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IFA is Europe’s biggest consumer electronics show and that means manufacturers from all over the globe look to show off their wears. Tablet PCs, connected TVs, 3D TVs and e-readers are expected to have a strong presence at the conference. With the first press conference kicking off today, we give you a rundown on what to expect.

Tablets galore:

The story of IFA 2010 – much like the story of CES 2010 – is the tablet PCs invasion. They will be absolutely everywhere, with a number of Android tablets expected to finally make their public appearances.

3D TVs galore

In addition to tablet PCs gunning for your attention, its clear 3D TV manufacturers are still all-in with their Avatar boxes. Though most of the world has simmered on their expectations of 3D, going from bullish to curious, the investment laid down in the tech is so great that for firms to pull back now would be more costly than just pushing through the slow start.

Who to watch

A number of big-deal tech firms have a big presence at IFA 2010, with Sony, LG, Samsung and Google making their presence felt. LG recently claimed that their tablet would be noticeably better than the iPad (hmmm) so hopefully they can back up their talk. The Samsung Galaxy Tab makes its appearance at IFA 2010, too, so we’re keen to see what the South Korean giant has cooked up this time. Sony will also reveal its next wave of e-readers at IFA, so that should be interesting, too.

All in all, IFA 2010 should be fascinating, and we’ll have full reports of the days’ happenings every morning. Google’s Eric Schmidt is doing the closing keynote, too, so, that should make for interesting viewing, as well.

Predictions, folks?

The 2009 Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2009) is ready to raise the curtain in Las Vegas next week. There has been a lot of buzz created regarding the show up to now and the masses are getting more and more excited as the opening day gets closer. The CES 2009 is expected to be very enthusiastic about the unprecedented technology, gadgets and gizmos it unleashes upon consumers. This show will introduce consumers all the latest jaw dropping technological enhancements electronics companies have to offer.

You can view everything there. Right from laptops to sub-netbooks, smartphones to GPUs, LCDs to touch screens, the CES 2009 will be portraying each and every electronic device that can change your digital lifestyle. Although there were many new jaw dropping developments that took place last year, some of them were simply marvellous. Below are some of the great gadgets that are scheduled to be displayed at the CES 2009.

Both Lenovo and HP will be unveiling the concept of the dual screen laptop. For the first time, these two companies will be developing laptops with two displays. Next comes the new touch screen netbooks. The touch screen technology is always liked by the end user and the CES 2009 will show off some of the new improvements in touch screen netbooks developed by Intel. Apart from this, Samsung and Sony are also busy preparing for the show. These two IT giants will be showing their talent in the field of organic LCD displays. The main attraction will be the new wafer thin displays that possess an unbelievable thin form factor. Sony may also unveil its first touch screen walkman, which is set to compete with the Apple iPod touch. Samsung’s Android powered smartphone will also be in the limelight at CES 2009. All in all, it is set to be a great show and we can’t wait.

Symwave, the leading semiconductor supplier of high-performance analogue/mixed-signal connectivity solutions for the PC, consumer and mobile devices, is ready with the world’s first consumer application of SuperSpeed USB 3.0. The new application will offer an incredible data transfer rate (10 times faster than the legacy USB 2.0) as it will run on the third version of Universal Serial Bus architecture.

The company is collaborating with the leading cable, components and hard drive manufacturers to demonstrate the transfer speeds of USB 3.0 at the consumer Electronics Show or CES. It will demonstrate an unprecedented data streaming to and from external storage devices at a speed which was unattainable previously. The demonstration will take place at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada from 8th Jan 2009 to 11th Jan 2009.

The SuperSpeed USB is set to amaze the next digital generation and will hit the technology market in the second half of next year. So we will have to wait until then before seeing actual flash drives, like the Fujifilm USB Drive 2GB, which use the USB 3.0 standard, instead of the current USB 2.0 profile. Till now the interested parties have read about the technical specifications and capabilities of the USB 3.0 in theory only but now the demonstration by Symwave will let them experience the amazing powers of the new USB in real time and will give a clearer idea about the upcoming technology.