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1. Sony debuts ultra-thin Vaio X notebook

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 08 October 2009

   Sony has debuted its ultra-thin Vaio X notebook line. The X series - which is housed in a lightweight carbon-fiber chassis - weighs 1.6 pounds and is just over a half-inch thin. Sony has debuted its ultra-thin ...

2. IFA and 3D Wars: Blu-Ray is Once Again Obsolete

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 03 September 2009

   ... immediately jumped out at me was that Panasonic and Sony were effectively announcing both the obsolescence of existing Blu-Ray and HD TV products but a new format war this time for 3D.   The ...

3. Analysis: Sony's 3D TV gambit likely to fail

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 02 September 2009

   Sony has pledged to lead the "commercialization" of 3D by introducing a 3D compatible BRAVIA LCD TV in 2010. Unfortunately, Sony's latest initiative is likely to fail spectacularly. San Francisco (CA) ...

4. Sony sells US TV factory to Hon Hai

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 01 September 2009

   A Sony factory that assembles and ships Bravia LCD TVs to North America has been snapped up by Taiwanese megamanufacturer Hon Hai.A Sony factory that assembles and ships Bravia LCD TVs to North America ...

5. Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google others sued over patent

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 25 August 2009

   ... Quicklogic, Freescale, Texas Instruments, Google, T Mobile, HTC, Apple, Sony, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Philips, LG Electronics, Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Nvidia, AMD, Dell, AT&T, Verizon, ...

6. Sony adds speakers to new Walkman range

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 25 August 2009

   Sony has launched the S Series Walkman Video MP3 player, with built-in stereo speakers to allow users to inflict their taste on those around them. San Diego, CA - Sony has launched the S Series Walkman ...

7. PC industry staggering back - reports

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 17 August 2009

   ... of HP notebook in 2010 and also has firm orders from Apple, Sony and Lenovo. Wistron will benefit from Acer outsourcing 10 million, while it will also produce a million notebooks for Toshiba. On the LCD ...

8. Sony bleeds money despite big cuts

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 29 July 2009

   Beleaguered Japanese giant Sony has turned in a net loss and blamed it on people not buying its stuff and on the strength of the yen.Beleaguered Japanese giant Sony has turned in a net loss and blamed ...

9. Sony, Panasonic get into 3D content

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 06 July 2009

   Japanese giants Sony and Panasonic are to separately set up dedicated units to create 3D movies.Japanese giants Sony and Panasonic are to separately set up units to create 3D movies. According to nikkei.net, ...

10. Prices fall as Samsung leads the pack on LCD TVs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 20 May 2009

    ...  100% -25% -6% The top vendor in Q1 2009 was Samsung, followed by LGE, Sony, Sharp, and Panasonic. Sharp and Panasonic market shares fell by 12 percent and 22 percent, year on year.  ...

11. Sony wants you to move up from point and shoot cameras

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 17 May 2009

    Sony has launched three new digital SLR cameras aimed at first-time buyers looking to step up from point-and-shoot cameras. San Diego, CA - Sony has launched three new digital SLR cameras aimed at first-time ...

12. Vizio takes back #1 spot in LCD TV sales

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 08 May 2009

    ... chart reveals that all top 5 brands gained market share year over year, at the expensive at smaller manufacturers. Samsung climbed from 13.7% to 19.9%, Sony from 13.5% to 16.6%, LG from 8.1% to 10.7% and ...

13. 40-inch OEL screens on way

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 07 May 2009

    Sumitomo and Panasonic are to join forces to make a 40-inch OEL (organic electroluminescent) panel by 2010. Sumitomo and Panasonic are to join forces to make a 40-inch OEL (organic electroluminescent) ...

14. Sony announces $1000 HDR-TG5V camcorder with GPS

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 03 April 2009

    Sony announced an extremely sleek and small 1920 x 1080 HD camcorder with 4 megapixel photo resolution, 16 GB of internal flash memory, embedded GPS, minimal buttons and a touch-panel LCD display. The ...

15. Sharp and Sony create joint LCD panel venture

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 24 March 2009

    On March 24, 2009, Sharp Corporation and Sony Corporation "decided, at the Board of Directors Meeting... to establish a subsidiary of Sharp on April 1, 2009" to create a new large-sided LCD panel venture ...

16. Sony and Epson in alliance to make small LCDs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 March 2009

    The recession is hurting the small-factor LCD business for Sony and Epson as both companies announced today they expect huge losses this year. In an effort to reorganize and restructure their ailing ...

