Panasonic unveils new Plasma Displays at IFA 2008

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The IFA 2008 show is opening officially tomorrow in Berlin. Panasonic is exhibiting five new prototype plasma display panels (PDPs) with new technologies.
The Panasonic Plasma prototypes include a 42-inch panel with double efficiency technology that halves energy consumption while maintaining the same brightness, a less than one-inch super-thin 50-inch PDP and for the first time ever a one-inch super-thin 58-inch and 65-inch PDP.
Panasonic will also be displaying the world’s largest 150-inch advanced high definition (HD) PDP. Read more

Posted on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung X360 at IFA 2008 revealed

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Samsung unveiled the ultra-light notebook Samsung X360 at the IFA 2008 in Berlin.
The Samsung X360 features a 13.3 inch LED backlit display and can be had with a 120GB SSD or 120GB HDD.
The X360 only weighs 1.27kg and features a slick Protect-o-Edge dubbed case design.
Other features of the Samsung X360 include Intel Centrino 2 Ultra Low Voltage CPU, 3 USB ports, HDMI, VGA, 7-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth, 802.11n, and 1.3MP video camera. Read more

Posted on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:38:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba to Show Eco-Products at IFA 2008

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Toshiba has offered a glimpse of the eco-friendly products that it will be showing off at IFA 2008. The products will include LCD TVs like the 42XV515D that features brightness control to reduce the number of backlights needed saving up to 20% power consumption.

LED lighting products will also be shown that are for the Japanese market only. Notebook PCs on display will include the Portege R500 series -- the world's lightest notebook model. One of the most interesting products to be shown is Toshiba's SCiB Super Charge ion Battery. The battery can recharge to 90% of its capacity in less than 5 minutes. Read more

Posted on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:13:17 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Cowon L3 7 inch GPS and PMP debuts at IFA 2008

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Cowon will introduce the Cowon L3 7 inch touchscreen media player with GPS navigation at the IFA 2008.
These multitalented portable media players rarely make it outside of Korea. Features of the sleek looking Cowon L3 include 7" touchscreen with 800x480px resolution, media player, T-DMB TV, FM transmitter, speaker, SIRF III antenna, SD card slot, and remote control. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:58:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cowon S9 premiers at IFA 2008

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Besides the Cowon O2, the Korean PMP maker debuts a rather stylish PMP with AMOLED display at the IFA 2008 dubbed Cowon S9.
The Cowon S9 has a curved backside and features a 3.3 inch color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display with 480x272px resolution and 16m colors.
Other features of the Cowon S9 include 500Mhz Dual Core CPU, T-DMB TV, Bluetooth, FM tuner, voice recorder, G-Sensor, TV-Out, 40 hour music playback on a single battery charge, music, video and photo player and Macromedia Flash User interface. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:52:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cowon O2 debuts at IFA 2008

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Portable media player and GPS maker Cowon debuts three new devices at the IFA 2008 this week. The Cowon O2 is a compact media player with DMB-TV tuner. The O2 measures 119x73x18mm and features a clean design.
Other features of the Cowon O2 include a 4.3 inch touchscreen, movie, music, photo player, dictionary, SD card slot, speaker and TV-Out.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:46:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG N4B1 Blu-ray NAS premiers at IFA 2008

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LG will unveil the N4B1 Blu-ray NAS (Network Attached Storage) at the IFA 2008 later this week.
LG claims that the LG N4B1 is the world's first NAS with integrated Blu-ray drive. Owners of a N4B1 can automatically archive old and unused data to Blu-ray disc. The LG N4B1 has a web interface and is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony to rock IFA 2008 with largest Booth

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Sony announces that they will make a big splash at the IFA 2008 from August 29th to September 3rd in Berlin.
Sony says that on its 6,000m2 of floor space, the Sony booth in Hall 4.2 represents the biggest showcase by a single exhibitor at the IFA 2008. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:26:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Miss IFA 2008 Photo Gallery

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Today and this week the hottest trade-show is the E3 2008, but the IFA 2008 consumer electronics show is getting underway pretty soon.

I was at an IFA-Preview event last week to get an early look on what some of the major consumer electronics companies will unveil at the huge show in Berlin starting August 29th.
I have not seen anything mind-boggling new yet. LCD HDTV will get bigger and better, every company will show a Blu-ray player (albeit still most without BD Live support) and lots of devices around the home media network will be on display.

You can see several of the new products in the Miss IFA 2008 photo gallery.
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Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ShowStoppers to produce official Press Events at IFA 2008 and IFA 2009

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ShowStoppers® today announced it will produce the official press events at IFA in Berlin starting 2008.

"This is the first-step in a multi-year agreement for 2008, 2009 and beyond that opens the door to more global growth for both ShowStoppers and IFA," said Jens Heithecker, director of IFA. IFA 2008 takes place 29 August through 3 September 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:51:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr