Category: Gadget Shows
IFA 07: Liveblogging Creative press conference – new Zen!
Summary: Lots of X-Fi wireless excitement but the big guns were launched ten minutes from the end in the form of the brand new Creative Zen player (Zen Vision M in miniature, essentially). Read on!
IFA 07: Casio developing world's fastest-shooting digital camera
Casio is using IFA to demonstrate a work in progress – an as-yet unnamed model claimed be the world’s fastest-shooting digital camera.
IFA 2007: The future of Philips
There’s always th chance to see what’s in R&D for the consumer electronics giants at these things, and today at Philips is no difference. They’ve got a couple of interesting products on display, and of course the inevitable 3D screens. Feeling like I’m feeling today, I can’t look at one for longer than about 3 seconds without wanting to curl up in a corner and rock.
IFA 2007: Liveblogging the Bluray Conference
Well, Bluray have got their first, by ensuring their press conference is the day before HD-DVDs, and therefore they're first to declare that they are winning the format war. But don't worry, no doubt you'll hear something to the contrary…
IFA 07: Samsung's SP-1800B full HD projector
Samsung have gone to town at IFA, unveiling a sleek matte black projector capable of showing 1080p images. The SP-1800B contains a Texas Instruments DLP chip, which will give users a perfect 24fps alongside a 10,000:1 contrast ratio…
IFA 07: Philips launches BDP7100 Blu-ray player and new DVD recorder models
Philips has a new Blu-ray player on the market – the BDP7100.
IFA 07: Live-blogging the Sharp press conference
1300 – Everyone files into a huge auditorium to see what Sharp has to offer for this year’s IFA.
1306 – Big graphics are projected onto huge white sheets on the stage, move over Bourne Ultimatum, this show looks incredible. Words flashing up on the screen include, as you’d expect, ‘Sharp’, ‘Aquos’ and ‘LCD TVs’.
1308 – The white sheets drop to reveal an uber-thin LCD TV encased in a massive sheet of glass, stuck on a revolving wheel. The crowd actually gasps – I know! – and some even clap. I must admit, it’s an impressive site, this TV must be one of the thinnest LCDs ever.
1310 – The speaker, Mikio Katayama, announces the new TV which is just a prototype, at 20mm thin on the main display section, 29mm at the thickest part, and weighing less than a bimbo trying to break into Hollywood, at only 25kilos. It has a contrast ratio of 100,000:1, and allegedly has an annual power consumption of just 140kWh, which is 1/2 of the average LCD TV…
IFA 07: TomTom launches top-end 920 T GPS unit
TomTom has unveiled its latest flagship GPS unit, the TomTom 920 T.
IFA 07: Altec Lansing launches Nobi portable speaker for Nokia XpressMusic Series phones
All eyes were on Nokia yesterday for its Go Play launch event. One thing mentioned was a range of third-party accessories for Nokia’s music phones. Well, the first of those has now been launched – the Altec Lansing Nobi portable speaker.
