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Top 10 fancy items in 2010
By Hao Yan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-11-19 17:35
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Editor's note:
Apple Inc's iPhone 4 and iPad has triggered sakes, and boosted the company's revenue and stock prices. Many fancy products were launched this year, some of them at correspondingly fancy prices. Here are the top 10 selected by the China Daily website:Click for more "top ten" topics
4. Samsung unveils world's 1st 3D full-HD LED TV
6. Lamborghini introduces luxury cell phone
9. China launches official Web map service
1. Apple unveils iPhone 4
Apple Inc unveiled iPhone 4 on the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 7. The new iPhone 4 differs from its predecessors with a higher-resolution screen, longer battery life and thinner design. [Full Coverage]
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Apple Inc's CEO Steve Jobs, demonstrates the FaceTime feature on the iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 7, 2010. [Photo/Agencies] |
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2. iPad comes to China
After waiting eight months, Apple fans were finally able to get their hands on an iPad in China, as the company officially launched its era-defining product on the Chinese mainland on Sept 17. [Full Coverage]
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A customer takes a look at an Apple Inc iPad at a store in Hong Kong, China, on July 23, 2010. [Photo/Agencies] |
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3. Call of the vuvuzela
The vuvuzela, a long, plastic trumpet aroused much controversy for its huge noise-making ability, turned out to be an opportunity for Chinese manufacturers despite narrow profit margins.
About 90 percent of the vuvuzelas blown by soccer fans during the 2010 FIFA World Cup were made in China. [Full story]
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Two children play vuvuzela trumpets at their family factory in Ninghai county of East China's Zhejiang province, June 23, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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4. Samsung unveils world's 1st 3D full-HD LED TV
Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest flat screen TV maker, unveiled Thursdaywhen? the world's first three-dimensional (3D) full high-definition (HD) televisions using light-emitting diodes (LED), as the company aims to sell 2 million 3D TVs worldwide this year, the company said. [Full story]
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Glasses for Samsung Electronics' 3D TV [Photo/Qianlong.com] |
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5. Tea time at Starbucks
Think of Starbucks and the chances are you will be thinking of coffee. But be prepared for change. In the future, the assistant will be asking whether you would prefer tea or coffee. The Seattle-based business on March 3 officially launched its first batch of Chinese tea products in China, the traditional home of tea, in a new attempt to boost business. [Full story]
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The point of sales materials for Chinese green tea products on display at a Starbucks outlet. [Photo/Nddaily.com] |
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6. Lamborghini introduces luxury cell phone
Luxury automaker Lamborghini introduced its Spyder luxury cell phone with sapphire crystal screens at a price ranging from HK$13,800 to HK$21,800 ($1,780 to 2,811) in Hong Kong in the second half of 2010.
The Lamborghini Spyder cell phone has a 2.2 inches (2.6 centimeter) Sapphire crystal screen, with a 240 by 320 pixel resolution. The Lamborghini logo is embossed besides the three-mega pixel camera on the back. [Full story]
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The Lamborghini Spyder cell phone has a 2.2 inches (2.6 centimeter) Sapphire crystal screen, with a 240 by 320 pixel resolution. [File photo] |
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7. McDonald's fancy dress
Access Agency, a marketing agency soon to be launched, opened temporary fancy McDonalds restaurants during Fashion Weeks in London, Milan, New York, Paris, Sydney, and Hong Kong in September and October. At that time, McDonalds served food in packings with logos of major fashion brands such as Hermers, Gucci and so on. [Full story]
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McDonalds serves food in packings with logos of major fashion brands such as Hermers, Gucci and so on. [Photo/Access-agency.net] |
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8. Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG was launched in China market at the Auto China 2010 in Beijing on April 23. To many it embodies perfection in design with its gullwing doors, wide radiator grille and wing-shaped cross fins.
The SLS AMG is equipped with a 6.3-liter, V8 engine that can achieve a top speed of 317 km/h. It accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds. [Photos]
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The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG car is displayed at the Auto China 2010 in Beijing on April 24, 2010. [Photo/Chinadaily.com.cn] |
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9. China launches official Web map service
China has launched its official online mapping service, Map World, as Google Inc has yet to apply for a Web mapping license in the country.
The State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) officially unveiled the free online map service on Oct 21. [Full story]
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The screen grabs of Map World. [Photo/China Daily] |
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10. Nokia navigates for free
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia's said on Jan 21 that the company would offer the free navigation service on its Ovi Maps application in 74 countries and regions. [Full story]
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A navigation cellphone used by a taxi driver in Beijing. Thirteen million navigation cell phones were shipped to China in 2009. [Photo/Agencies] |
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