IFA 2011 - the gadgets we're expecting to see

30 August 2011 10:43 GMT / By Dan Sung

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The IFA 2011 consumer electronics show powers up in Berlin in a matter of days and with it one of the most important dates in the gadgets and technology calendar. If you don’t know what IFA is all about then by all means do yourself some learning but, for the potted version, it’s when the big manufacturers get together in a particularly large and unwieldy exhibition centre to tell the kit-lovers of Europe just what we’ll be finding on the shelves of our favourite outlets come Christmas. It's an EU tech-fest.

While the AV world normally dominates the proceedings, there's a suspicion that this year's event will see more of a maturing of the newer TV technologies - 3D, smart TV - rather than anything wildly groundbreaking. So perhaps time for other categories to take centre stage. Here's the list of what we're expecting to be announced and what we're sure to be grabbing hands-on pictures of for the very first time.

Mobile Phones

With a whole 6 months plus to wait until the actual annual mobile phone trade show, that is Mobile World Congress, there's simply too vast a handset turnover in this day and age for some manufactures to wait that long. The upshot is that IFA can often be the time that some phones make their debut.

Samsung Galaxy Q

The biggest rumour, practically nailed on with the official teaser trailer, is surrounding Samsung's supposed super-sized smartphone known simply as the Galaxy Q. It’s a 5.3-inch device with a Super AMOLED display and connectivity via 3G WCDMA as well as 4G LTE - just in case a suitable high speed network infrastructure turns up any time soon.

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