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Posted on April 6, 2009
It's no secret that Nintendo has dominated handheld gaming ever since the first Game Boy was launched. Sony's attempt at taking a piece of the pie is represented by the PSP, but even its superior hardware has proven to...
Posted on March 25, 2009
The Amazon Kindle is the most popular e-reader out there, arguably the device that put e-readers on the map. If the competition plays it right, it can actually cash in on the Kindle's fame by offering more features and...
Posted on February 22, 2009
By now, everybody knows that the PS3 has been a colossal failure so far. MGS4 had a chance to save it and it failed to do so. Not that it's MGS4's fault, of course. It's a title that publishers...
Posted on February 18, 2009
Sony has announced five new Cyber-shot cameras that will let you take pictures without making too much of a fuss. The T900, T90, W290, W230 and H20 are going to join the ever-growing list of digital cameras. Now about...
Posted on January 14, 2009
Being the only netbook that I've managed to personally handle so far, the HP Mini 1000 holds a special place in my gadgets list. Under all its bells and whistles, what I really like about it is the form...
Posted on January 13, 2009
There was a time when the Walkman dominated portable tape players. Now, Sony wants this generation to know about the name with the NWZ-X1000 Walkman. Its touchscreen places it in direct competition with the iPod Touch, the current brand...
Posted on October 2, 2008
Sony is riding the electronic reader bandwagon once again with the PRS-700. Here's the hands-on conclusion: Like the other Sony Readers it's not super responsive (which makes touch controls more frustrating as a rule), but it gets the job...
Posted on May 20, 2008
Sony thinks it can do "The Robot" better than you can and it's going to prove it using the Rolly. Yes, it's really called the Sony Rolly, and if that wasn't questionable enough then wait till you find out...
Posted on April 9, 2008
Regardless of your loyalty to your music player, you have to give props to Sony for getting the media experience on the road with the Walkman. A recent addition to that venerable line is NWZ-A729. Here's a review: The...
Posted on April 3, 2008
High-definition is all the rage these days and Sony is looking to put it in the of your hands with the HDR-TG1. It's currently the world's smallest HD camcorder. For $900 USD and less than a month-long wait, it...
Posted on March 4, 2008
Sony announced that it will be releasing a dock for the PlayStation Portable. Called the PSP Cradle, it will finally allow you to watch movies hands-free. It can charge your unit while providing video output to your TV, but...
Posted on January 19, 2008
Sex sells. You know it. I know it. Your mother does not approve, but she knows it too. Probably. That's a quote from a post I made a year ago regarding the format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. The...
Posted on November 28, 2007
The PS3 is unique among the next-gen consoles because it has yet to be "unlocked" via a modchip. Whether this is due to its technical complexity or simply due to "no one's trying because no one's playing", the fact remains...
Posted on November 6, 2007
Sony is going to release a new PS2 model this month in an effort to raise sales for the upcoming holiday season. The new model will be lighter, thanks to the built-in AC adaptor, and will be initially available only...
Posted on September 25, 2007
Cheap and pretty---two words that you almost never see or hear together. It's an unlikely combination we'll get in the VAIO NR series, a line of low-end laptops from Sony. They're so low-end that the Japanese company says that...
Posted on August 28, 2007
As much as I like them, I don't think I'll ever wear a USB flash drive around my neck. Sure, they're invaluable when you need to move data around, but using them as an accessory is like declaring your...
Posted on August 27, 2007
Sony is going to release a desktop PC that comes with a Blu-ray drive. All I can say is that at least HD-DVD is easy to spell. Is it Blu-Ray or Blu-ray? The Vaio LT HD PC/TV is 22-inch...
Posted on July 25, 2007
Sony recently unveiled the Hana, an audio prototype that's a cross between a music player and a lamp. "Hana" is Japanese for flower, and I just can't stop myself from thinking "I see what you did there". Do you...
Posted on July 2, 2007
It sounds a little crazy, but Sony's Bravia line of HDTVs are also going to be for blind people as well. No, it's not going to provide a cure or hook up nasty wires to their heads and paint...
Posted on May 17, 2007
Losses? What losses? Sony's certainly not shy of meeting the heavy requirements of those who are willing to spend some serious cash on their PCs. The Vaio Type R computer sounds like a car, and considering how fast it...
Posted on April 1, 2007
Seems like GPS devices are the rage these days. Sony has two more GPS units to help out the geographically challenged. The Sony NV-U82 and NV-U92T both have a 4.8-inch 16:9 LCD touchscreen and it supports Gesture Commands for...
Posted on March 12, 2007
Following up on yesterday's cyborg arm post, Gizmodo had more details from someone who was actually there. Excerpts: At this point, Dean described what current motorized limbs were like. They strapped against a shoulder, and if they moved at all,...
Posted on March 5, 2007
Today's personal question: how am I going to compete against a robot? Reluctantly introducing PaPeRo, a prototype robot developed to be an automatic system for creating multimedia blogs. It is "initialized when a user begins a conversation with PaPeRo about...
Posted on February 7, 2007
Sony's New Walkman It seemed like yesterday when I first posted about the new Walkman. Wait, it was yesterday. Sony's new cellphone/music player, among other things, received a review from GSMArena: The Sony Ericsson W880 is a great addition...
Posted on February 6, 2007
This sounds like a day of machines getting back on their users. A Dell 17-inch laptop user has reported that his laptop fries him by sending out "19 and 65 volts of AC out of any screw on the...
Posted on January 8, 2007
I've been lusting after a non-existent, ultra-mobile, full featured OS computer / PDA-killer for some time. I am happy to report that manufacturers are starting to pay more attention to this ignored niche and subsequently more products are now being...
Posted on November 28, 2006
The ideal 'ultra-portable' / PDA-killer laptop has not been made yet by any manufacturer to date, or at least I certainly haven't seen it. I'm still waiting for some company to pack a fully functional, feature-rich computer into an 8...
Posted on November 16, 2006
In partnership with Fossil Sony Ericsson recently introduced this MBW-100 Bluetooth wrist watch, and it's a stunner. Made from high-quality scratch resistant stainless steel with a silver facia this gadget/accessory is sure to be a head-turner and a conversation piece....
Posted on November 2, 2006
Sony has introduced a new VIAO Type G series ultraportable notebook that weights only 1.98 pounds thanks to its carbon fiber shell. The Sony VAIO Type G notebook has a 12.1" XGA screen, and features Intel Core Solo 1.2GHz U1400,...
Posted on July 13, 2006
I hate Sony's proprietary memory formats. I think that open standards and formats do better, and I think what basically amounts to the UMD's death, proves my point. Due to the UMD's death though, Sony is looking to try again...
Posted on June 12, 2006
A new DVD player is set to launch on the Canadian market, and it has my two favourite words next to it: portable, and DivX. DivX is a commonly used compression codec for encoding video. The Sony D-VE7000S will have...
