IFA - Asus spiffs up Transformer, FonePad, Memo Pad lines

The Transformer Book T300, the Memo Pads 8 and 10, and the FonePad 7 2014 Edition were unveiled at the company's IFA event in Berlin.

CNET - Asus, at its press event at the technology trade show IFA in Berlin, trotted out a trio (well, a trio and a half) of new products. The Transformer Book T300 is a hybrid that becomes a tablet by unclipping the screen of the laptop; a FonePad 7 2014 Edition quickly follows up the debut of the original phone/tablet in February; and duo of Memo Pad budget slates in expanded 8- and 10-inch screen sizes.

"Asus has been around for 24 years. ... Our success in the past two decades has been from responding quickly to innovation," Eric Chen, Asus vice president, said at the event.
"Back in 2007, we revolutionized the industry with the Eee PC," he said. "In 2010 we launched the Transformer, the first detachable PC. In 2012, we launched the PadFone."
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IFA - Sony launches a trio of new hybrid Vaio PCs

The Vaio Flip, Tap 21, and Tap 11 all combine elements of a PC and tablet.

CNET - At Sony's pre-IFA press conference, the electronics giant announced a trio of new Vaio PCs. Unlike previous years, none of the the three new systems highlighted here are traditional clamshell laptops. Instead, each combines the features of the PC and tablet, following the industry wide trend towards hybrid devices.

The Vaio Flip, Tap 11, and Tap 21 are all touch-screen Windows 8 devices that should be available later in 2013, although there are no set price and release date details yet. Each is briefly profiles below, with a link to more extensive hands-on coverage and photos.

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The Hottest Upcoming Products at Berlin's IFA

 

The IFA trade show kicks off in Berlin this week. Check out what we expect to see. 


The tech world will descend on the Berlin convention center this week for a glimpse of what major gadget makers have in store for the holiday season and beyond. IFA is basically the European version of CES, and features all the major players usually seen in Las Vegas – Samsung, Sony, LG, and more.

Sony and Samsung kick things off on Tuesday, Sept. 4 with dueling press conferences that likely see the launch of new smartphones, as well as a wearable gadget and intriguing camera accessory. Last year, Samsung brought us the Galaxy Note II phablet as well as the Galaxy Camera, so we expect more from the Korean gadget maker's Galaxy lineup, and possibly a few surprises. In 2012, Sony also bulked up its Xperia lineup and we expect the same to happen this year.    Read More

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LG's 84-inch UD 3D TV makes its formal IFA debut, Engadget goes hands-on

Engadget - Here's yet another 84-inch 4K TV, this time from LG. The company's 84LM9600 was announced last week and has already started shipping in Korea, but it's here at IFA and poised to hit the market worldwide. Priced at about $22,105, this display is big in every way. You get a resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 -- four times the resolution of existing full HD panels -- and what LG calls "3D sound" thanks to 2.2 integrated channel speakers. 3D is courtesy of the company's passive glasses technology. So how does that all look?

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The Hottest Tech from IFA 2011

PCMag.Com - The technology trade show, there’s nothing like it. From the minute your feet hit the show floor with its deep, squishy carpet, bright lights, and flashy displays, all the way up to the time you eyeball your umpteenth 3D TV, and want to keel over from exhaustion, it’s an experience.

IFA, the massive European consumer electronics and home appliance show, is winding down tomorrow, and for the past week PCMag has been on the ground in Berlin reporting on the hottest products and technologies there. Light-as-air laptops, thin tablets, and cutting-edge mobile phones got a lot of ink. Cutting-edge cars, cameras, and fun gadgets were also well represented. The biggest story at IFA was 3D technology, a theme that crossed several product categories including HDTVs, displays, home theater gear, cameras, and camcorders. Sony even unveiled a head-mounted 3D OLED display. For all the specifics read our IFA coverage.

What we haven’t done, however, is give you a feel for what we’ve seen wandering the many exhibitor halls of the Messe Berlin fairgrounds searching for tech treasure. Since we focused on the technology side of the show, and a large portion of IFA show space is devoted to home appliances, there’s a lot of cool stuff we didn’t get to tell you about. Instead, we took pictures to show you.

With 1,441 technology companies on display at the show this year, many of them spending small fortunes to showcase their latest wares, there was practically a photo op around every corner.

Check out the slideshow for a look at some of the most memorable show floor sights from IFA.

Click here to see “The Best of IFA 2011 in Pictures” slideshow