The party’s just getting started at IFA 2012 in Berlin, and Samsung and Sony are leading the charge with new phones, tablets, laptops and a little bit of magic. On this week’s Vergecast, our man on the ground Vlad Savov calls in with his first-hand account of all the action. …

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Vlad checks out the Sony Xperia TX and T phones at IFA 2012. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/verge Read More: http://www.theverge.com

Vlad checks out the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 running Windows 8. Read the full article here: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/31/3279864/thinkpad-tablet-2-video-preview More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/verge Read More: …

Ross Miller checks out Windows RT at IFA 2012. Read the full article here: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/31/3281960/windows-rt-office-2013-rt-specs-details-hands-on More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/verge Read More: http://www.theverge.com

Vlad sits down with Gianfranco Lanci, president of Lenovo EMEA, and talks hardware innovation, the evolution of the PC, and the Microsoft Surface threat. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: …

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