Gadgetory

IFA 2016 is just wrapping up but if you don't know what IFA is think of it like CES but for Europe usually where we see big product announcements and we did see some cool some crazy and some bizarre products get announced this year so me show you something to highlight some of the coolest weirdest things that we saw at IFA let's start with the abomination that I want more than any tech product right now just because this is the gargantuan Acer predator 21x I think at this point you can't call this thing a laptop it's more of like a like a desktop you can lug around with you so first as a ridiculous 21 inch screen if that's not ridiculous enough it's a curved 21 inch green then how about you throw in dual geforce gtx 1080 graphic chips for for good measure and then maybe just add in the toss of i cracking technology which during a demo you actually used to play games like move your eyes and shoot the enemy 64 gigs of ram in this thing and if that's not insane enough they also have a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switches into this thing it is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen and again I don't know why but I I feel like I need one but I don't know when I can get one because release are pricing it hasn't really been announced but damn look at that thing it you're gonna need to have like a workout regimen to carry this thing around but imagine it looks you're gonna get in Starbucks when you work on your screenplay what trade show be complete without some phones and sony was there with a couple tiny computers the phone looks really nice it's kind of a dark navy blue huge phone and I like the design language that Sony has maybe it's time to try some new nothing from the spec department here is gonna blow you away snapdragon 820 and kind of the rest of this stuff you'd expect from a mid to high range phone but what is awesome with Sony phones is that 23 megapixel camera and megapixel adjust side Sony makes some of the best sensors going and in fact they're so good most manufacturers are using their sensors anyway so if you want a killer camera look for the X Z but I doubt that's gonna come to us anyway so looked about what unlocked if you like your phone smaller with a compact in their name then perhaps the xperia x compact might be for you we used to love Sony when they would squeeze all these high in specs smaller phones but that's not the case here and say you're getting kind of middle-of-the-road Snapdragon chip and a bunch of the same specs but guard gated austin 23 megapixel camera that we just talked about in the Xperia XZ it did feel nice to hold a bit like the unapologetically plastic phones it may have come from other companies I'm not gonna mention any names but again a nice mid-range phone the chances are we won't see here in the US but what if you're in the category like Miri like your phone's big and your tablet's small perhaps the brand new hallway media pad m3 might be one to consider 8.4 inch all-metal design it's got hallways take on Android on it love it or hate it but Google Play is there so throw a launcher on other than that it's the tablet that we've all seen before a few nice additions though the home screen you can serve swipe over and get access to multitasking it's a nice little trick that they've included if you're a fan of good speakers on your tablet they partner with Harman Kardon on here and they sounded loud to us even in a crowded conference hall but off to get them home in the lab test it out and see how the sound the screen looks really nice to the naked eye which is a weird expression to say I'm gonna put a shirt on my eyes no one no one's the ones got to see that this Blake does look to be pretty solid I did like how light felt though it seems like it's perfect just for watching a movie attached to the book on a trainer plane ride Plus starting on a 350 euros that doesn't hurt either oh I didn't save we'll see in the US but if we do I'll let you know maybe we'll just come and visit maybe get a work visa there were also some smartwatches that got announced you're probably thinking I'm gonna mention huawei LG Samsung the usual players but no how about winnings the folks that made that regular watch that actually had some SmartWatch functionality into it they are back with the winning steal HR which not surprisingly is made out of Steel and it's got a built-in heart rate monitor as you'd expect again that HR name and it looks like a classic watch I mean a lot of people are looking for they might not want a screen on their wrist I've been using smartwatches for a while it's been felt a little bit small to me but it felt really solid and well-built and the feature set is what you want so if you need that heart rate monitor and you want a classic watch look without a giant screen it's pretty good option there's obviously a ton more by fa we cover it some more for my faith but these are some of the things that when the most interesting discussion pieces not all obviously we're great not all knock things out of the park but some were interesting so you guys think about IFA 2016 it's alike for gigantic curved laptops I feel like they they deserve it the next time from John Redinger from TechnoBuffalo