| Sony Ericsson K800i Review | | Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:48:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | Sony themselves produce televisions, cameras, walkmans, DVD players and computers, and after seeing their Walkman brand do so well through the partnership with Ericsson, it was only a matter of time before the CyberShot brand found its way into a handset. So is this phone just a camera, or is it capable of pushing the boundaries of mobile phones even further? Sony Ericsson have created some of the best selling handsets in recent years, probably best of all was the K750i, loved worldwide for its 2 mega pixel camera, appearance and advanced features. Sony expanded on that phone with models such as the W800 and W810i until they had the music market covered. Now its their turn to claim the camera side of the mobile phone market. Featuring the iconic CyberShot brand, the Sony Ericsson K800i has a camera that is simply extraordinary.... | |
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| | | Sony to Christen In-Store Boutique at Abt Electronics on Nov. 17 | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:48:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | (PRWEB) November 14, 2006 -- Sony executives will be on hand at Glenview-based Abt Electronics on Nov. 17 to christen a 1,700-square-foot in-store boutique that is Sony's largest and most elaborate store-within-a-store project to date. Sony and Abt will simultaneously unveil the Sony PlayStation 3, the long-awaited next generation of the popular gaming console. .... | |
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| | | Sony Ships AIT-5 Gear | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:48:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sony Electronics is now shipping its fifth generation of Advanced Intelligent Tape(TM) drives, automation solutions and data media to OEMs as well as commercial and OEM distribution channel partners. With a compact 3.5-inch drive form-factor, AIT-5 technology is the industry's first tape-based technology to offer up to 400GB of native capacity (up to 1.04TB with 2.6:1 compression based on the ALDC algorithm) in a single 8mm media cartridge. AIT-5 drives are read and write backward compatible with standard read/write as well as WORM AIT-4, AIT-3Ex and AIT-3 media, so users can smoothly migrate to the higher capacity of AIT-5 storage solutions without losing access to, or compatibility with, data recorded on these prior generations of media.... | |
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| | | 'Mr Walkman' hangs up hat as Sony struggles to find new rhythm | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 2:51:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | Nobutoshi Kihara speaks to AFP during an interview at Sony's affiliated laboratory the Sony Kihara Laboratory in Tokyo. Despite a disastrous few years for the iconic Japanese company, the ground-breaking Sony engineer believes the electronics giant still has its spirit of innovation as it marks its 60th anniversary. .... | |
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| | | Taiwan digital camera makers may get order increase from global brands | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:49:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | As Sony, Canon and Nikon, the world's top three digital camera brands, shift their marketing focus to expensive digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera models, second-tier international brands stand a chance of increasing their global market share in 2007, which may result in more orders for leading OEM/ODM makers in Taiwan, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Second-tier international brands include Panasonic, Casio, Fujifilm, Pentax, Kodak, Samsung and Olympus. Samsung, for example, expects to increase its digital camera shipment volume from 8.5 million units for this year to 13 million in 2007, according to the sources. Samsung, which currently has 90% of its digital cameras produced in South Korea and China, has to either expand its own production capacity or rely on Taiwanese OEM/ODM makers to meet the 2007 shipment goal, the sources pointed out.... | |
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| | | Storm chaser gets the shot | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:33:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | You're driving home from work and notice the sky seems to be getting a bit darker. You figure it's just going to rain, and that's good because your brown lawn really needs it. You get home, turn on the TV for a quick weather update and you're greeted with video of a wicked storm, violently rotating and heading your way! While you run screaming like a little girl into the 'fraidy hole, you are probably wondering how the TV station was able to get that video on the air so quick! Well in most cases that footage is obtained by an experienced storm chaser who's out there for the love of storms and whose actions could help save your life.David Drummond knows storms. He seeks them out because of his love of all-things-weather and he's turned that passion into a business. David took some time to answer a few questions for DV Guru readers about shooting video and storm chasing:How long have you been storm chasing?I've been chasing storms in some form or fashion on the U.S.... | |
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| | | Sony takes a massive 94 percent earnings hit on global battery recall | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 6:50:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | TOKYO -- Sony's profit plunged 94 percent for the July-September quarter as a global battery recall and red ink in its video-game business hurt the Japanese electronics and entertainment company. Sony Corp.'s group net profit for the fiscal second quarter totaled 1.7 billion yen ($14 million), dwindling from 28.5 billion yen the same period the previous year, the Tokyo-based manufacturer said Thursday. An extra cost of 51 billion yen ($429 million) related to a global recall of 9.6 million Sony laptop batteries was a major factor behind the sharp drop in profit. Almost every major laptop maker in the world, including Dell Inc., Apple Computer Inc. and Lenovo, has announced recalls of Sony lithium-ion batteries that could overheat and burst into flames. The recall -- which has tarnished Sony's brand image as a longtime maker of icon products such as the Walkman portable player and PlayStation video game machine -- offset the lift Sony's books got from an 8 percent rise in July-September sales to 1.85 trillion yen ($15.6 billion) from 1.7 trillion yen a year earlier.... | |
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| | | Zooming in on compact cameras | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:48:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | As mentioned in this weeks column, compact digital cameras flood the photography market with so many varied models it is nearly impossible to cover them all. Rather than fill this article with a brief look at many cameras, a comparison between two companys compact lines and two higher-scale compacts is presented. Neither choice in the comparison is necessarily better than the other, but knowing about the features and what/how it works best will enable the consumer to purchase the correct camera for his or her needs. Kodak Easy Share ONE line The Easy Share ONE line consists of two cameras that share the same features one is six megapixels and the other is four. Both have three-inch rotating displays with touchscreen menus but no viewfinder, and feature 185 MB of usable internal memory, enough for 1500 pictures at low resolution.... | |
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| | | Sony Projects Lowest Profit in 5 Years on PS3, Recall (Update1) | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 2:48:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp., the world's second- largest consumer electronics maker, said profit will fall to the lowest in five years after the company cut the price of the PlayStation 3 game console and recalled millions of notebook computer batteries. Net income for the year ending March 31, 2007, will decline 35 percent to 80 billion yen ($675 million) from a year earlier, compared with a July forecast of 130 billion yen, the company said today. Fiscal second-quarter profit slid 93 percent to 2 billion yen, according to a preliminary earnings statement. The profit slump undermines Howard Stringer's plan to rebuild the company's brand after an unexpected loss in 2003, dubbed the ``Sony Shock'' by investors, led to his appointment last year as its first foreign-born chief executive officer.... | |
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| | | Asian Stocks Climb to Six-Week High, Led by Sony on U.S. Demand | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:48:14 AM by Blog57 Team | | Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose to a six-week high, led by exporters such as Sony Corp. and LG.Philips LCD Co. after U.S. consumer confidence and spending reports eased concern demand is cooling in the region's biggest export market. ``A better outlook for the U.S. economy is encouraging investors to buy shares of exporters, especially technology- related stocks,'' said Haruo Otsuka, who oversees about $870 million at Toyota Asset Management Co. in Tokyo. Samsung Electronics Co. jumped after reporting third- quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates. BHP Billiton and Jiangxi Copper Co. paced gains among raw-materials producers after nickel and zinc prices rose. The Morgan Stanley Capital International Asia-Pacific Index added 1.1 percent to 131.09 at 7:18 p.m.... | |
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