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Huawei reveals business class MateBook
A telecommunications industry conference may seem an odd
place to launch a new laptop.
Maybe not if you are Huawei, the world's biggest telecommunications hardware brand and the third largest phone maker.
There's a lot about Huawei's MateBook computer that defies conventional thinking.
This week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona is the industry's biggest showcase and talkfest.
Many sessions are on the big questions about the future of mobile phone technology, such as whether the move to 5G networks should be evolutionary or revolutionary.
On the day before MWC started, Huawei showed its MateBook computer to journalists flown in from around the world.
Read the full story at the New Zealand Herald.
Bill Bennett travelled to Barcelona as Huawei's guest.
This story was first posted at billbennett.co.nz
Bill Bennett
Freelance journalist.
Auckland-based Bill Bennett writes technology and business stories that are directly relevant to New Zealand readers.
His emphasis is on telecommunications, but he also covers other aspects of technology and business. You can find his features in the New Zealand Herald and hear him regularly on RNZ Nine to Noon and the NZ Tech Podcast.
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