ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and mobile devices, announced today the introduction of MF820S2 and MF91S, the world’s first multi-standard USB modem and uFi which supports LTE FDD/LTE TDD/TD-SCDMA / EDGE. ZTE’s multi-mode wireless devices represent the next chapter in LTE terminal product development, breaking down regional standard barriers and constraints at user end points.
ZTE's aggressive innovation spans the entire range of LTE terminal products, including high end smart phones, tablets, uFis and modems. The new MF820S2 and MF91S follow an outstanding lineage of new terminal solutions such as the global introduction of China’s first LTE tablet, the V96A; ZTE’s first single-chip LTE smartphone, the Grand X LTE (T82); the MF91 uFi and the MF821 modem.
As the first Chinese LTE tablet in the global market, the V96A is testament of the company’s commitment to design and innovation – combining looks and advanced functionalities – as an-all-in-one entertainment device. The Grand X LTE (T82) is part of the ZTE’s Grand series, the company’s high-end flagship smartphone offering. The smartphone features top of the range specifications and a unique buttonless design resembling a mini tablet PC.
“This is a transformational year for ZTE’s terminal business. We are catalyzing LTE development on the global stage through heralding new innovations in the LTE terminal market. The new MF820S2 and MF91S are clear demonstrations of ZTE’s leadership in LTE,” said ZTE EVP and Head of the Terminal Division, Mr. He Shiyou. “Through continued investment in R&D, we hope to deliver even more cutting edge products for ZTE’s end-to-end terminal suite.
Through its 18 state-of-the-art R&D centers around the world, ZTE has accumulated much experience in the field of wireless technology. In 2011, the company invested USD 1.33 billion (RMB 8,492.6 million) in R&D, a 19.7 per cent increase from USD 1.11 billion (RMB 7,092.0 million) in 2010. The company now holds seven per cent of all global LTE patents among vendors.
“ZTE continues to forge the development of the global telecommunications industry through pioneering technological breakthroughs. With the industry’s most comprehensive product range and solutions, covering virtually every telecommunications sector, ZTE is focused on winning through innovation and continued investment in R&D,” added Mr. He.
ZTE’s new LTE terminal suite
The MF820S2 is the world’s first LTE FDD/LTE TDD/TD-SCDMA/EDGE multi-standard data card. It features LTE TDD 68M DL speed, LTE FDD 100M DL speed, USB Rotator (270 degrees rotation), and internal antenna. It is compatible with major operators and network systems around the world. With customized networks at different locations, it provides flexibility for travelers.
Another global first multi-mode device in the line-up is the MF91S portable uFi, supporting LTE FDD/LTE TDD/TD-SCDMA/EDGE standards. Weighing only 105g and running on Li-ion 2300mAh, the mini pocket uFi is the most suitable companion for PC laptops, Macbooks or multi-device users on-the-go.
The V96A features a dual-core 1.5-GHz processor, 10-inch high definition capacity screen and dual cameras (5.0-mega pixel rear camera and 2.0-mega pixel front camera). The gadget supports 1080p HD video and Dolby Mobile 3.0 sound system, providing an unrivalled visual and audio entertainment experience anytime, anyplace. It also comes with an accelerometer of G-sensor, eCompass and Gyrosensor, which makes it a great mobile device for gaming on-the-go.
The Grand X LTE (T82) uses a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and operates on the Android 4.0 platform. Features include an 8 mega-pixel main camera that supports 1080p HD video shooting and playback and a front camera that supports 720p HD video calls with a 4.3 inch screen in the quality of QHD resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. This next-generation phone provides an unprecedented experience for video chats and teleconferencing. It also equipped with Li-ion 1900mAh battery, a proximity sensor and a digital compass.
The LTE DL/UL 100/50Mbps MF91 uFi has a Micro USB port and SIM socket. It is compatible with Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Mac iOS. It has an internal antenna and two external antenna slots.
The LTE FDD/3G dual-mode wireless home gateway MF 28D supports a PSTN connection and has USB storage share, DLNA, an internal antenna and a compatible external antenna.
The LTE 1800(B3)/2100(B1)/2600(B7) MHz MF 821 provides superior user experience in a small package. It has a micro SD with a capacity of up to 32GB; it is compatible with Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac iOS and has two external antenna slots.
remark:the news come from ZTE.
