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Accessory manufacturer Allsop Europe launches its new Clingo brand with the “Stick to it” slogan. A range of products designed to universally hold mobile phones and mobile devices, Clingo showed its “sticky” products, each available in multilingual European retail packaging, at IFA.

Look for nine different versions of Clingo solutions: car phone mount, tablet stand, mobile necklet, game wheel, universal podium, mobile tether, vent mount, mobile stand, and, our favourite, the parabolic sound sphere (Clingo holds your media device inside a parabolic-shaped for amplification).

Whether in the car, office, home or on the go, Clingo solutions work because Allsop discovered a new super-sticky material. This material lets the buyer stick, peel, repeat (without leaving any residue. It’s non-toxic, lead-free, and phthalates-free…which might explain why Clingo comes in green.

Clingo can be rinsed in water, wiped with a lint-free cloth, and it will still be sticky. Allsop says it has tested Clingo in extreme conditions, which is all well given the climate change weather that Europe has been experiencing lately. Frozen, heated, submerged for prolonged periods, Clingo stays as sticky as you’ll find it on the Clingo stand.

Go Clingo

DigiTimes reports Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba and Asus are limiting initial Ultrabook shipments to below 50000 as a means to test the waters, according to unnamed sources close to the vendors.

The reason? Doubts over whether Q4 2011 notebook demand will see recovery while Apple continues taking the market.

After all, Ultrabooks sit somewhere between 2 uncomfortable stools-- netbooks and laptops.

Intel is hosting an Ultrabook conference on September 14 in the hopes to both attract more notebook players and "resolve some technology bottlenecks."

Meanwhile IFA 2011 sees the launch of the first Ultrabook models, also from Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba and Asus.

Go Notebook Players Limit Initial Ultrabook Shipment Volume (DigiTimes)

Philips launches the DesignLine LED TV range at IFA 2011, aiming at your more style-conscious customers as it "embodies the philosophy that home entertainment devices should integrate into the living environment rather than impose upon it."

Marketing-speak aside, the range consists of 2 models-- Edge and Tilt TV-- and a home theatre audio system.

The Edge TV appears ideal for low living room tables, as leaning backwards at 6 degrees and "resembles a floating picture frame," according to Philips.

It comes in white and glass, and carries Philips' Ambilight on 2 side, Easy 3D, Smart TV features and wifi connectivity.

Meanwhile the Tilt TV lives up to its name, leaning backwards by 10 degrees. It features a "floating glass screen" with an either black or white frame.

The Tilt TV will be available in 22" and 26" sizes, with a Digital Crystal Clear image processor.

The range also includes the matching SoundHub home theatre, with speakers featuring a reclining stance and exposed titanium tweeters.

Go Philips DesignLine TVs

The Financial Times reports tablet numbers will reach 300M by 2015 (nearly reaching 2008 PC sales) according to Credit Suisse.

However the future tablet market will mirror the current netbook market, being "subject to brutal price competition" and split between high-end and budget models.

According to Credit Suisse Apple will lock-up the high end of the market, as customers will refuse to pay iPad prices for non-iOS tablets.

Meanwhile the rest of the competition (Lenovo, Motorola, HP, RIM, Sony, Samsung) will have to lower their prices-- unless another company manages to close the iOS quality gap.

Amazon could also prove to be a spanner in the works-- if the rumours of an Amazon Kindle tablet costing $250 prove true, "price competition could touch even Apple’s beautiful devices," the FT says.

Go Tablet Computers: Come Round to My Pad (FT.com)