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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

IFA: Sony's style over substance?

Better living through technology. Photograph: Bobbie Johnson

One of the stranger exhibits here is the one from Japanese electronics giant Sony. They've commandeered an absolutely massive hall for themselves, and filled the whole thing with sheets of black fabric that cascade down from the ceiling to the floor. You make your way around by pulling back dozens of these curtains. Walking through it is rather disconcerting; like navigating your way through invisible waterfalls.

But in between the exist small islands of, well, not very much at all. Sure these stands look nice - the chill-out living room stuffed with Sony Ericsson music phones which is pictured above, for example - but they don't seem to offer too much product. As I wiggled through the hall this afternoon, I saw plenty of people all trying to find exactly where Sony's selection of gadgets, gizmos and technologies were.

Points for style, but we want to see the products!

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