Huawei MateBook: One for the books

Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company Huaweis CEO Richard Yu presents the accesories of the new product Matebook during a press conference before the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 21, 2016.The worlds biggest mobile fair, Mobile World Congress, is held from February 22 to February 25. / AFP / LLUIS GENE

The unveiling of Huawei’s MateBook in Barcelona, Spain, was too orderly to be called a frenzy. But so enthusiastic were a few ­foreign journalists present, that they had no qualms with unceremoniously plucking the stylus (Huawei calls it the MatePen) out of the hand of the gentleman tasked with demonstrating a nifty feature on the new 2-in-1 tablet, to finish his sketch.

The air of excitement at the Montjuïc Exhibition Centre, where the launch was held, was indeed palpable, even a day before the four-day annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) kicked off.