Friday, 24 August 2012
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
HUAWEI E5331｜HUAWEI E5331 3G router|huawei E5331 wireless router|huawei E5331 mobile broadband hotspot
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Huawei E5331 one-touch Internet access, a button? A button, one-touch design, to remove tedious Internet settings, so you are relaxed and happy together on the network, and happy surfing! Super simple wifi access, a simple connection to the 3G network, and can be carried out, is a good helper for your trip travel away from the office!
You must travel out with the luggage, while HUAWEI E5331 3G router dimensions: 92 x 60 x 12.8mm，the small size ， take up your luggage space to facilitate your travel carry. To travel on the road, likely will be bored all the way,You can use your HUAWEI E5331 wireless router network sharing with your travel team, HUAWEI E5331 can support up to eight devices. And will plug it in the USB interface on the PC or notebook, but also it can be inserted in arbitrary a USB power adapter, you can plug and play, very convenient。
Wow, where the scenery is beautiful, you photographed it at night traveling back rest. You can put your memory card on the HUAWEI E5331。 HUAWEI E5331 has a MicroSD Card slot (32G extension), it HSPA + DL up to 5.76 Mbps speed allows you to more quickly and smooth Share your up to 21.6Mbps, HSUPA UL Travel pictures or video.
What this place is now in the rain, hotels sudden power outage?Oh, you do not have to worry about, HUAWEI E5331 mobile broadband hotspot router battery capacity is 1500mAh battery, can support you up to 5 hours of continuous Internet. The HUAWEI E5331 one simple touch to surf the web design allows you a glance of your E5331 to facilitate the use of your control.
Travel for so long, the end of the back, you can feel very tired, when your the HUAWEI E5331 player Listening, will make you feel good, relieve fatigue。
Huawei E5331 WiFi router is the one series innovative products of Huawei terminal E5 family。Huawei E5331 is your travel on business good partner and shared 3G wireless network world.
Aslo,I recommend the other Huawei terminal E5 family of Huawei E355 WiFi modem is the latest innovative products,it is a good too.
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Mars rover: Wind sensor damaged on Nasa's Curiosity
Nasa has reported its first setback in the Curiosity rover mission to Mars.
A sensor on the robot's weather station that takes wind readings has sustained damage.
The mission team stresses this is not a major problem and will merely degrade some measurements - not prevent them.
It is not certain how the damage occurred but engineers suspect surface stones thrown up during Curiosity's rocket-powered landing may have struck sensor circuits and broken the wiring.
Nasa is describing the news as an isolated "disappointment" in what has otherwise been a spectacular start to the mission.
Javier Gomez-Elvira, the principal investigator on the broken instrumentation - the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (Rems) - said he was hopeful of finding a good way to get past the issue.
"We are working to recover as much functionality as possible," he told reporters.
Curiosity - also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, MSL - touched down in the equatorial Gale Crater two weeks ago.
It will operate on Mars for at least two Earth years, looking for evidence that the planet may once have had the conditions suitable to host microbial life.
Engineers are close to completing their programme of post-landing check-outs on Curiosity.
This has involved powering up all of the machine's instruments, and it was during this testing that the problem was found on Rems.
The weather station is a Spanish contribution to the rover project.
It records air and ground temperature, air pressure and humidity, wind speed and direction, as well the amount of ultraviolet radiation falling on the surface.
These parameters are measured from sensors distributed around the rover, but a number are held on two finger-like mini-booms positioned halfway up the vehicle's camera mast. This is where the wind sensors are located.
The Rems team first noticed there was something wrong when readings from the side-facing boom were being returned saturated at high and low values.
Further investigation suggested small wires exposed on the sensor circuits were open, probably severed. It is permanent damage.
No-one can say for sure how this happened, but engineers are working on the theory that grit thrown on to the rover by the descent crane's exhaust plume cut the small wires.
The wind sensor on the forward-facing mini-boom is unaffected. With just the one sensor, it makes it difficult to fully understand wind behaviour.
"It degrades our ability to detect wind speed and direction when the wind is blowing from a particular direction, but we think we can work around that," said Curiosity's deputy project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada.
All the other Rems measurements look good.
Air temperatures in Gale Crater have been up to about 2.7C in the Martian afternoon, and down to minus 75C in the middle of the Martian night.
In general, the rover is in rude health. On Monday, it wiggled its front and back wheels to check its steering capability.
Commands will now be sent up to initiate the first drive.