17. Consumers dropping LCD TV premium brands in tough economy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 20 February 2009

    ... companies that offer expensive LCD TVs, including Samsung, LG and Sony, showed a rather upbeat presence at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Unique design and high-end features are key ...

18. Up next for Apple TV: Networked cable television

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 February 2009

    ... the technology, including AMD, Cisco, Intel, Sony and Toshiba. The software platform enables cable's interactive services to be deployed across different devices via set-top boxes or enabled digital TVs ...

19. Sony and Sharp team up for 10th generation LCD panels

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

      Sony Corporation and Sharp Corporation announced today that on January 26, 2009, they signed a non-binding memorandum of intent to create a joint-venture to produce and sell "large-sized LCD panels and ...

20. Apple, Nintendo absent in Greenpeace green electronics ranking

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 09 January 2009

    ... current report sees Nokia in the lead, followed by Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, Samsung and Fujitsu-Siemens. Trailing the pack are Apple, Philips, Lenovo, Microsoft and Nintendo. Nintendo is dead last and scores ...

21. CES 2009: Sony going eco-friendly with the new Bravia line

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 08 January 2009

    ... opportunity to push new product lines. Sony is joining in this effort with a new eco-friendly Bravia line of televisions. Las Vegas (NV) - With the emphasis on environmental sustainability becoming more ...

22. CES 2009: Sony unveils world's lightest eight inch notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

      This evening at CES, Sony unveiled its new VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC, the world's lightest 8" notebook. "About the size of a business envelope and roughly as thin as a cell phone, the VAIO Lifestyle ...

23. Semiconductor industry facing double-digit declines in Q4, into Q1'09

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

    ... major semiconductor players currently being hit by industry trends include Texas Instruments, Toshiba, STMicroelectronics, Hynix, Renesas Technology, Sony and Infineon. Summary of trends Baird ...

24. Black Friday shopping results not entirely negative

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

    ... Pricegrabber.com, was Nintendo’s Wii game console, followed by Ugg’s “Classic Short” boot, Sony’s BDP-S350 Blu-ray player, Samsung’s 52” LN52A650 LCD TV and the Nintendo Wii Fit accessory. Ebay said that ...

25. Another iPhone challenger: HTC Touch HD

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 26 November 2008

    ... which matches the SonyEricsson's Xperia X1, packing two and a half times more pixels than the iPhone's 320 x 480 pixel 3.5” display. There is also a 5-megapixel camera with auto focus that lets users shoot ...

26. Sharp turns aggressive as 10G plant prepares to come online

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 20 November 2008

    ... chain, according to sources at panel makers. Sharp's current clients including Phillips, Toshiba and Sony are expected to increase their order volumes to the company in 2009. More here at Digitimes. ...

27. Sony shows off transparent, bendable OLED displays

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 02 October 2008

      Researchers from Sony and the Max Planck Institute have demonstrated a flexible display capable of holding color images. While simplistic in form, the proof of concept demo brings prmises fo the ...

28. Nintendo preps a new sub-$189 DS

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 29 September 2008

      Following on the heels of Sony’s recently announced update for the Playstation Portable, Nintendo said it will be refreshing its DS mobile gaming console. The pimped DS is scheduled to be introduced ...

29. Blu-ray player for $230, triple-core PC for $399

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 28 September 2008

    ... expensive, Samsung’s BD-P2550 is offered for $400; the BD-P1500 as well as Sony’s BDP-S350 sell for $300.     ...

30. $1000 will buy you a Kodak OLED wireless picture frame

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

      With the likes of Sony continuing to push the production of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), it is no wonder we are seeing this display technology push into related consumer electronics categories. ...

31. Sony, Amazon kick off VOD service to Sony TVs

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 11 September 2008

      Sony and Amazon, which a few months back announced plans to carry Amazon's Video on Demand service on Sony's BRAVIA Internet Video Link module, said today this service is now live. It promises ...

32. Sony offers up new HDV prosumer handycam

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 10 September 2008

      Sony's got a couple of new HDV cameras it is announcing today. The one of interest to prosumers like you and I is the HDR-FX1000, priced at around $3200. Sony says the HDR-FX1000 is its first ...

33. Mitsubishi's laser TV goes on sale for $7000

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

    ... 108”, Panasonic’s $75,000 (including stand) 103” plasma TVs or Sony’s $30,000 Bravia XBR LCD TV. But there are other options for enthusiasts who aren’t deep-pocketed enough to purchase such a TV. The ...

34. Refreshed PSP to launch in Japan for $180

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 02 September 2008

      Sony’s Playstation Portable (PSP) will see its first major feature update next month: Scheduled for an October 16 launch in Japan, the new PSP-3000 is positioned to challenge Nintendo’s DS console, ...

