Source: news.cnet
Expect the Unexpected.This year we are expecting to see more of what we spotted at CES several months ago. There are a few surprises liked networked Blu-ray players, more superthin LED TVs, and maybe even some larger OLED TVs. IFA Berlin is the largest consumer electronics trade show in the world.FA brings out the big names you’d expect like Samsung, Sony, LG, Nokia, Acer, Asus, and more, plus hundreds of smaller companies that make computers and gadgets just for the European market. We’ll try to highlight the notable stuff that will be available in North America as well. As what has been heard of the idea how big it is, FA Berlin in 2008 took up 1.3 million square feet of exhibit space, and brought 215,000 visitors through the doors of the Berlin Messe to see more than 1,200 exhibitors. CES this year had a lower-than-expected attendance of 110,000, 1.7 million square feet of exhibitor space, and 2,700 exhibitors. Toshiba recently announced earlier that it would make its first Blu-ray Disc products more than a year after closing down its HD DVD efforts. Toshiba has said it will make DVD players, high-definition TVs, and laptops that support the HD video standard. The company could be planning to use this show to launch them. We will be sure to keep an eye out of this biggest launching to happen. So better watch out for more of that.