"We're going to drive forward a few metres, turn in place about 90 degrees and then back up," said mission manager Mike Watkins. "We should make tracks."
Another major engineering milestone passed this week has been the unpacking of Curiosity's robotic arm.
It was flexed to exercise its joints. The arm holds a 30kg tool turret on its end that includes a drill to take powered samples from rocks.
remark:the NEWS comes from BBC.
Monday, 20 August 2012
ldest bones from modern humans in Asia discovered
(LiveScience) Newfound pieces of human skull from "the Cave of the Monkeys" in Laos are the earliest skeletal evidence yet that humans once had an ancient, rapid migration to Asia.
Anatomically modern humans first arose about 200,000 years ago in Africa. When and how our lineage then dispersed out of Africa has long proven controversial.
Archaeological evidence and genetic data suggest that modern humans rapidly migrated out of Africa and into Southeast Asia by at least 60,000 years ago. However, complicating this notion is the notable absence of fossil evidence for modern human occupation in mainland Southeast Asia, likely because those bones do not survive well in the warm, tropical region.
Now a partial skull from Tam Pa Ling, "the Cave of the Monkeys" in northern Laos helps fill in this mysterious gap in the fossil record. [See Photos of "Monkey Cave" Fossils]
"Most surprising is the fact that we found anything at all," researcher Laura Lynn Shackelford, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Illinois, told LiveScience. "Most people didn't think we'd find anything in these caves, or even in the region where we're working in mainland Southeast Asia. But we're stubborn, gone where no one's really looked before, or at least in almost a century."
Rough terrain, persistent scientists
The fossils were discovered in 2009 in the limestone cave, which is located at the top of the Pa Hang Mountain 3,840 feet (1,170 meters) above sea level.
"The cave is surrounded by lots of papaya and banana trees, so a troop of monkeys likes to come and forage there, therefore its name," Shackelford said.
There were many challenges working in this area.
"It's incredibly difficult to access the site -- it's only 150 miles (240 kilometers) from the capital, but it takes us two days to drive there because of the rough terrain," Shackelford said. "We have to hike up the side of a cliff, do a bit of rock-climbing to get to the mouth of the cave, and then going in, we have to go 60 meters (200 ft) down a slope of wet clay. We also have to carry a generator and lights with us to see in the cave. We have to push pigs out of the way to get through the jungle -- there are just pigs wandering around there." [Amazing Caves: Photos of Earth's Innards]
"Every bit of clay has to be removed and taken back up by hand, trowel and bucket, so work is incredibly slow," she added. "We only go in the dry season in the winter, so we don't really have to deal with insects and snakes -- well, we did have snakes fall into the pit while excavating. And in the cave, we've had more than our fair share of spiders and bats."
Oldest bones of modern humans
No artifacts were found at the site, nor were signs of human occupation.
"We think this fossil was outside with other fauna and flora, and during the rainy season, rain washed it into the cave," Shackelford said. "In subsequent seasons, more sediment washed into the cave and covered it."
The shape of the bone and teeth is distinctly anatomically modern human, not like those of an extinct lineage such as the Neanderthals. A variety of dating techniques of the sediments surrounding the fossils suggests they are at least 46,000 to 51,000 years old, and direct dating of the bone suggests a maximum age of about 63,000 years. This makes these fossils the earliest skeletal evidence for anatomically modern humans east of the Middle East.
These findings "change the thinking regarding modern human migration routes into Asia, that there were more routes of dispersal than previously thought," Shackelford said.
"The typical thinking was that once modern humans hugged the coastline to go from India to Southeast Asia, they went southward into Indonesia and Australasia (the region comprising Australia, New Zealand and neighboring Pacific islands)," she explained. "We think they absolutely did that, but we're also suggesting other populations probably went north or northeast toward China, and some went through the mountains into mainland Southeast Asia, taking advantage of river systems. Beforehand, no one thought they would have gone into the mountains of Laos, Vietnam and Thailand."
The researchers are now attempting to extract DNA from these fossils to see how related they may or may not be to later humans that once lived or currently live in the area. In the future, "the work we have is pretty boundless -- there are literally thousands of limestone caves we can work on in this area to look for early modern humans," Shackelford said. "We can work here for the rest of our careers or lives and not see all the caves."
The scientists detailed their findings online Aug. 20 in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
remark:the NEWS comes from google.
