CeBIT March 12-19 2003

I read about this year's CeBIT on Boston.com. Exhibitors at this show display their latest cool techno-gadgets. 6,500 attended. Check out the pictures. Here are the highlights:

• Hewlett-Packard PSC1210 - $186 combined printer-scanner-copier
  
• Intel Centrino chip - wireless-ready chip for portable computers
  
• Sony Ericsson T610 - camera cell phone
  
• Nokia 3300 phone - Europe $320 includes MP3 & FM radio. Successor to 5510 music phone that was larger to fit a keyboard. Nokia also released 6650 3G phone.
  
• Sony Z1 Vaio notebook
  
• Parrot DriveBlue handsfree cell phone adapter for cars $187 - uses voice recognition and Bluetooth
  
• Pearl - transparent, lighted computer housing for $187
  
• Casio EXILIM - size of a credit card, 3.2 megapixels, 3x optical zoom
  
• Philips and ViewSonic Smart Displays - wireless monitors
  
• Casio EQ-G2000 electronic dictionary - 2.6 million words, or 3 large dictionaries