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2008 almost from its end and its time for the world as a collective breath to gather his thoughts and throw change in the lists of the year that made people sit up and take notice.

While the first half of the year could be called a Mac (Intosh) attacks (First there was the MacBook Air and iPhone 3G) and second half of the year has been the approach ecopocalypse there had other new gadgets out there and that people become more careful.

Here's what we thought was memorable gadgets to emerge from Asia in 2008 ...


Asus Eee Netbooks

It may be their size, price or the fact that for some time, the manufacturer of the Eee to the Linux operating system on their laptop over Windows and OSX, but you did not fall far from over a statement about this Taiwanese company this year.

The last entry on the market two models that have everything and added a thin 3G modem in News in November of the Eee PC S101 Eee PC 1002H captured almost as much attention as the beginning of the year.


HTC G1

Much of the buzz surrounding the HTC G1 Google Android operating system (which was actually being developed by an American company called Android that Google acquired before the company in 2005 and between them have worked in the team) announced in November 2007.

However, the Taiwanese company HTC (better known in advance to the touch phones like the HTC Touch and computers like the HTC Shift) was the first in line when it comes to the hardware to go with the software.

Many reviews of the HTC G1 have been mixed, but the signs are improving.


Chinavasion Projector Phone

2008 was a very good year for mobile and Chinavasion projector phone was another who caught the attention of many people. This could come from two places ...

Pico projectors were just as many hot properties such as cell phones with companies competing to be the first to leave a pico projector sales and gadget blogs trying to guess when this would happen.

3M looked like it would be first in line to get the mass produced unit on the market when Chinavasion has more beat to the post. It's a little Web 2.0 mash up to create a mobile phone / projector.

Remember, given the track record Chinavasion now, it may not be a surprise.


Softbank 823SH Tiffany

Japan, famous for his love of mobile phones, gadgets and anything strange.

It is no surprise when a Japanese phone provider, Softbank Mobile "ecopocalypse ecopocalypse this? And put a smart phone with a case full of silver and diamonds from jewelers Tiffanie New York"

The Softbank 823SH Tiffany has 537 diamonds weighing 18.34 carats, set into the case and cost about the Mark 13 million yen (130,265 dollars is for U.S. residents). If you want better get your skates on because the company will be only 10 according tothe departure.


San Noriko Pyocotan glasses

While we're on the theme "Japan is not strange" this piece of technology has hit the interwebs around October. The length of time people spend commuting in Japan is not exactly something new, or the fact that people will sleep on travel and miss their stop.

Japanese hacker, Pyocotan, came with a new twist on the old sign around his neck and the smell of cheap alcohol, glasses Noriko-san, who showed off the destination you are headed to ... would wake people up.