2009 has been the best month ever, since Acer began operations in India, ten years back. We are sure all our partners will be as excited in joining us for this felicitation ceremony as we are in conducting it. This gesture reinforces Acers commitment to sustaining a rewarding relationship with our channel partners. All partners receiving rewards are from our retail channel community who have played a pivotal role in promoting genuine Microsoft OS on the Acer Hardware platform said W.S. Mukund, MD Acer India.


Commenting on Acers initiative, Rajan Anandan, MD, Microsoft India said Acers channel network has truly mitigated the challenges of the tough economic times to post stupendous success in business across the last month and Shubha Lakshmi is an innovative effort on part of the partner friendly Acer to acknowledge the passion which drove such business performance. I wish both Acer and its partner network even greater success.

BenQ Unveils its First All-In-One PC

BenQ announced the launch of its first all-in-one PC for the Indian market 18.5-inch nScreen i91 and 21.5-inch i221. The nScreen combines great looks with the latest features, and offers users a more enjoyable Internet surfing experience with its simple set-up and friendly interface. The streamlined, attractive design of the nScreen is a new personal statement in living aesthetics.

Getting rid of complicated cables and portals, the nScreen allows users to start enjoying the Internet after plugging in and switching on the machine through its simple installation and user interface. nScreen i91&i221 perfectly integrates a computer inside a high definition (HD) widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

BenQ integrates the interface of a plug-and-play device into the nScreen i91 & i221 to make operation even simpler. For example, a knob on the bottom right of the computer front functions as a power button and a volume control, much like a TV. Users can also buy an optional nScreen handset, which may be used together with a built-in 1.3M webcam as a simple Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) videophone to see and chat with families and friends more conveniently and affordably.

The nScreen has a host of additional features. For seniors, the nScreens virtual magnifier function makes reading easier. It also comes with a senior mode to lower high audio frequencies and make sound clearer. Professional users can easily open the nScreens back cover to upgrade hard drives or memory chips without using screwdrivers. With these customized features, BenQ is offering users simple digital enjoyment with maximum ease.

The BenQ nScreen i91 & i221 are available through all BenQ dealers in India and are priced from Rs 26999 onwards.

Gigabyte Unleashes Latest GV-R5700 series Graphics Cards

Gigabyte Technology announces the latest GV-R5700 series graphics cards.  Gigabytes GV-R577D5-1GD-B and GV-R575D5-1GD are built on the highly anticipated ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 Series GPUs- which utilizes the latest 826 million transistors on 40nm fabrication process and GDDR5 memory. Gigabyte HD 5700 Series graphics cards provide Microsoft DirectX 11, ATI Eyefinity Technology, ATI Stream technology, Quad mode ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support, UDV 2 and PowerPlay, and offer an incredibly immersive HD gaming experience and unrivaled performance.

The Gigabyte HD 5700 Series graphics cards feature ATI's latest 2nd Generation TeraScale graphics engine, boasting the power of more than 2 teraFLOPS with 800 and 720 stream processors respectively. With 1GB GDDR5 memory, the Gigabyte HD 5700 Series provides twice the data per pin of GDDR3 memory at the same clock speeds. Utilizing ATI Eyefinity Technology, each gamer can run up to 3 displays from a single graphics board and expand the field of view across all displays. Gamers can enjoy the ultimate gaming experience with innovative wrap around multi-display capabilities with ATI Eyefinity Technology. Furthermore, benefiting from ATI Stream Technology, end-users can easily unleash the massive parallel processing power of GPU for physics, artificial intelligence, stream computing and ray tracing calculations, and tackle demanding tasks like video transcoding with incredible speed.

In addition, Gigabyte HD 5700 Series graphics cards fully support for Microsoft DirectX 11 for life-like realism and stunning 3D gaming effects. Gamers can get striking 3D visual effects and dynamic interactivity with DirectX 11 support, including features like Tessellation, HDR Texture Compression, Multi-threading and DirectCompute. Microsoft DirectX 11 brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and gamers can dominate the competition with Gigabyte GV-R5700 Series graphics cards.

Gigabytes GV R577D5-1GD-B is priced at Rs 10900 and GV-R575D5-1GD-B is priced at Rs 9900

Canon Pops Out Scratch & Win Offer

Canon India has introduced a special Mega festive delight offer for it discerning customers in India. In the lieu of making this Diwali special, Canon has introduced scratch&win offer where the customers stand a chance to win attractive prizes upto Rs 4999/- on the purchase of all digital imaging products. The offer is valid till 25th October 09.

Choosing the auspicious festival of Diwali and owing to the grandeur of the occasion, the Mega Festive Delight Offer enables customers to win a digital photo frame worth Rs 4999. Customers also stand a chance to win 100 free prints of their photographs or a personalized desktop calendar with purchase of every Canon camera.

Announcing the offer,Shunichi Senda, Director, Imaging Communication Products, Canon India said, Capturing the essence of festival, we are extremely delighted to present this special Diwali offer for our customers.  This is yet another effort from the brand to connect with its customers at large. We are confident that our customers will appreciate this exciting offer and enjoy a vibrant and fun-filled festival of lights alongside.

Expressing his views on the offer, Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice-President, Canon India said, We hope the festival of light this year bids farewell to the adversities of economic slowdown which has gripped our economy since Diwali last year. With this Mega festival delight offer, Canon is all set to delight its customers and bring fervour to this auspicious occasion for them. It has been our constant endeavour to provide relevant offers to our customers across geographical and cultural spread. Hence this Diwali, we are looking at an annual growth of 30% over the last year.

D-Link Announces Lifetime Warranty

D-Link announced that the Companys business solution products now include a Lifetime Warranty for business solution products to affirm continuous commitment to provide quality products&solutions.

Starting this October, D-Link business solution products purchased from D-Link or through authorized resellers and distributors will be covered by the Lifetime Warranty for as long as the product is owned by the original customer, or up to a period of five years after the products discontinuance, whichever occurs first.

Speaking about this new initiative Jayesh Kotak, VP Product Management, D-Link (India) Ltd. said, This is in line with companys focus to provide world class products/ Solutions and service. This warranty policy is certainly going to be a great win-win situation for our customers and is also testament of the quality of D-Link products

This new warranty will cover D-Links entire business solution product line, which includes smart switches, unmanaged and managed switches, business wireless, and firewall security appliances.

Delivering high quality products to its consumers has always been a key area of focus for D-Link. With the new Lifetime Warranty policy designed for its business solution products, D-Link affirms its commitment towards providing quality products and after sales support to build and increase customer confidence towards D-Links products and solutions.

Elaborating further, Raj Jadhav, VP Solution Consulting, Tech-Support&IT, D-Link (India) Ltd. said By offering a Lifetime Warranty we hope to provide our customers the ability to plan with confidence their network development roadmap for the future without having to worry about wastage of previously invested resources or product quality.

The Lifetime Warranty policy now includes D-Link business solution products sold in entire India through its vast network of D-Links value-added resellers, solution providers, Regional Distributors and National distributor.