Microsoft invites some of its bestest OEM buddies over for a Windows 7 RTM code handoff party
Redmond was the place to be last night, as Microsoft gave over that long-anticipated Windows 7 RTM code to its favorite OEM partners, including HP, Toshiba, Lenovo (pictured), ASUS, Acer, Dell, Sony and Fujitsu-Siemens. Even if you’re not big into operating system nuts and bolts, it’s hard not to get just a little choked up [...]
Sony’s new MegaChanger and ES Blu-ray players in the flesh
While nothing here solves Blu-ray’s number one problem, price, there’s no denying Sony’s got some fun tech on display in its new 400 disc Blu-ray MegaChanger and the new BDP-S1000ES single disc Blu-ray player with WiFi. The MegaChanger presents a lovable XMB-style, Gracenote-powered onscreen menu for sorting through all the media stashed in your MegaChanger, [...]
Even Comic-Con Has Its Own Exclusive PSPs [Comic-con 09]
Sony’s booth contains two very special PSPs, each a Comic-Con exclusive. Both are also Comic-Con appropriate, given their Green Lantern and Caprica branding, and likely to live forever protectively stored in a glass case.
The Green Lantern one is the more eye-catching of the two. The Caprica styled PSP is maybe a little too understated… and [...]
Half of Next-Gen Console Owners Are Playing on Standard-Def TVs [Gaming]
It’s easy for those of us with HDTVs to forget that not everyone has them yet. And Epic’s Mark Rein’s stat that over half of Gears of War 2 players played it on an SDTV really brings that home.
If you’re wondering why Microsoft and Sony are going to drag this current generation of consoles out [...]
HTC going 50% Android in 2010?
Its taken a bit longer than we all might have hoped, but it seems that Android is really starting to pick up the steam it deserves. Be it Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson.. if they’re a big gun in the mobile manufacturing world (Well, outside of certain obvious exclusions), they’re probably working on an Android handset [...]
Sony debuts 6.1-inch NV-U3DV navigation unit
Well, it’s not the Android-based Walkman / PND that Sony supposedly has in the works for next year, but we’re guessing the company’s new NV-U3DV navigation will still turn a few heads nonetheless, and not just because of its large 6.1-inch screen. Launched today in Japan, this PND packs a 480×272 resolution on that big [...]
Revamped Sony S-Series Walkman pops up in leaked press photos
The well-connected chaps at Sony Insider have it on very good word that the above press shot is showing what’ll be a new addition to Sony’s Walkman lineup, likely a revision to its popular S Series. Hard to tell scale, but looks like either the screen’s gotten bigger or the device smaller. In addition to [...]
More pics of Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 surface; announcement imminent?
Historically speaking, an increased frequency in live shots generally indicates that an official announcement isn’t far off. Sony Ericsson fans can only hope that’s the case as a new round of pics bubble up to show off the forthcoming Xperia X2 aka Vulcan lounging around with its underachieving little brother, the Xperia X1. Sure we’ve [...]
The Competition: Sony PSPgo or No-Go for iPhone Developers?
Eurogamer spoke to Johnny Two Shoes (The Heist, Banana Dash), Normalware (Bebot) and Firemint (Flight Control) about how Sony’s new PSPgo platform may compete with the iPhone, and the answers were interesting:
After an 80% price cut to PSP dev tool charges, bring the price down to $1500) it’s still much more expensive than Apple’s $99.
Developers [...]
PlayStation Eye Still Alive, Support For Facial Recognition Coming Soon [Playstation]
The all-but-forgotten PlayStation Eye, not one to be outshined by its prototype, unnamed motion-sensing PlayStation controller brother, will soon support facial recognition.
Says Sony Europe’s Head of Developer Services, Kish Hirani, the Eye will have the ability to “detect gender and even the age of the face, separate facial features such as the nose, eyes and [...]