35. Sony enhances the screen of the PSP, adds microphone

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tuesday, 26 August 2008

    Sony said it will begin shipping an improved version of its Playstation Portable called the PSP-3000 in Japan, Asia, North America and Europe in October. While the overall appearance remains virtually ...

36. PS3 outsells the PS2

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 July 2008

      Sony had a rough second calendar quarter (fiscal Q1 2008 for the company) with profits plunging nearly 48% to $326.9 million while sales inched up to $18.7 billion. However, the game segment showed improvement: ...

37. Price wars hit Samsung's Digital Media division in Q2

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 28 July 2008

    ... TV and monitor businesses. In North America, Sony instigated a price war in the LCD TV market in May, forcing Samsung to follow suit. More here at Digitimes  ...

38. Sharp’s 108” LCD TV on sale for $185,000

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 23 June 2008

    ... Big TVs always have been expensive. If you are looking beyond mainstream you are quickly in the five figures, which can be hit with 63”-65” plasma and LCD TVs. High-end premium TVs such as Sony’s 70” Bravia ...

39. The five big technology trends of 2008

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 06 June 2008

    ... direction to all-in-one computers seems to be clear at HP, Dell, Sony, and Gateway. They all have been launching products; though Gateway’s offering didn’t does that well.  The most interesting is ...

40. Sony, Samsung suing Vizio over MPEG-2 licensing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 05 June 2008

    Vizio has been teasing the big boys long enough. Now Mitsubishi, Philips, Samsung and Sony are accusing Vizio of violating 15 patents relating to MPEG-2. The four companies allege that Vizio has failed ...

41. Intel shows off insanely overclocked and aircooled Nehalem – but we can’t tell you how fast

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 June 2008

    ... and Excel.  He then loaded Sony Vegas 8 in about two seconds- as users of Sony Vegas ourselves this was quite impressive!  Piednoel then started fast forwarding through a large video file and ...

42. LCD panel makers cautious about Q3 demand for TV applications

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Monday, 02 June 2008

    ... in the third quarter, according to industry sources. Sony has already lowered its 32" LCD TVs to as low as $699 in the North American market, engaging its competitors, such as Samsung Electronics, in a ...

43. Sony and Samsung Electronics LCD TV price war causing others to look to PDP

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Tuesday, 27 May 2008

    First-tier LCD TV brand vendors such as Sony and Samsung Electronics have drastically reduced prices for some of their large-size LCD TVs, forcing other vendors to look at plasma display panel (PDP) ...

44. Sony sends out world's smallest HD camcorder

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

    Sony Electronics has launched the HDR-TG1, which it claims is the world's smallest camcorder to record in full high-definition.  It is also the slimmest and lightest device to have that technology.  ...

45. Vizio's rise tightens LCD TV market

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 07 May 2008

    ... LCD competitors. According to iSuppli, there is less than one half of one percentage point difference between Samsung, Sony and Vizio. Vizio came in third place, a position it has held before, but its ...

46. JVC shows path to Super Hi-Vision device at 17x high-def resolution

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 02 May 2008

    ... by Sony), Quad HDTV, 4K and 8K, JVC now claims to have the first “Super Hi-Vision” device that can display 35 megapixels, roughly 17 times the resolution achieved by today’s full HD, 1080p screens. ...

47. Samsung and Sony agree to build additional 8G line at S-LCD

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 25 April 2008

    Samsung Electronics and Sony today announced that they have signed a contract to establish an additional 8G amorphous TFT-LCD manufacturing line (8-2 Line) at their joint venture, S-LCD. S-LCD, established ...

48. Japan focuses on reducing power-consumption for flat panel TVs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Wednesday, 23 April 2008

    At the recent Finetech Japan 2008 in Tokyo, Japan, executives from the Japanese government and top TV vendors such as Sony and Sharp shared a common view that energy reduction is a key issue for ...

49. Finetech Japan 2008: Sony wants to outpace LCD TV market growth

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Thursday, 17 April 2008

    While the LCD TV market is growing fast, Sony will seek to outpace the market growth by resorting to massive investments and technological differences that will allow the company to maintain an overwhelming ...

50. Looking for the most bang for your buck in LCD TVs? Focus on 42”.

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 16 April 2008

    ... a good time to buy a 52" set.  However, given the current trend, we believe that a plateau has not been reached yet and prices will continue to fall. The Sony Bravia KDL-52W3000 52" LCD HDTV, for ...