D-Link wins big at 2010 'Consumer Electronics Show'

Boxee Box by D-Link, Pebble™, Home Automation Products Take Home 15 Awards

Mumbai, Maharashtra, February 2, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- When the curtain closed on the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, D-Link, one of the world's largest computer networking companies for home and business, returned home with 15 best product honors.

D-Link debuted a complete lineup of new products under this year's theme, "Link Your Life", all geared to making the digital home more entertaining, more secure and more energy efficient with the latest connectivity solutions.

The biggest winner was The Boxee Box by D-Link, a beautifully designed, full-featured media player that allows users to gather, organize and stream their favorite movies, TV shows, music and photos from their PC, home network, storage devices and the Internet to their HDTV using only a remote control with QWERTY keyboard. No PC is required. Users can also share their content with friends and relatives over social media sites, ie: Twitter, Facebook and others, directly from the TV. It took home the following awards:

  • Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Best of Innovations in the Home Theater category
  • Yahoo/CES Last Gadget Standing Winner
  • Laptop Magazine Best in Show
  • Popular Science Magazine Product of the Future
  • G4 TV Best in Show
  • CNET-TV Best in Show Finalist, Home Theater category
  • Business Solutions Magazine Top 10 Best Gadgets at CES
  • Global Marketing Partners' Top CES Innovative Technology
  • Dave Graveline's "Into Tomorrow" Dave's Top 10 @ CES 2010.
  • Digital Trends "The Top 10 Best Gadgets at CES 2010
  • Global Marketing Partners CES Innovative Technology Top 10

The D-Link PebbleÔ, another media player that attracted media attention at CES for its full-featured functionality, attractive design, compact size and affordable price, earned the following accolades:

  • CEA Innovations Honoree in the Home Theater category
  • Laptop Magazine's Reader's Choice Finalist

Also winning the coveted CEA Innovations Honoree award was D-Link's Home Monitoring Starter Kit that provides an affordable, easy-to-use and innovative way for homeowners and tenants to employ a higher level of security for their property and its occupants, and the D-Link Home Energy Starter Kit, the first product that lets consumers measure energy consumption of their various home electrical appliances.

Notes to Editor

About D-Link:-

D-Link (India) Ltd. ranks among India's premier networking firms. Globally, D-Link Corporation features among the top five networking companies. D-Link (India) has been accredited with awards such as Most Valued Principal*, Preferred Channel Choice**, Channel champion***, Most Preferred Networking brand****. D-Link is also the 2nd largest networking company in India#.

The annual research study by Gartner revealed that D-Link claimed the second spot in total switch port shipments worldwide with 16.3 percent market share## for Medium-Large Enterprise and Small Enterprise combined. Ethernet Switches: Midsize and Large Enterprise Market, Port Shipments (k), Worldwide, 2008

D-Link India Ltd has a toll free support helpdesk & 18 highly advanced service centers dotted across India to address the customer needs locally.

*Channel World 'Most Valued principal - Bronze' in Wireless networking category

**DQ Channel Choice Gold Award 2008 for Wired and Wireless Networking

***CRN Channel Champion award 2008

**** VARIndia Star Nite Awards - 2008 and 2009

# IDC 2007 data

# #Gartner Research Source: Gartner, Inc. "Market Share: Enterprise Ethernet Switches, 2008"

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