Bresser is showing two tablets at the IFA 2011; both have been around for some time. The company uses the tag-line “Boredom was yesterday” or something to this effect, not sure since I used Google Translate, and yet it runs Android 2.1 on these slates that are priced € 299 and € 199 for the Mid-7 and [...]
Lenovo has released the 10.1-inch Thinkpad tablet at the IFA 2011. It runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb and is powered by the Nvidia Tegra-2 processor. The tablet is available in three storage capacities and four configurations – 16GB [WiFi only] retail price of € 775.66 16GB [WiFi + 3G] retail price of € 894.57 32GB [WiFi [...]
The Slimline Widescreen tablet from Trust.com that is being showcased at the IFA 2011 is a bit of a niche product that supports Windows 7 and Vista advanced tablet functions. It is meant to be used mainly for photo and video editing. The 10-inch widescreen device is ideal for a host of graphic applications running [...]
The EasyPix EasyPad tablets that can be seen at the IFA 2011 are the quintessential cheap tablets available in 7, 9, and 10-inch screen sizes with TFT touchscreen display. These budget slates are powered by a 1GHz ZT180 CPU, with 512MB RAM, and run Android 2.2.
The Kupa X11 tablet by Kupa America has showed up at the IFA 2011. This 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen tablet (1366 X 768)runs Windows 7 Professional SP1 and is powered by a 1.5GHz Intel Oaktrail processor with integrated GPU. 2GB DDR2 RAm rounds of the basic hardware specs. Along with touchscreen, you can also input via digital [...]
Sharp has debuted the i3board PN-L702B / PN-L602B Touch Monitors with touchscreen LCD display at the IFA 2011; these are intended for use as electronic whiteboards at businesses and schools. The former has a 70″ LCD display while the latter comes with a 60″ display.
The Intenso 8 Live Tab is a low-budget 8-inch display tablet seen today at the IFA 2011. Euro 199 will get you this full plastic-body slate with a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. It comes with 512MB RAM and 8GB onboard storage expandable via microSD card. Although the tablet runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, [...]
Sharp has come up wit the slimmest / thinnest / flattest TV sound bars in the world. These are the HT-SL70 and the HT-SL50. If you’re looking for gadgets that are heard and not seen, then go for these 26mm thin soundbars. Place them vertically next to the TV or screw them on horizontally on [...]
The ongoing IFA 2011 at Berlin witnessed the launch of the Panasonic TY-EW3D3 3D specs. These extremely lightweight 3D glasses contain slim LCD lenses and are up to 30% lighter than previous Panasonic models. The specs are available in three sizes, small, medium, and large, TY-EW3D3S/M/L. The small and medium models both weigh 26 grams [...]
The Buffalo Mini-NAS made an appearance at the IFA 2011. It consists of two 2.5 inch HDD, each holding 2TB of data. This NAS is a lightweight device weighing only 500 grams. It will cost €310 when available in Europe. The company also launched the MiniStation Plus, an external HDD capable of holding 1TB of [...]
The HannSpree HANNSpad SN10T4 tablet seen at the IFA 2011 is a 10.1-inch touchscreen device powered by a 1GHz dual-core OMAP 4430 processor from Texas Instruments. There’s 512MB of RAM on this device. It runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb. Screen resolution is 1280 x 800 pixels. You get 16GB of internal storage with this tablet expandable [...]
AirPlay speakers have been vying with one another for attention at the ongoing IFA 2011 and to this melee, Libratone of Copenhagen has thrown in the Libratone Live and Libratone Lounge…duly wrapped in Cashmere, the most expensive wool in the world. BTW, this is just one speaker that does all the work, courtesy the Libratone [...]
Acer and Ferrari have come out with co-branded products earlier but what in the world convinced the Italian car-maker to lend its name to a smartphone that is run by a 600MHz processor. Isn’t that ironical? The world’s premier speed merchant associated with the Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari, a smartphone with distinctly ordinary specs?
What do you call a TV that offers two different views to two viewers? You call it the LG LW980T “Dual Play” HDTV. And this cool gaming TV is on display at the IFA 2011. Two gamers can watch and play their own game on the entire screen; there is no split-screen business here, wear [...]
Epson has introduced the MG-850HD, the world’s first HD-Ready 3LCD home cinema projector at the IFA 2011. And for Apple lovers, this one features an i-docking station. No need to download apps, just place your iPods, iPads, iPhones on the docking station.
Sharp has introduced the AQUOS LE630 / 632 series of LED televisions at the IFA 2011 and the devices promise excellent audio-visual quality as well as multimedia experience. Here’s a list of features that you can expect from this new series of TVs.
The BeBook Club S ereader has made an expected appearance at the IFA 2011. Powered by the Marvell 800MHz processor, this is the fastest ebook reader from the BeBook stable. You get 1GB of flash storage with it and an extra 16GB of external storage can be availed via SD card. A 3.5mm jack is [...]
The Sony SMP-N200 Network Media Player shown at the IFA 2011 enables 3D and HD movie streaming, supports Blu-ray and is DLNA compliant. You can of course, also stream music and photos through this device. It should work nicely in conjunction with the Sony tablets announced at the ongoing tech fest at Berlin. If it’s [...]
Vodafone Germany will be launching two self-branded tablets in November, it has announced today at the IFA 2011. The tablets are named Smart Tab 7 and Smart Tab 10, respectively. The names give away the screen-size. The two devices are most likely to be assembled in China, could be Huawei or ZTE. The tablets are [...]
The Asus UX21 ultrabook has made an appearance at the IFA 2011. The netbook carries an 11.6-inch screen and you type on a metal chiclet keyboard. It’s named “Ultrabook” for a reason. The device thins to a mere 3mm in the front and at its broadest, it is 17mm – at the back.
The Acer W4 handset made an appearance at the IFA, it runs Windows Phone 7 a.k.a Mango and is powered by a 1GHz processor. The smartphone has a 3.5-inch screen. The specs are pretty basic and utilitarian but two aspects do stand out. The W4 has DLNA and can serve as a media remote app; [...]
Toshiba Corp. has introduced, at the ongoing IFA 2011, the first Secure Digital High-Capacity memory card that can store 8GB of data and comes with built-in wireless LAN capabilities. The card goes by the moniker “FlashAir”. The card can be used for data transfers from servers and between P2P devices. It operates at Class 6 [...]
Pocketbook is an established player in the Ereader market and has chosen the IFA 2011 as the venue for it’s latest ebook reader – the PocketBook Pro 912. The 9.7-inch diagonal page view is identical to what the company calls a custom paper book page. A 533MHz processor powers this e-ink e-reader with a display [...]
The 10.1-inch touchscreen PocketBook A10 tablet has made an appearance at the IFA 2011 and frankly if you take a look at the specs, they are strictly okey-dokey, what with a 1GHz processor and just 4GB internal storage. It runs Android Gingerbread, is expected to be available in Europe by October end, cost around €299, [...]
Korea Telecom, which has shown the KT Spiderphone at the ongoing IFA 2011, has come up with the KT Spiderpad tablet, KT gaming console, and KT laptop.
