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  Samsung has announced HMX-T10 at the IFA featuring a 20-degree slanted lens. The reason for making a slanted lens is purely for ergonomic reasons where it allows consumers to record the videos in an easy and convenient manner. The HMX-T10 can record videos at full HD resolution whereas capture still images at up to [...]

  While LG had no plans to show off its Android offering, Vodafone was generous to show it on their booth, which means that Vodafone has picked this baby up and will be launching it soon. Known as Etna, its picture was captured by Chip Online who also managed to get some specs. The preliminary [...]

  Samsung is showing a robot vacuum cleaner at the IFA that will ensure you won’t have to move an inch or oversee anything while it is performing its cleaning chore. Called as the Furot II, it has an integrated camera and Visionary Mapping System that allows the robot cleaner to see, think and remember. [...]

  It seems LG has also jumped in the world’s first race against its South Korean counterpart. At the IFA 2009 they are displaying an LCD TV equipped with 400Hz (PAL, NTSC has 480Hz) technology. Its TruMotion engine uses backlight scanning to reduce motion blur. [Via FullHD]

  Samsung is planning to launch one more phone with Corby’s dual tone diagonal contoured design. It’s the B3210 that bears the same Corby design but integrates a full QWERTY keyboard instead of the touchscreen display. Targeted at youth, the phone will come in variety of colors and features 2MP camera, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth, [...]

  Toshiba at the IFA pulled off a surprise by unveiling a touchscreen tablet. The tablet known as JournE features a 7-inch display (800×480) and runs on an ARM-based processor with Windows CE 6.0 Pro handling the OS duty. The tablet is capable to output 1080p HD content via the included HDMI port or can [...]

  If you’ve been looking for a cheap touchscreen enabled PMP, Creative has got something for you. It’s the Zen X-Fi2 that swaps buttons from the original X-Fi player with a decent 3-inch LCD touchscreen. In addition to the touch element, Creative claims to implement the latest X-Fi technology that will improve audio playback on [...]

  It’s not surprising that more Windows Mobile 6.5 equipped devices are surfacing. The newest addition is Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X2, second phone in the Xperia family. In addition to the new OS, the X2 makes use of the Xperia panels and its unique SlideView feature that enables quick interaction with most frequented activities. On [...]

  Sony’s pre IFA conference is scheduled for today and Financial Times claims that Sony’s conference will include a mention of bringing 3D TVs to the retail market. Sir Howard Stringer will announce Sony’s plans to bring 3D TVs by end of 2010 and also launch other 3D technology compatible products like VAIO PCs, PS3 [...]

  Samsung has decided to launch its R1 PMP outside its homeland. R1 comes in an aluminum chassis and is touted as the lightest and slimmest (50g and 8.9mm thickness) media player to give out of the box DivX, XviD, H.264, WMV compatibility. The PMP also has Samsung’s Beat DJ function that allows users to [...]

  LG unveiled its first netbook X110 at the IFA a few days back. And as a company would expect, they are getting a good amount of press attention but not because of their first launch but for the resemblance X110 bears with MSI Wind. It is argued that the outer shell is slightly differently [...]

  Samsung’s obsession for slim products has extended to its new line of Blu-Ray players too. The BD-P2500 unveiled at the IFA last week packs a lot of commendable features in the slim housing. The player features a LAN port for easy firmware updates, USB port as well as decent 1GB of internal memory. For [...]

  Samsung officially announced YP-Q1 PMP on the IFA floor today. No surprise with the specifications as it is the same we mentioned about it yesterday. The only thing to be added is the DNSe 3.0 for added audio enhancement. Another DAP to be announced along with it was YP-U4. It is an upgrade over [...]

  Sony wants the Walkman players to stay alive and thus they launched three players at the IFA. First is the S series which includes NWZ-S630F/S730F media players. Sony touts these players as format-friendly which support various audio and video formats. The player has a 2-inch QVGA screen, iTunes support for file management and comes [...]

  The IFA exhibition in Berlin is buzzing with new and exciting products. This time it’s Toshiba with their HDTV able to upscale standard video content to almost 1080p. The Regza ZF series is the most advanced TV line from them and it is rightly so. The Regza ZF TVs integrate Resolution+ technology which is [...]