March 26, 2010

Recently on Engadget this little gem slipped past quietly. If you read the about page you will find a fascinating company.

"...legal entity in Hong Kong and main offices in the Shenzhen City (China)..."

"The devices we deal with must be powered by opensource software ( no vendor locks ) and mantain general high quality standards concerning all phases of the production flow."

"We absolutely refuse to work with any company that contribute to destroying our planet, and act unethically or illegally."

"All our staff comes from different countries, like Italy, Canada and Sweden."

Enso

Equally fascinating are the specifications and the competitive price of this gadget. At under $US 200 it's quite irresistable. If the quality turns out to equal that of American sourced devices, I think that this could be the start of a tidal wave of new devices coming out of China and its SARs and satellites.

In previous decades the car companies of the United States were completely decimated by their asian counterparts who started out making cheap copies, and ended up making better cars for less. The gadget makers in the USA (yep, even the big ones) are in for a similar suprise during this decade.

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