The first product shown was a Toshiba W30t which is a hybrid laptop and tablet with a detachable screen. The W30t runs on the Windows 8 platform. Similar to other laptop hybrids the W30t keyboard docks includes an additional battery and can achieve up to 10 hours of battery life with the dock plugged in and 5 hours with it removed. The W30t has a 13.3″ touchscreen with an unspecified “HD” (probably 1366×768) resolution. Unlike other tablets and ultrabooks the W30t doesn’t have a ssd and instead has a conventional hard drive. The product comes with either Intel Core processors or AMD APU’s. The price should be 750 USD starting price for the Toshiba and even less with an AMD processor. Expect a Q4 2013 release.
Category: IFA
Toshiba W30t 13.3″ Laptop and Tablet Hybrid with Detachable Screen
Cambrios is revolutionizing the touch screen industry, interview with their CMO
Posted by – September 6, 2013
One of the revolutionary new touch screen technologies is created by Cambrios, it’s their ClearOhm® Silver Nanowires, that is now the leading candidate for replacing ITO in touch applications and making strides also in OLED lighting, Organic Photo Voltaic cells, electronic displays and others. At IFA, I interviewed Sri Peruvemba who was very excited about the prospects for the technology. Cambrios ClearOhm technology is replacing ITO not only in applications where ITO cannot play (large monitors, All-In-One computers and upcoming flexible/unbreakable tablets, phones and other devices) but also in applications like tablets and laptops and mobile phones where ITO is dominant. They already have many products in the field (see my video with Cambrios from Computex in Taiwan) and are expecting more tier one design wins to be announced in the near future. Already it’s public that companies like Samsung, Nissha are investors in Cambrios ClearOhm, that the worlds biggest touch screen maker TPK is building a new factory to build Cambrios ClearOhm based touch screens and that Hitachi is also a customer. The ClearOhm product has better transmission than ITO on film, has better conductivity (since silver conducts 100 times better than Indium), is made on flexible plastic material that is 40% thinner and 40% lighter than traditional touch screens, can enable flexible touch screens that ITO cannot since it is brittle, and it is very rugged. The Silver Nanowires from Cambrios is almost invisible in the touch screen, I could not see any pattern or moire that you would see with other technologies like metal mesh and ITO. Also the Cambrios CMO says that they are price competitive even with inferior technologies, that is amazing. During my interview I examined the touch sensors and could not see any pattern visibility. This is why they are winning new business. How fast Cambrios ClearOhm is going to take over the whole worldwide touch panel market is unsure, Cambrios says that they can produce enough silver nanowire material to be in all 1 Billion smartphones to be sold in 2014 if the markets and if the touch screen device producers demand it. I would definitely like to see hundreds of millions of cheaper, lighter, flexible/unbreakable plastics based Cambrios ClearOhm based Smartphone and Tablet designs invade the whole worldwide market as soon as next year!
My 11-year old cousin Henry at the Samsung IFA 2013 Booth Tour
Posted by – September 6, 2013
Category: Exclusive videos, IFA
Henry is my cousin from Denmark, he likes technology a lot and has started his own video-blog at http://youtube.com/techtothepeoplevideo. Here’s his first time attending any consumer electronics show, he took an Easyjet from Copenhagen to hang around the IFA trade show with me. In the next days, I will post a few more of his booth tours, seeing IFA 2013 from his perspective. Henry watches a lot of the tech news on the web every day and I think he knows pretty much everything about all devices being released. I’ll use him as my assistant here at IFA when I don’t know a product name, screen resolution, special feature or maybe even the processor.
Subscribe to Henry’s YouTube channel at: http://youtube.com/TechToThePeopleVideo
Latest AMD A4/A6/A8/A10 APU based laptop demos
Posted by – September 5, 2013
AMD shows off some of the latest best value Laptops based on their A-series APUs, such as a 15.4″ AMD A10 laptop from Acer selling at $480 with additional ATI discreet graphics inside, also featuring examples by Lenovo, Toshiba, HP and other.
Kobo Arc 10 HD Tegra4 Tablet, Kobo Aura E Ink e-reader
Kobo is probably the second biggest seller of E Ink e-readers in the world, focusing on many of the markets where Amazon isn’t wanting to have a big presence. The new Kobo Aura HD e-reader is awesome, features the thinnest and lightest 6″ touch and front-lit E Ink e-reader yet on the market. The Kobo Arc 10 HD is a new Tegra4 tablet with a 2560×1600 screen retailing at 379 Euro in Europe. Kobo also talks about a 1920×1080 7″ Tablet to retail at 199 Euros. What do you think about Kobo? I think Kobo is being very aggressive and coming out with very interesting mass market devices selling more and more.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition
Samsung releases their latest Galaxy Note 10.1 with a Qualcomm S800 or an Exynos 5 processor inside.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 launch at IFA 2013
Posted by – September 4, 2013
Samsung releases latest Galaxy Note 3.
