10 Brand New Gadgets Not Coming to America
BERLIN—You could call IFA the European version of CES, but it’s been around longer: This trade show dates to 1924, when it went by the name of “Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin,” or “Berlin Radio Show.” And because the European market features a different cast of companies and a regulatory climate that can be much stricter than America’s, the hardware on display doesn’t match up with what you might have seen at the Consumer Electronics Show eight months earlier. Some of these gadgets will make their way to U.S. stores eventually, but many of them never will.
(Disclosure: Most of my travel expenses, along with those of several other U.S.-based tech journalists and analysts, are being covered by IFA’s organizers.)
