The star of the IFA gadget show in Berlin was undoubtedly the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch, and Samsung was the dominant company of the entire event. Whether it was TVs, vacuum cleaners or tablets, the South Korean giant remains the company currently best able to articulate its idea for a connected future, where all our devices talk to each other.
Its new tablet, the Galaxy Note
3, is the first to seriously incorporate handwriting recognition in
a useable way – scribble a phone number on it and with the ‘Action Note’ feature
it will recognise the numbers, store it or dial it. The option to instantly do
something with handwritten information is a welcome innovation.
But Samsung is not the only smart kid on the block – Sony’s Z1,
5in phone introduced a 21MP camera that while not of the standard of its own QX10 and QX100
lenses, shows that it is right at the top of the smartphone tree.
Operators and retailer around the world say that they expect Sony to be the
brand to watch as HTC, Nokia and BlackBerry face increasing challenges.
But Philips,
too, had plenty to offer. Aside from a beard trimmer with a built-in laser for
precision cutting, they introduced new speakers that look like two elegant
towers, but in fact also offer a built in CD player, internet connectivity and
detachable extra speakers so that they can form an instant surround sound
system.
By Matt Warman
By Matt Warman
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