Viewsonic’s two tablets shown off at IFA this week couldn’t be more different. One’s a ten-inch behemoth running both Windows 7 Home Premium and Android 1.6, while the other is a stylish, compact 7-inch number running Android 2.2. Guess which one felt like torture to use?
After last year’s 15.1-inch beauty, LG partnered it up with a 31-inch beast. It’s officially the world’s slimmest OLED 3DTV, but that’s not saying much when Sony is the only other manufacturer with an OLED 3DTV.
The 21:9 has an advantage with its letterbox aspect ratio. Unlike other TVs, films fit the screen without those annoying black bars. With Toy Story 3, you’re drawn into a more engaging 3D image than the 55-inch 3D sets manage.
Most budget-minded Android handsets are super-affordable, but also super-frustrating in the fact they tend to run older versions of Android (a problem some premium handsets suffer as well). That’s why it’s nice to see Huawei step up to the plate and offer a decently specced, affordable smartphone under their new IDEOS brand.
The IFA electronics show is quite useful when it comes to learning about new
They describe it as “groundbreaking,” with the 20-degree slanted lens of the HMX-T10 supposedly aiding sore wrists. I don’t know about that, but the rest of the specs make me happy: full HD, for starters.
At Sony’s IFA press conference, their CEO Sir Howard Stringer talked up Sony’s 3D might. Expect to see Sony: Train Driver Simulator! on the PS3 shortly. [TechRadar]
It was possibly the worst-kept secret in tablet-land (more so than the iPad), but the final specs have now been revealed for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. It’ll run Android 2.2 (Froyo) and comes in a 7-inch flavor—for now.