Anatomically modern humans first arose about 200,000 years ago in Africa. When and how our lineage then dispersed out of Africa has long proven controversial.
Archaeological evidence and genetic data suggest that modern humans rapidly migrated out of Africa and into Southeast Asia by at least 60,000 years ago. However, complicating this notion is the notable absence of fossil evidence for modern human occupation in mainland Southeast Asia, likely because those bones do not survive well in the warm, tropical region.
Now a partial skull from Tam Pa Ling, "the Cave of the Monkeys" in northern Laos helps fill in this mysterious gap in the fossil record. [See Photos of "Monkey Cave" Fossils]
"Most surprising is the fact that we found anything at all," researcher Laura Lynn Shackelford, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Illinois, told LiveScience. "Most people didn't think we'd find anything in these caves, or even in the region where we're working in mainland Southeast Asia. But we're stubborn, gone where no one's really looked before, or at least in almost a century."
Rough terrain, persistent scientists
The fossils were discovered in 2009 in the limestone cave, which is located at the top of the Pa Hang Mountain 3,840 feet (1,170 meters) above sea level.
"The cave is surrounded by lots of papaya and banana trees, so a troop of monkeys likes to come and forage there, therefore its name," Shackelford said.
There were many challenges working in this area.
"It's incredibly difficult to access the site -- it's only 150 miles (240 kilometers) from the capital, but it takes us two days to drive there because of the rough terrain," Shackelford said. "We have to hike up the side of a cliff, do a bit of rock-climbing to get to the mouth of the cave, and then going in, we have to go 60 meters (200 ft) down a slope of wet clay. We also have to carry a generator and lights with us to see in the cave. We have to push pigs out of the way to get through the jungle -- there are just pigs wandering around there." [Amazing Caves: Photos of Earth's Innards]
"Every bit of clay has to be removed and taken back up by hand, trowel and bucket, so work is incredibly slow," she added. "We only go in the dry season in the winter, so we don't really have to deal with insects and snakes -- well, we did have snakes fall into the pit while excavating. And in the cave, we've had more than our fair share of spiders and bats."
Oldest bones of modern humans
No artifacts were found at the site, nor were signs of human occupation.
"We think this fossil was outside with other fauna and flora, and during the rainy season, rain washed it into the cave," Shackelford said. "In subsequent seasons, more sediment washed into the cave and covered it."
The shape of the bone and teeth is distinctly anatomically modern human, not like those of an extinct lineage such as the Neanderthals. A variety of dating techniques of the sediments surrounding the fossils suggests they are at least 46,000 to 51,000 years old, and direct dating of the bone suggests a maximum age of about 63,000 years. This makes these fossils the earliest skeletal evidence for anatomically modern humans east of the Middle East.
These findings "change the thinking regarding modern human migration routes into Asia, that there were more routes of dispersal than previously thought," Shackelford said.
"The typical thinking was that once modern humans hugged the coastline to go from India to Southeast Asia, they went southward into Indonesia and Australasia (the region comprising Australia, New Zealand and neighboring Pacific islands)," she explained. "We think they absolutely did that, but we're also suggesting other populations probably went north or northeast toward China, and some went through the mountains into mainland Southeast Asia, taking advantage of river systems. Beforehand, no one thought they would have gone into the mountains of Laos, Vietnam and Thailand."
The researchers are now attempting to extract DNA from these fossils to see how related they may or may not be to later humans that once lived or currently live in the area. In the future, "the work we have is pretty boundless -- there are literally thousands of limestone caves we can work on in this area to look for early modern humans," Shackelford said. "We can work here for the rest of our careers or lives and not see all the caves."
The scientists detailed their findings online Aug. 20 in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
remark:the NEWS comes from google.
Sunday, 19 August 2012
ZTE MF80|ZTE MF80unlocked mobile wifi|ZTE MF80 hotspot router|ZTE MF80 wireless router
Today's society more and more people use computers, economic exchanges between countries are becoming closer and closer, more and more business travel.So a good wireless router also increasingly need to be considered.
ZTE MF80 wireless router is their a good choice.ZTE is a leading global telecommunications equipment supplier, is China's largest listed telecommunications equipment company,the MiFi MF80 latest active router from known ZTE launched.
