V-Mate steals the show

The Internationale Funkausstellung is not a jazz-fusion music event. Nope, the IFA is apparently the world’s largest consumer electronics show these days, and it runs until 6th September in Berlin. Once over the disappointment that the only music was Muzak-alike piped hell, the race was on to discover the best gadget of the show. All in one day. This was made somewhat more difficult than usual as Sony were amongst the list of notable non-attendees. But never mind, there was plenty else to pick from. So, would I choose one of the 1920 x 1080 HDTV flat screen televisions, or maybe one of the many Blu-Ray devices, perhaps even a Skype enabled cordless telephone? Nope, surprisingly the gadget I liked best was the dinky V-Mate from SanDisk.