IFA 2010

Elonex took ten new products to IFA 2010 in Berlin, including some freeBooks and tablet computers.

Sharp has announced the new Steamwave AX-1100, a 3-in-1 steam oven with a combination of steamer, grill and microwave.

Native Union's new GBP150 MM04 Bluetooth stereo handset has a 2 x 2W stereo speaker system for playing music (from computer, phone etc) or taking a conference call or it's just an elegant home telephone handset with noise reduction technology.

Chinese electronics giant Haier was showcasing its green credentials at IFA 2010 with this human powered washing machine.

Arzum's Termotwin is an ingenious double-container vacuum flask that keeps liquids at the same temperature for up to four hours.

The age of the smartphone, cloud computing and some tasty samples of what's just around the corner for the Android platform.

Eton has developed an iPod/iPhone dock for the great outdoors - splash proof and coated in protective rubber, it also sports a good sized solar panel to provide it with some juice

The Libratone Beat wireless speaker system is said to disperse audio 360 degrees around a room so that everywhere becomes the sweet spot

Navteq is revamping its navigation systems with "Natural Guidance" voice cues that replace "turn left in 300 metres" with something much more human like "turn left after the big church." Interesting idea, and a step forward in humanizing the GPS.

The Magic Bulb is a 4 watt LED light globe producing equivalent light to a 50W traditional globe. If the power fails, the globe will keep running for around three hours or it can be turned into a bright torch.

The P5 headphones mark Bowers & Wilkins first foray into the headphone market and they impress with a slim design and great sound reproduction that provides warm bass and stunning clarity through the mid-range and high-end.

At IFA, the SD Association announced a new, fully backwards compatible, dual-row pin memory card design with data transfer speeds of up to 300 megabytes per second for SDXC and SDHC devices and memory cards.