With the smartphone with what’s undoubtedly the most home-baked accessories to be shown off at once here at IFA 2013, the Alcatel One Tough Hero is certainly a smartphone to behold. What we’re witnessing here is a device that’s interesting in and of itself with a 6-inch display running at Full HD – 1920 x […]
With the Alcatel ONE TOUGH IDOL ALPHA, you’ve got a smartphone with light-up edges and a 720p display over 4.7-inches of panel. It’s also got a 1.2GHz quad-core processor under the hood, and its display works with IPS LCD technology. But that’s not the best part – the best part is in the industrial design […]
Acer’s DA241HL AIO machine was introduced earlier this week as the first Android 4.2 all-in-one system to support multitasking, gaming, Web browsing and video with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor. This Acer system was shown off here at IFA 2013, and we got some one-on-one time with the system, giving it a run through to […]
In the Acer Iconia A3 sits a combination of specifications that make for a rather solid 10.1-inch tablet for basic entertainment. It’s not the biggest and the best, but it’s certainly not sitting on the low end – this is Acer’s newest venture into the tablet universe, complete with their own software suite sitting on […]
At IFA 2013 this week, we got our hands on the Acer Liquid S2, a powerhouse of a smartphone that brings 4K video recording to your mobile. With the Liquid S2, Acer has built upon the foundation it laid with the Liquid S1 handset from earlier this summer, bringing with it a variety of spec […]
Klipsch, worldwide enemy of fast-typing journalists, has arrived at IFA with two new audio products for our enjoyment. First up, the company is touting the Gig, a portable Bluetooth speaker with a clip-on arm that doubles as a stand. Packing AptX, NFC and a battery rated for 12 hours of life, the speaker is controlled with a chunky analog knob which reminds us of a childhood wasted playing with audio separates. Sound-wise, the Gig crams in four drivers — two tweeters and a bass up front, while a second bass ’round back balances out the sound. At least, that’s what Klipsch says, anyway. Black and white versions will launch in October for $200, and if you want to jazz up your sound with a different-colored strap, you can purchase additional hues from the company website. Wanna hear about Klipsch’s other offering? Head on past the break. %Gallery-slideshow83369%
Filed under: Portable Audio/Video
We admittedly didn’t initially get the point of HP’s new “Recline” family of all-in-ones. Sure, we understood the concept well enough; these machines use a patent-pending hinge allowing the touchscreen to hang off the table, close to your lap. But we couldn’t understand why HP would opt for such a funky design, other than the fact that its research team concluded a good deal of people would prefer to use their desktops this way. (We’re skeptical of marketing departments, can’t you tell?) It turns out, a lap-screen is the sort of feature you really do want, even if you don’t know it yet.
Setting aside that onscreen piano example in the above photo — now that’s a gimmick — we found we had a much easier time interacting with IE and Maps app than we would have if the screen were upright. In part, that’s because having the 1080p display sitting lower and at that particular angle makes it easier to type on the onscreen keyboard, which in turn takes the pain out of entering URLs and search terms. Also, though, the lower the screen is, the more you’re likely to interact with it like a tablet — a very big tablet, but a tablet nonetheless. That means you might even find yourself using two hands at once, as opposed to reaching up occasionally to swipe with your finger. Our only gripe? There’s no physical Start button, so you’ll have to either swipe the Charms bar or pause to hit the shortcut on your keyboard. Not a big deal, but it does mean the tablet experience might not feel as seamless as what you’d expect from a proper slate. If we’ve convinced you to take a closer look, the Recline 23 and 27 are both available today, though if you’d rather have it with a red hinge (and even more Beats branding than usual) you’ll have to wait until November. %Gallery-slideshow83364%
Lenovo subsidiary Medion already produces smartphones, but normally these units are the ones you’ll find clogging up the very bottom of the bargain basement. With the X-Series, however, the company is raising its ambitions to the middle, more legitimate tiers of the market. The first model is tentatively titled the “X4701,” but we’ve been reassured that a catchier name is currently being cooked up by Medion’s corporate minds. Still, for now, that’s the name we’ll stick with.
The 4.7-inch smartphone is packing a 1,280 x 720 display alongside a 1.2GHz Tegra 3 chipset with 1GB RAM, which should be enough to run the stock build of Android 4.2 that it’ll ship with. On the storage front, while there’s only 8GB on board, the company has thoughtfully thrown in an 8GB microSD card to double your storage before you begin. Speaking of things included in the box, the device ships with a black matte plastic rear cover, but users will also find a white version tucked somewhere beneath the manual and charger. Connectivity-wise, there’s 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and HSDPA+ modems — decent enough for those who aren’t too fussed about buying a plan with LTE. There’s no word on when the retitled device will arrive, or which nations it’ll be pitched to, but the company has pledged that it’ll cost no more than €199 — a promise it should think very hard about breaking. %Gallery-slideshow83349% %Gallery-slideshow83350%
Dana Wollman contributed to this report.
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Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Sony outed the very first 4K OLED television at CES last January, and now Samsung is catching up with its very own. We swooped by the firm’s slice of show floor at IFA to lay eyes on its latest TV, and walked away quite impressed. The 55-inch Ultra HD set packs a powerful visual punch, delivering sharp visuals and incredibly vivid colors. So vivid, in fact, we were suspicious that the sample footage was HDR video — it may very well be, but that doesn’t take away from the hardware’s color reproduction prowess. Big blue’s panel far and away outpaces non-OLED 4K displays when it comes to bright and lively color. Viewing angles on the screen are remarkable too, as glancing at the screen just a few degrees askance won’t blur or mute picture quality. As for form factor, Samsung’s set is contained into a sleek and extremely thin shell. No pricing or release window is on the docket, but you can check out the gallery below to ogle at the TV for yourself.%Gallery-slideshow83288%
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Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Samsung
Big, curved, and OLED: every year there are some keywords IFA’s prime competitors cling to, and in 2013 LG is leading the pack with its whopping 77-inch Ultra HD Curved OLED TV. Full 4k resolution spread across a near-painfully bright, sweeping pane of OLED technology; does the world need a set so big, so detailed, […]
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