Top honor at Global Sources Electronics Design Awards goes to full-HD Internet multimedia player

HONG KONG, October 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Five electronics products designed and manufactured in Asia were named winners of Global Sources' (NASDAQ: GSOL) fifth annual Electronics Design Awards (http://www.globalsources.com/elecawards) at a presentation ceremony and press conference in Hong Kong.

The Design of the Year Award went to Shenzhen Mele Digital Technology Ltd.'s HMC M21H full-HD Internet multimedia player. It supports 3.5in HDD with up to 3TB memory, SATA 2.5, 512MB DDR3 RAM and 4GB NAND flash memory. Powered by an HI3716C CPU and Arm Cortex A9 processor, it runs on an Android 2.2 OS and has ports for USB 2.0/3.0, Ethernet, S/PDIF, L/R stereo, CVBS and HDMI 1.3. The player boasts DVB-T, MP3, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS audio decode, 3D motion gaming, Skype, Flash 10.1 and HTML5. The device also has a Web browser, a card reader, video streaming playback, and e-mail and instant messaging.

The five product category winners and 10 runners-up of the 2011 Global Sources Electronics Design Awards are:

• Consumer Electronics
  • Winner: Shenzhen Mele Digital Technology's M21H Internet multimedia player
  • Runners-up: Netcom Technology (HK) and Shenzhen Roadrover Technology
• Computer and Networking Products
  • Winner: Shenzhen Hali-power Industrial's HI-T36 iPhone printer
  • Runners-up: Newmi Digital Tech. and Noon Technology
• Solar & Energy Saving Products
  • Winner: Dongguan Xinju Optoelectronics Technology's Justwind300 wind/solar hybrid system
  • Runners-up: Dongguan Fullhoard Photoelectric Technology and Shenzhen Gengchuang Electronics
• Security Products
  • Winner: Xingtel Security Xiamen's H4 video door phone with cordless phone
  • Runners-up: Anviz Biometric Technology and Shenzhen Yiant Security Equipment
• Telecom and Wireless Products
  • Winner: Swift Info Technology's SGRT-10 (A/B) GPS group tracker
  • Runners-up: Genesis Concern and OTG

"We extend hearty congratulations to the 2011 winners and runners-up for their brilliant new products. Innovations such as these can make life easier for people around the world," said President of Global Sources Exhibitions, Tommy Wong.

"The Global Sources Electronics Design Awards are respected across the industry as an authoritative platform for honoring the most innovative electronics from exporters in Greater China and Asia. Global Sources also hopes these excellent achievements in design and functionality can inspire further breakthroughs by R&D teams and manufacturers in all sectors of the electronics industry," Wong added.

The Awards after five years are also known for staying synchronized with the constant developments in electronics industry pulsating with change. As a result, Global Sources added solar and energy saving products as a new awards category in 2011 with demand for alternative energy technologies increasing worldwide.

Winning products to be showcased at Global Sources' China Sourcing Fairs

The winning products and finalists will be showcased at the Design Awards Gallery during Global Sources' China Sourcing Fairs: Electronics & Components, Security Products and Solar & Energy Saving Products (http://www.chinasourcingfair.com) running Oct. 12-15 at Hong Kong's AsiaWorld-Expo.

Wong said: "Buyers who attend the Fairs will gain close-up insight to these cutting-edge products, as well as firsthand sourcing opportunities."

The Awards' five winners and 10 runners-up were selected out of over 200 entries from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan based on technical design, enabled features and functionality, originality, visual appeal, and sales, marketing and export success. The judging panel was made up of top industry experts and executives.

For more information about the Global Sources Electronics Design Awards and winning product profiles, please visit http://www.globalsources.com/elecawards. To find out more about the China Sourcing Fairs, please visit http://www.chinasourcingfair.com.

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China.

The core business facilitates trade between Asia and the world using English-language media such as online marketplaces (http://www.globalsources.com), print and digital magazines, sourcing research reports, private sourcing events, trade shows, and online sourcing fairs.

Over 1 million international buyers, including 85 of the world's top 100 retailers, use these services to obtain product and company information to help them source more profitably from overseas supply markets. These services also provide suppliers with integrated marketing solutions to build corporate image, generate sales leads and win orders from buyers in more than 240 countries and territories.

Global Sources' other businesses provides Chinese-language media to companies selling to and within Greater China. These services include online web sites, print and digital magazines, seminars and trade shows. In mainland China, Global Sources has a network of more than 40 office locations and a community of nearly 3 million registered online users and magazine readers of its Chinese-language media.

Now in its fifth decade, Global Sources has been publicly listed on the NASDAQ since 2000.