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Sony Tablet P Price, Release Date Announced: Are 2 Screens Double The Fun?

Sony Tablet P Price, Release Date Announced: Are 2 Screens Double The Fun?

Two is better than one, as the old saying goes, and Sony has put that old saying to the test with a tablet with two screens. The Sony Tablet P is a dual-screen, foldable tablet that can be yours for $399 with a two-year contract on AT&T starting March 4. The Tablet P’s two screens each [...]

February 29, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Sony Ericsson hangs ten, launches Xperia Active Billabong Edition

Sony Ericsson hangs ten, launches Xperia Active Billabong Edition

Sony Ericsson is looking to start a bromance with the McTwist-loving, Double-Cork-landing, A-Frame-riding masses jonesing for a new Android device. The handset maker has announced a “global strategic alliance” with Billabong to launch the Xperia Active Billabong Edition smartphone in select markets. The handset will come preloaded with exclusive content, including Billabong screen savers, and bundle [...]

February 6, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Weak Sony TV Sales, Strong Yen, Thai Floods Blamed For Company’s Huge Projected Loss

Weak Sony TV Sales, Strong Yen, Thai Floods Blamed For Company’s Huge Projected Loss

TOKYO — Hammered by weak TV sales, a strong yen and production disruptions from flooding in Thailand, Sony Corp. on Thursday reported a net loss of 159 billion yen ($2.1 billion) for the October-December quarter and more than doubled its projected loss for the full fiscal year. The Japanese electronics and entertainment company, which a [...]

February 3, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Sony VAIO series get minor processor refresh, Z series grabs LTE option on the way

Sony VAIO series get minor processor refresh, Z series grabs LTE option on the way

Ahead of any possible Ultrabook announcements, Sony’s looking to give its existing VAIO catalogue a (relatively underwhelming) shot in the arm with a bundle of hardware retweaks. The Z series looks to gain the most out of the Spring refresh, with a new off-white Carbon Fiber Silver color option set to be offered up alongside an optional LTE [...]

January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Kazuo Hirai to be named President of Sony, Howard Stringer to remain CEO

Kazuo Hirai to be named President of Sony, Howard Stringer to remain CEO

(Reuters) – Japan’s Sony Corp will promote Kazuo Hirai as president replacing Howard Stringer as early as April, the Nikkei business daily reported. Stringer is expected to remain chairman and chief executive officer, the paper said. Hirai, who is executive deputy president, currently heads the group’s consumer businesses and helped turn its gaming business profitable, [...]

January 7, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Samsung buys Sony’s stake in LCD joint venture for $939 million

Samsung buys Sony’s stake in LCD joint venture for $939 million

TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Sony Corp has agreed to sell its nearly 50 percent stake in an LCD joint venture with Samsung Electronics to the South Korean company for $940 million, as it struggles to reduce huge losses at its TV business. The seven-year-old venture cut its capital by 15 percent in July and industry sources [...]

December 27, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Digital TV switchover will be completed in October 2012

Digital TV switchover will be completed in October 2012

The UK’s analogue TV era will come to an end on October 24, 2012, it was announced today. Eighty years from the first experimental broadcasts, the old five-channel system will be switched off for good. The digital television switchover started in 2008, giving millions of viewers extra channels and clearer pictures. There are just four [...]

October 14, 2011 | 0 Comments More
iPhone 4S release date UK:Apple expected to sell 3m this weekend

iPhone 4S release date UK:Apple expected to sell 3m this weekend

Apple stores around the world began selling iPhone 4S today as fans queued up for the new handset – some overnight. Rob Shoesmith, a former binman from Coventry, queued for ten days to become the first man with an iPhone 4S at Apple’s Covent Garden store this morning. He was among a thousand people who [...]

October 14, 2011 | 0 Comments More
WH Smith, to take on Amazon eBook reader, and access to 2.2million titles

WH Smith, to take on Amazon eBook reader, and access to 2.2million titles

High Street stalwart WH Smith will take on internet giant Amazon with its own eBook reader – and a library of 2.2million books. The newsagent and bookseller has announced a partnership with Canadian eBook supplier Kobo to offer a rival to the Kindle. And the chain hopes its touchscreen reader could be a ‘killer app’ [...]

October 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
First BlackBerry, now Apple crumbles: New software launch hit by a lot of glitches as furious users flood iPhone forums

First BlackBerry, now Apple crumbles: New software launch hit by a lot of glitches as furious users flood iPhone forums

The new software download is intended to bring older iPhones in line with the functions of iPhone 4S – including a new instant-messaging app, iMessage, and the iCloud service which shares music between your Apple devices Yesterday’s launch of Apple’s iPhone software became a disaster for Apple, as servers struggled to deal with the demand [...]

October 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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