Sony has a big vision for the future. It's a future in which we own a Sony tablet; a Sony TV; a Sony phone and a Sony computer, and they all work as one to make our Sony-branded lives better. How's that going to work, then? Read More >>
The non-stop hype machine may be telling you that your phone's an embarrassment if it's not got a quad-core processor inside (and a screen big enough to entertain 100,000 spectators at Hyde Park), but there's still plenty of OOMPH to be had from today's well-tuned dual-core options. Read More >>
Featured comment by Longfellow:
"I agree, I've just got the Xperia Tipo and even though it's the cheapest of the range the quality feels really good. And I like the way it looks too." More »
Fancy yourself one of Samsung's strange, yet possibly wonderful Android Jelly Bean-powered cameras? The Galaxy Camera will cost you almost the same as an entry-level DSLR, at 400-smackers, but at least it'll be available next month, right? [Photography Blog via Cnet] Read More >>
An anonymous case manufacturer has been showing off a physical mockup of the iPhone 5 at Europe's IFA consumer electronics fair this weekend. While it doesn't tell us anything we don't already know, this video from the Verge does a good job of highlighting the differences we're expecting to show up between the old and new device. Read More >>
Being stranded in a foreign country without enough money to buy yourself a ticket home is a special kind of nightmare. Samsung threatened to do exactly that to two bloggers, according to a harrowing tale on The Next Web. Read More >>
Featured comment by Southern:
"Good lord, what a fuss over nothing. Look, when I do press entry to festivals, it is expected that press people abide by the rules that the promoters,..." More »
So far, Sony and Samsung have dominated IFA with a torrent of magical TVs and new phones. But quietly, LG is showing off one of the coolest monitors we've ever seen. Read More >>
Featured comment by LiamT:
"yup :) big metal framed desk... running much higher that 1280 though, but both were 4:3 most CRTs could do whatever res the gfx card could handle, whi..." More »
Fair enough, I don't think I'd feel comfortable doing a presentation in front of thousands of industry people, but intoning at your own company's conference that "we've heard a lot of shit about sharing tonight" is one way to ensure everyone in the audience wakes up. Read More >>
Featured comment by baystar:
"He clearly says "We've heard a lotta sha... about sharing" and is just correcting himself. He doesn't say "We've heard a lot of shit about sharing"." More »
IFA's been chock-a-block full of tablets, 3D TVs and, err, cooking appliances, but the coolest thing I've seen this year has to be the new and improved Sonic Chair. Sit in this thing and be utterly immersed in your music, like you've just sat in an exquisite pair of headphones. Read More >>
When it comes to glasses-free 3D TVs, we've had the bar set really quite high by the amazing Lumabox, and to be honest, Panasonic's latest offering is just pants compared to it. Read More >>
Featured comment by JulianT:
"Personally I'd rather that the whole 3D TV idea went away and they concentrated on large flat screen 'wall' TV's (think about the big screen in the ap..." More »
TDK is known for designing really utilitarian, retro 80's futuristic audio equipment — black, gold, hard lines, Terminator, Burton's Batman, TDK — that encourages you to show it off without feeling like a showoff. And it's done it again. This time, with a pair of headphones that'll cradle your head and a new speaker cube that wirelessly charges your phone. Read More >>
Why spend the effort messing around using a Wiimote-like remote, or even shouting at the TV, to get it to change channel, when you can just stare at what you want and blink to select? Well, that's Haier's theory anyway, and, amazingly, it actually works. Read More >>
Featured comment by elevenses:
"This would last a few minutes in my house, as my constant staring and consequential replaying of anything involving Holly Willoughby's Tits would upse..." More »
There are a lot of hybrid tablets being shown off at IFA and coming out this autumn. But while the ones we've seen seem to be splitting the difference, Dell seems to be focusing on the best parts of either laptop or tablet. Its XPS 10 is the tablet end of that bargain. Read More >>
Featured comment by Fourthletter:
"It looks exactly like an Asus Transformer - why no mention, when everything anyone makes is always compared to an Apple product ?" More »
Those who like their storage tinged with a bit of cloud will be glad to hear that on purchase of one of Samsung's shiny new Galaxy devices, you'll be able to chuck up to 50GB of all kinds of files conjured up from your new device onto Dropbox, which sounds perfect for the Galaxy Camera's snaps. Ace. [Engadget] Read More >>
Most 3D glasses nowadays either make you look like a hipster or a mental patient. But one of EX3D's latest announcements at IFA look like an entirely different breed, in fact they look very similar to a pair of designer sunglasses -- in fact, they also function as a pair of designer sunglasses too. Read More >>
Featured comment by kiwishamoo:
"Stylish? Really? if you're a beardy-wearing post-ironic shoreditch hipster I suppose. Or if you are Roy Orbison." More »