IFA 2009: Toshiba Camileo S20, H30 and X100

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Toshiba introduced at the IFA 2009 the new Camileo S20, H30 and X100 camcorders.
The new Toshiba Camileo series shoots high quality video in almost all lighting conditions, thanks to an optimized night mode that captures high levels of detail, even in low light. All models also double up as high quality digital still cameras, delivering excellent quality snapshots at resolutions of 5MP (Camileo S20) and 10MP (Camileo H30 and Camileo X100). Read more

Posted on Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2009 Highlights

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The IFA 2009 consumer electronics show is now in full swing and open for the general public. The IFA 2009 will go on until Wednesday. Most of the new product announcements have been made and there have been some nice new products that have been unveiled at this year's IFA.

3D for the home gets pushed by several companies again at the IFA. I am still not convinced that 3D is ready for home use. The best 3D experience you can get is still in 3D enabled cinemas. Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Sep 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2009: Sony BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player

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Sony unveiled at the IFA 2009 two WiFi enabled Blu-ray player with the Sony BDP-S560 and Sony BDP-S760 (photo).
Both the Sony BDP-S560 and BDP-S760 are offering Wireless-N connectivity, freeing you from the need of having an Ethernet port near your TV in the living room.
The new Sony Blu-ray players are also Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) enabled, which means that by pressing a single button on the WPS enabled router a secure connection from your player to the wireless network is established. Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Sep 2009 04:40:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray Player Unveiled at IFA 2009

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Toshiba unveiled their first Blu-ray player at the IFA 2009. After the company's defeat in the HD format war, it took a while for the company to decide to join the winning Blu-ray camp.
The Toshiba BDX2000 supports BD-Live (Profile 2.0) needed to play Blu-ray discs with online content (Bonus View). Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Sep 2009 02:52:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPod Cases With Camera Holes At IFA 2009

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Okay, so cameras coming to the next generation of iPod devices is probably the worst kept secret in Apple history. We've known for months that they were a given, and every additional piece of news we hear just solidifies the case even more. Today, word has come from the IFA show in Berlin that Hama is showing off its new next-generation iPod cases. According to ipodnn, both of the cases have cutouts for cameras.

Based on these cases, it appears that the iPod touch has a camera located in the top-center area of its back. The nano's camera, however, was placed in the bottom-left and seems to require a longer cutout. There were no iPod classic cases to be found. iPodnn notes that Hama's cases also broke the 4th generation iPod Nano before it's release last year, so this leak is fairly trustworthy.

Posted on Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:50:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

IFA 2009 To Bring More Global Product Premiers

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The IFA 2009 is starting this Friday in Berlin. This year the IFA 2009 is supposed to bring more global product announcements than ever before. In past years the IFA mostly only had a few new product announcements that have been news outside of Germany.
At an IFA Preview event a couple weeks back, I asked the IFA organizers if the IFA 2009 will be more relevant in terms of product premiers. And the answer was yes.
We already see some of that happening. Logitech wanted to debut the new Squeezebox touch at the IFA 2009, but it leaked early. LG announced this weekend to exhibit the company's first commercially available OLED TV. Let's hope we will see more announcements like these this week. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG 15-inch AM OLED TV Debuts at IFA 2009

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The word about the new LG 15" OLED TV already appeared on Saturday. Now LG officially announced this new largest OLED TV that will be commercially available. LG will debut the 15-inch OLED TV at the IFA 2009 later this week.
LG also announced to start selling the 15 inch OLED TV starting in November in Korea. Next year LG also plans to offer their first OLED TV in other markets. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:20:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2009: Miss IFA 2009 showing off some new Gadgets

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In 46 days the Consumer Electronics show IFA 2009 opens in Berlin. Their signature redhead gadget model Miss IFA 2009 has already been busy posing with the latest gadgets that will be shown at the IFA 2009.

The IFA 2009 will take place between 4th and 9th September. The focus of the IFA 2009 will be around networked TVs, LED TVs, HD, GPS, and networked home appliances. Read more

Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:22:26 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony rumored to show XEL-2 OLED TV at IFA 2009

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Sony was the first company to offer a commercially available OLED TV with the XEL-1 back in October 2007. The Sony XEL-1 only has a screen-size of 11 inches and is more or less just an expensive executive desk decoration ($2,499 on Amazon).

OLED-Info picked up a short mentioning of Sony and Samsung unveiling larger OLED TVs at the IFA 2009 in September in Berlin in an article on The Korea Times. Sony is possibly unveiling a 21 or 27 inch XEL-2 OLED TV. Read more

Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:00:00 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