One thing you will not read about in any of the news reports on Gitex is Iran’s plans for the expo. Their approach has ben quite different this year. Last year was lots of small stands little Iranian tech companies selling half-baked solutions that probably only would work in Iran. This year was something else. A large open-plan space with lots of sofas and the slogan “Come to the Opportinities”. Basically saying stuff the sanctions, come to Iran, and lets do business. One exhibitor I spoke to said that he was asked to quote for 100,000 laptops. How much of this is a real for trade and how much is just to annoy the Americans I don’t know.

My favorite part of the whole show is to wander round the Chinese and East Asian stands and look at the wild and wacky gadgets they come up with. There is, always, the company that makes the most blatant 3rd-rate rip off of apple iPhone and iPods and the silliest web-cams that you can possibly imagine.  But 1st prize for wildest and wackiest gadget goes to the company that makers of the “Emotion Baby” USB flash drives:

These are tiny flash drives and come in Happy white (4Gb), Surprised blue (8Gb) and Sad pink (2Gb).

More interesting was this Korean company on a tiny 3 meter-wide stand that produces a 3D television:

It is a 42″ High definition LCD TV that works in the same way as the 3D movies you get at the cinema - it requires polarising glasses. But the results are truly, jaw droppingly, amazing. Ladies and Gentlemen I have seen the future and the future is 3D. Once the big film companies extract all the revenue they can get from BlueRay, you will see, the next big thing will be 3D. In 5 to 10 years everyone will want a 3D-capable LCD television in their living room. There are currently only 2 movies available for theseTV’s - a rather relaxing aquarium and one Korean medieval drama, But bear in mind Pixar will be producing all their future movies in 3D. Once people get used to these films in the cinema they will want them at home.