Gadgetory

it's time to say gutentag to new tech I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update lots of news this week with the IFA electronics trade show in berlin sony announced its first 4k TV and at 84 inches it is ginormous sony hasn't said how much it will cost or when it will be available but you'll likely have to fork over thirty thousand dollars to get it and for those of you asking what is a 4k TV well the term means it is the equivalent of four 1080p screens in height and length right now there's no real point in getting a 4k TV after all the movies do you own in 4k but it sure sounds cool sony also showed some interesting tablets the Xperia S tablet which is coming out September 7th starting at four hundred dollars it has several TV ready features android 4.0 sony also showed the convertible vaio duo 11 a Windows 8 tablet that's also a laptop when the keyboard slides out and Sony's flagship phone the Xperia T has a four point six inch screen and 13-megapixel camera others in the phone family are experienced V and Jay you see they got this letter branding thing going on and in the camera category there's a Sony action cam which will ship in September for two hundred dollars its tiny size is designed for point of view action shots competing with the GoPro everyone's favorite phablet has a big brother the samsung galaxy note 2 releasing in October it will be even bigger than the original note with a 5.5 inch screen samsung also showed off the world's first Windows 8 Phone the 80s but the more unique product of the day is the Samsung Galaxy camera an android-powered 16 megapixel sensor camera with apps and wireless 3g and 4g network connectivity and a zoom lens you can find more details on this at the blog sina com / update zappos which is owned by amazon has created a new shopping site that gives suggestions on things to buy based on your Pinterest feed it's called pinpointing but you have to have an extensive amount of fashioning your Pinterest account for it to do anything interesting birthday alerts are now popping up for users of Google Plus if some your circles having a birthday you'll see the notification pop up in the upper right corner when you visit Google big news in space history for the first time a recorded song has been played on another planet and beamed to earth this interplanetary song played by nasa's curiosity mars rover is none other than reach for the stars by will.i.am transformed with all that Autotune Martians probably think we're eraser robots I think Martians would be more of a David Bowie fan though don't you that your tech news roundup for today from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey