Hardware Zone gives out 29 product awards
-- Palm Vx, NOMAD Jukebox among winners

By Sabrina Chua

channelnewsasia.com - March 16, 2001 - The Palm Vx has been named 2000's best Palm OS-based handheld by popular Singapore computer hardware site Hardware Zone, while Compaq's iPAQ H3630 was picked as best Pocket PC.

At the inaugural Hardware Zone Awards presentation on Friday, Creative's NOMAD Jukebox took the title for most innovative digital audio player, while Richfield Innovations' Marketplace was named best shop in Sim Lim Square.

These were among the 29 technologies picked to recognise the best computer hardware and consumer products on the market. The awards also aim to promote excellence in hardware manufacturing, design and quality of products in the computer industry.

In the chipset categories, AMD's Athlon took the spot for best high-end performance CPU, while its Duron won best low-end/budget CPU.

The winning products were first nominated by HardwareZone.com's members. The nominated products were then judged on their performance, features, price and reliability and were put through a round of benchmark tests by Hardware Zone's in-house panel of judges.

Out of 127 unique IT products that were nominated, 28 were finally chosen. The 29th category -- Best Sim Lim Square Shop -- was chosen solely by HardwareZone.com's members.

Hardware Zone also announced that besides providing members with reviews on the latest hardware, it planned to launch the company's first e-commerce initiative, HardwareAtrium, by mid-2001.

HardwareAtrium will be a B2C platform retailing the whole range of IT products from consumer level to high-end servers.

Out of 127 unique IT products that were nominated, 28 were finally chosen. The 29th category -- Best Sim Lim Square Shop -- was chosen solely by HardwareZone.com's members.

Hardware Zone also announced that besides providing members with reviews on the latest hardware, it planned to launch the company's first e-commerce initiative, HardwareAtrium, by mid-2001.

HardwareAtrium will be a B2C platform retailing the whole range of IT products from consumer level to high-end servers.