CES claims to be the "most powerful tech event in the world", but in the age of software and AI, is the show still necessary?

The Covid-19 situation is forcing several major events to re-think how they can connect to their audience.

After being unveiled at IFA last week, Samsung Singapore brought the company's three latest wearable devices to its new Galaxy Studio at VivoCity's The Plaza today: the Gear Sport smartwatch, the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness band, and the Gear IconX wireless earphones.

The IFA Global Press Conference 2013, held in Sardinia, Italy this year, offered us an outlook into the CE and home appliance markets for the IFA show in September. The biggest insight however, is how some categories are grabbing market share from familiar categories to win favor for the throne.

In the world of consumer electronics, there are two major shows -- CES in Las Vegas in January, and IFA in Berlin every September. How do journalists know that what was previewed in CES will be ready to market at IFA in time for Christmas? Well, the annual IFA Global Press Conference, that's what.

The lawsuit dispute between Apple and Samsung seems to spill over to IFA 2011 where the Galaxy Tab 7.7 was apparently removed from the show floor a few days after its announcement.

The annual IFA consumer electronics trade fair officially opens on 3 September in Berlin, Germany but for international journalists, the show really begins from 1 September, when they are given sneak peeks of what would be showcased before the show. HardwareZone.com was on the fairgrounds to bring you some of these highlights.