This year’s IFA has seen some manufacturers breaking the tablet mould, and doing it noisily too. Lenovo, on the other hand, has stuck with the formula of a big screen in a rectangular body, with its IdeaPad A1. The only noise here is the price. At first glance, the A1 seems distinctly average, with a …

MeeGo and webOS are for the chop. Intel is giving MeeGo the heave-ho, and now Samsung has poured water on rumours it’ll be buying HP’s moribund webOS operating system. Seems neither can get any love. A report today claims Intel plans to “temporarily discontinue development” of the MeeGo OS it launched in conjunction with Nokia last February, preferring instead to …

Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, and other gadget makers flock in late summer to Germany’s big consumer electronics show. Is mind control the future for TVs? China-based Haier demonstrates a prototype headset that would allow the wearer to change TV channels and control the volume with mere thought. (Posted in Crave by Philip Wong) September 6, 2011 11:46 a.m. PT Panasonic shows …

Hey, look, here’s another tablet PC that isn’t the iPad 2. No, don’t run away. This, the Toshiba AT200, is rather good for an Android tablet and may just change your… Hello? God you people are shallow. Those of you who’ve stuck around will find the 10.1-inch AT200 has loads going for it, like the fact it’s bleedin’ skinny — …

Makayama Media As the proliferation of devices like the iPhone and iPad continue, so does the proliferation of accessories to enhance their functionality. Makayama Media is one accessory maker that aims to take on Hollywood, providing a mount for the iPad 2 that adds professional studio equipment capabilities to any portable filmmaker. The Movie Mount allows pro-grade features to be …

Sony’s Tablet S and P will run PlayStation One games. That’s the word straight from Berlin, where the electronics giant has just finished its IFA press conference. Both tablets, previously known as the S1 and S2, are PlayStation Certified, meaning you can enjoy PlayStation One titles on the move, maybe while pretending to do some work. (Though those explosion sounds …

Hundreds of Android enthusiasts and developers from around the country are watching the calendar, anxiously awaiting the first weekend of October. The reason? It’s not the Nexus Prime and the debut of Ice Cream Sandwich, although that would certainly be welcomed. No, these Android faithful are anticipating the arrival of the second annual Big Android BBQ. Taking place over three …

The Department of Justice doesn’t want to see AT&T end up with T-Mobile, but would it stop Sprint Nextel from making such an acquisition? What about MetroPCS or Leap Wireless? Earlier this week, the DOJ stunned many people in the wireless industry when it filed suit against AT&T to stop its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The agency said …

In what’s becoming a regular occurrence, yet another Verizon MAP (minimum advertised price) list has landed online. Typically, these documents detail pricing and product plans over the next few months and today’s is no exception. According to the leak, the HTC Rhyme will arrive in late September. Though we have the model number (ADR6330), we don’t know much more about …

AT&T could divest up to 25 percent of T-Mobile’s assets to keep its $39 billion bid to buy the No. 4 carrier alive, news service Reuters reported today. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit to block AT&T from buying T-Mobile USA, which is owned by the German phone company Deutsche Telekom. AT&T vowed to fight the lawsuit, …

Need some games to keep you busy during this holiday weekend? From now through Labor Day (September 5), Gameloft is giving away a handful of Android games and discounting all others to 99 cents. The giveaway requires a bit of hoop-jumping. For starters, you need to follow @GameloftAndroid on Twitter or like GameloftAndroid on Facebook. Then, at some random time …

Satellite TV provider Dish Network plans to launch a video streaming service with Blockbuster next month to compete with Netflix, Bloomberg news reported today. The new service has been timed to coincide with an increase in Netflix pricing. Earlier this summer, Netflix announced it would charge separate fees for its DVD-by-mail business and streaming video service. Customers who want both …

It wasn’t all tablets, laptops and cameras at Sony’s IFA press conference: the Japanese giant made room to show off a new mobile too. The Xperia Arc S is the sequel to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc we were mightily impressed with, and looks like it’s adding some neat new tricks to its mobile repertoire. Such as? Well with the …

Can anything beat the iPad? For the year and a half since the debut of Apple’s first iOS tablet, the answer has been a resounding no. Far from being iPad killers, many of Apple’s rivals have displayed more suicidal tendencies, from RIM’s decision to leave native email, calendar and contacts apps out of its BlackBerry PlayBook, through to HP’s now-infamous …

TVs are rather more interesting at this year’s IFA than the usual tiresome who’s got the biggest willy-waving. Not to be outdone by Samsung’s TV that promises to get you fit, or Toshiba’s glasses-free 3D, LG has launched a telly you can draw on. That’s right, you can let your artistic side flourish, or just wait for Piers Morgan to …