If you are a salesman, you often need to travel, that ZTE MF80 is a good choice for you.MF80 battery capacity: 1900mAh,It can support the use of the road for a long time.the the MF80 small volume, easy to carry, you travel do not like to take the briefcase, that there is no problem. You can put it in your pocket.
The MF80 it is such a good thing.
You keen to team travel, that MF80 is a good choice also?MF80 have a MicroSD card slot(32G),allows you to download more wonderful movies, good-looking e-books, to address you travel the road of boredom.Oh, you do not like these, you want the Internet to share with friends anytime, anywhere all the way to knowledge. That there is no problem.
The ZTE MF80 unlocked mobile wifi Supports 10 wifi devices at the same time, which means that MF80 can in your hand, you and your friends like 7 high-speed Internet connection while traveling as long as there is cell phone signal is available. Support all open wi - fi equipment, such as Apple's iPad, the iPod, the iPhone, Samsung Galaxsy, and more the wi - fi connection will use the DC hspa +, HSDPA 850/1900/2100MHz of new models in the 3 g (WCDMA) network UMTS but can also work in the old 2 g networks (850/900/1800/1900 MHz),Solve the tour team network to share the shortage of embarrassing.
What you came to the remote village of the signal is not good. Do you worry about your network?Now have a MF80. You do not have to worry about.ZTE MF80 built-in antenna and external connectorCan improve network coverage. Enhance the network signal for a long time surfing will not be dropped, and provide to you a new smooth network traffic.
ZTE MF80 hotspot router DC-HSPA+ DL up to 42Mbps,DC-HSPA+ UL up to 5.76Mbps allows you to more quickly share travel pictures or video.
Now that so much, MF80 should be pretty good.I will let you look at the specifications of the ZTE MF80 unlocked mobile wifi .
DC-HSPA+ DL up to 42Mbps
DC-HSPA+ UL up to 5.76Mbps
DC-HSPA+/HSPA+UMTS 2100/1900/850(900)MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
MicroSD card slot(32G)
Supports 10 wifi devices
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
MF80 battery capacity: 1900mAh
WPS supports & one-touch connecting
Built-in antenna and external connector
Dimensions: 102 x 53 x 16.6mm
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8,Linux, Ubuntu, Mac OS.
Satisfied with what you see?ZTE MF80 unlocked mobile wifi hotspot router is the best choice for your network life, solve your problems and make you more worry-free surfing, sharing network with your team.The ZTE MF80 is such a good thing.
ZTE MF80 wireless router is their a good choice.ZTE is a leading global telecommunications equipment supplier, is China's largest listed telecommunications equipment company,the MiFi MF80 latest active router from known ZTE launched.
If you are a salesman, you often need to travel, that ZTE MF80 is a good choice for you.MF80 battery capacity: 1900mAh,It can support the use of the road for a long time.the the MF80 small volume, easy to carry, you travel do not like to take the briefcase, that there is no problem. You can put it in your pocket.
The MF80 it is such a good thing.
You keen to team travel, that MF80 is a good choice also?MF80 have a MicroSD card slot(32G),allows you to download more wonderful movies, good-looking e-books, to address you travel the road of boredom.Oh, you do not like these, you want the Internet to share with friends anytime, anywhere all the way to knowledge. That there is no problem.
The ZTE MF80 unlocked mobile wifi Supports 10 wifi devices at the same time, which means that MF80 can in your hand, you and your friends like 7 high-speed Internet connection while traveling as long as there is cell phone signal is available. Support all open wi - fi equipment, such as Apple's iPad, the iPod, the iPhone, Samsung Galaxsy, and more the wi - fi connection will use the DC hspa +, HSDPA 850/1900/2100MHz of new models in the 3 g (WCDMA) network UMTS but can also work in the old 2 g networks (850/900/1800/1900 MHz),Solve the tour team network to share the shortage of embarrassing.
What you came to the remote village of the signal is not good. Do you worry about your network?Now have a MF80. You do not have to worry about.ZTE MF80 built-in antenna and external connectorCan improve network coverage. Enhance the network signal for a long time surfing will not be dropped, and provide to you a new smooth network traffic.
ZTE MF80 hotspot router DC-HSPA+ DL up to 42Mbps,DC-HSPA+ UL up to 5.76Mbps allows you to more quickly share travel pictures or video.
Now that so much, MF80 should be pretty good.I will let you look at the specifications of the ZTE MF80 unlocked mobile wifi .
