Best Gadgets Around: IFA Berlin

Filed in archive Inspiration on August 11, 2009

© Robert Scoble



If you enjoy new tech and gadgets, then IFA is where you want to be in September. For 5 days in Berlin, all the new tech toys of the year are shown off to thousands of consumers. IFA is the European counterpart to the American Consumer Electronics Unlimited. If you miss the show this year, the IFA website is already gearing up for September 2010.

Here are some of the places to catch highlights, reviews and images from IFA:

The IFA Report Let's go digital. This site broadcasts live during the event and also lists reviews of different tech products.

Crave: Cnet's Gadget Blog has a number of articles ranging from "wackiest stuff at IFA" to thoughtful discussions about the future of 3D.


Engadget: The "official" blog of IFA. Lots of articles in German and English reviewing the products and companies that attended IFA

Popular Science: If you just want the best of the best, Popsci has the top ten gadgets from IFA in this article.

Reuters: Exhibitor Profiles If you want to see who was there and who wasn't, check out Reuter's list.

Digital Trends: Podcast covering the best and worst of IFA, if you'd rather listen than read

Robert Scoble video of him at the IFA blogger's panel

If you read about IFA or know the companies who went, what would be the toy you'd most like to take home?