Samsung Galaxy Gear launch at IFA 2013
Posted by – September 4, 2013
Samsung’s new Smartwatch at its launch event.
Future Robot at IFA 2012
Posted by – September 11, 2012
Here’s a service robot that follows people around and talks info, shows data on 3 tablet screens, moves face around, translates, browses the web.
Yujin Robot at IFA 2012
Posted by – September 11, 2012
Robot to take care of kids, house cleaning and more.
Celluon laser keyboard at IFA 2012
Posted by – September 11, 2012
Celluon shows mockups of their future more compact laser keyboard.
Tanzency accessory designs at IFA 2012
Posted by – September 11, 2012
Bluetooth phone accessories, usb hub, other.
PocketBook SURFpad at IFA 2012
Posted by – September 11, 2012
7″ ICS based tablet from PocketBook for 89€.
Sony PRS-T2 Reader, 6″ with WiFi Evernote/Facebook share
Posted by – September 5, 2012
Sony’s newest E Ink e-reader with Neonode IR touch screen, wifi and new fast E Ink refresh allowing for smooth scrolling and fast page turns without a full page black flash on each page turn or on each web page scrolling. It can synchronize and share highlighted quotes of text in Evernote and on Facebook.
Sony DSC-RX100
Posted by – September 5, 2012
New large Exmor 20.2MP CMOS sensor with support for extreme low-light shots, new lens Bright F1.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens with 3.6x zoom, Full HD 1080/60p video with manual control and dual record, 101.6 mm x 58.1 mm x 35.9 mm, 213g (3.8oz.).
Sony Tabletop PC, 20″ Windows 8 Tablet
Posted by – September 5, 2012
For about $1000/1000€ depending on the configuration, it runs Windows 8 on the 20″ 1600×900 touch screen, includes Intel Core i3, i5, i7, up to 1TB hard drive and 4GB or 8GB RAM.
LG L9, OMAP4430 4.7″ Android Phone
Posted by – September 5, 2012
LG L9 with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 OMAP4430 with SGX540 GPU, with a nice large 4.7″ qHD display and a retail price at $299/299€.
HTC Desire X, 4″ MSM8225 Android 4
Posted by – September 5, 2012
4″ WVGA with Qualcomm MSM8225 dual-core ARM Cortex-A5 processor, runs Android 4.0.4 to be upgraded to Android 4.1, to be prices at $299/299€.
Sony Xperia T
Posted by – September 5, 2012
The new $549/549€ high-end 4.6″ HD LCD “Reality Display”, Qualcomm S4 dual-core, 13 megapixel camera, NFC and plenty more.
The full specs are:
4.6″ HD Reality Display powered by the Mobile BRAVIA® Engine for razor sharp clarity
13MP fast capture camera that goes from sleep mode to snap in just over a second
Full 1080p HD video recording capabilities and a 720p HD front camera for the highest quality content
Easy connectivity with ‘One-touch’ function enabled by NFC
PlayStation™ Certified
Latest generation 1.5GHz dual core processor for improved battery life, fast performance and ultra sharp graphics
Android version 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Will be upgraded to Android version 4.1 (Jelly Bean) following launch.
MHL connectivity for viewing content on a big screen without the need for a charger
Use Xperia TV Dock with MHL to HDMI converter and charging connector to enjoy photos and videos on an HDMI enabled TV
16GB of internal memory
3.5 mm audio jack
Micro USB
Wi-Fi® Hotspot functionality
Support: microSD, up to 32GB
In some markets Xperia T will be known as Xperia TX
Talk time: Up to 7 hrs
Standby time: Up to 450 hrs
Battery: 1850mAh (embedded)
Available in Black, Silver and White colors
Sony Xperia V
Posted by – September 5, 2012
4.3″ otherwise same specs as the Xperia T with LTE.
Here are the full specs:
4.3″ HD Reality Display powered by the Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 for razor sharp clarity
13 MP fast capture camera with full HD video recording.
Latest generation 1.5GHz dual core processor for improved battery life, fast performance and ultra sharp graphics
LTE for the fastest data download speeds (in markets where technology is available)
Easy connectivity with One-touch ‘One-touch’ enabled by NFC
Clear audio+ for the highest level of sound quality
3.5 mm audio jack
Micro USB
8GB of storage
Memory card support: microSD™, up to 32GB
PlayStation™ Certified
Android version 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Will be upgraded to Android version 4.1 (Jelly Bean) following launch.
Highest levels of dust and water resistance in a smartphone (IP55/57+) ensure protection from the effects of immersion up to 1m for 30 minutes
MHL connectivity for viewing content on a big screen without the need for a charger
Talk time: Up to 7 hrs
Standby time: Up to 300 hrs
Battery: 1750mAh
Available in Black, Pink and White colors