DC-HSPA+ DL up to 42Mbps
DC-HSPA+ UL up to 5.76Mbps
DC-HSPA+/HSPA+UMTS 2100/1900/850(900)MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
MicroSD card slot(32G)
Supports 10 wifi devices
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
MF80 battery capacity: 1900mAh
WPS supports & one-touch connecting
Built-in antenna and external connector
Dimensions: 102 x 53 x 16.6mm
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8,Linux, Ubuntu, Mac OS.
Satisfied with what you see?ZTE MF80 unlocked mobile wifi hotspot router is the best choice for your network life, solve your problems and make you more worry-free surfing, sharing network with your team.The ZTE MF80 is such a good thing.
Thursday, 16 August 2012
New Kings Heath garden show called off over rain fears
Residents who fought to reinstate a popular gardening show at a park are "very sad" it has been called off.
Residents, businesses and gardening societies joined together to set up the new Birmingham Annual Gardening Show (Bags) at Kings Heath Park next month.
Jonathan Jaffa, chair of the Bags organising committee, said the decision was made because of the wet ground conditions and forecasts of more rain.
The group plans to use a ￡20,000 city council grant for next year's event.
The free show, planned for the weekend of 1 September, aimed to replace the Gardeners' Weekend, which has been running for about 30 years.
Mr Jaffa said the event had attracted up to 15,000 visitors and organisers hoped the new show would see between 5,000 and 10,000 visitors.
However, Mr Jaffa added under wetter conditions the previous show "had trashed" the park, which increased the cost of staging it.
Mr Jaffa said the costs had led to the city council cancelling the Kings Heath event last year and a replacement Flower Fest in the city centre was not well attended.
Kings Heath groups sent a petition to the council in October, calling for the event to be returned to the park.
It led to the organisations, which include the Centre Partnership and Kings Heath Floral Trail, receiving the council grant to run the event.
'Traditional show'
Mr Jaffa said: "The ground is still soft from all that rainfall following the wettest summer on record and the weather forecasters are saying more rain will fall.
"The park is famous for becoming boggy and you need nice weather, relatively speaking, for the show to be successful."
He said there were fears heavy equipment, such as generators, would "churn up the park".
The chairman added the decision was taken with the council's parks department, which feared for the condition of the Green Flag venue.
The Bags committee is meeting to discuss whether some parts of the planned show, such as the allotment element, can still take place at a different site.
The Birmingham Annual Gardening Show planned to go back to its traditional roots, featuring mainly growers, rather than wholesalers and unrelated craft stalls, he said.
And a circular bus was going to link the show with the new village square and car parks.
remark:the NEWS comes from google
Residents, businesses and gardening societies joined together to set up the new Birmingham Annual Gardening Show (Bags) at Kings Heath Park next month.
Jonathan Jaffa, chair of the Bags organising committee, said the decision was made because of the wet ground conditions and forecasts of more rain.
The group plans to use a ￡20,000 city council grant for next year's event.
The free show, planned for the weekend of 1 September, aimed to replace the Gardeners' Weekend, which has been running for about 30 years.
Mr Jaffa said the event had attracted up to 15,000 visitors and organisers hoped the new show would see between 5,000 and 10,000 visitors.
However, Mr Jaffa added under wetter conditions the previous show "had trashed" the park, which increased the cost of staging it.
Mr Jaffa said the costs had led to the city council cancelling the Kings Heath event last year and a replacement Flower Fest in the city centre was not well attended.
Kings Heath groups sent a petition to the council in October, calling for the event to be returned to the park.
It led to the organisations, which include the Centre Partnership and Kings Heath Floral Trail, receiving the council grant to run the event.
'Traditional show'
Mr Jaffa said: "The ground is still soft from all that rainfall following the wettest summer on record and the weather forecasters are saying more rain will fall.
"The park is famous for becoming boggy and you need nice weather, relatively speaking, for the show to be successful."
He said there were fears heavy equipment, such as generators, would "churn up the park".
The chairman added the decision was taken with the council's parks department, which feared for the condition of the Green Flag venue.
The Bags committee is meeting to discuss whether some parts of the planned show, such as the allotment element, can still take place at a different site.
The Birmingham Annual Gardening Show planned to go back to its traditional roots, featuring mainly growers, rather than wholesalers and unrelated craft stalls, he said.
And a circular bus was going to link the show with the new village square and car parks.
remark:the NEWS comes from google
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