The Bravia LCD televisions from Sony have been taken to new levels of color. Somewhere in Scotland, a high rise building was fitted with 70,000 liters of paint, and more bombs than you can imagine. Then it was dutifully handed over to award-winning director Jonathan Glazer to capture the glorious climax on film.
The advertising event took several months of preparation and Sony plans to releae the video to PSP owners in Europe. Photos due this no justice. Watch the video.
PSP fans no doubt are pissed. Sony no doubt is pissed. Apple no doubt is laughing all the way to the bank, while companies scramble, stutter and as the title says fumble, in an attempt to get mobile entertainment off the ground. Engadget has the lowdown on the latest screwup. The culprit this time, DRM. Who would have thought? Now would be a good time to pull a quote.
A big issue for us has been the (Digital Rights Management) and how we can secure that content to the Memory Stick,” says John Koller, senior marketing manager for the PSP. “The studios and the labels don’t want their content floating around.
While you’re over there check out the Blackberry Pearl, known previously as the 8100. Information has been leaking the past few days and it’s safe to say, at the price of $199 this device will fly. But until we see some some real specs and not just hinted sales speak, we’ll reserve judgement. Pardon the mix ups over the past few hours.
We just got word of a new device form Sony called the Mylo. Mylo stands for My Life online. The Sony Mylo appears to be a go between device, taking bits and pieces from different segments of the mobile market, but seems to be aiming for the SideKick crowd. The Mylo handles web access with Opera, instant messaging through Yahoo! and Google or if you prefer you both can IM and call through Skype.
Besides text messaging through the slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the Mylo has a built-in media player which plays both audio and video with a built-in MPEG-4 support. The Sony Mylo has WiFi support and that is handled by JiWire to provide access to virtually every available WiFi network, in your area. The Sony Mylo is expected in September at $350.
Quick Specs
2.4′ TFT 320×240 pixel 65k color LCD screen
1GB flash memory
Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.1.1b)
Memory Stick Duo
Camera
Media player
Battery life for video is up to 8 hours, talking up to 3.5 hours music up to 45 hours
Well it was said to be a rumor, but apparently it is true. Target retail stores have pulled the Sony Playstation Portable UMD’s from their shelves to make way for something with stonger selling power. I personally had been wondering about the success of the UMD. We watch a ton of movies and only a few actually run advertisements for PSP movies. Anyway if you still need your UMD fix, Target will still have UMD releases available through their website.
Source: Newlaunches
No more boomerang. What we get instead is a controller similar to the traditional PlayStation controller with no rumble and Nintendo Wii-esque features. Now history will say Sony didn’t steal (officially) the idea from Nintendo but everyone on Earth will be going …yeah riight.
So the controller is wireless, a little larger than previous Sony PS contreollers, has Bluetooth, recharges via USB, incorporates motion technology and is supposed to be more sensitive due to an increase from 8-bit to 10-bit sensitivity.
Two new portable dvd players from Sony. The D-VE7000S has a 7″ screen while the DVP-FX810 has an 8″. Expect around three hours playing time with the devices on a full charge.
Source: akihabaranews
Sony Vaio Type F TV
Quik Specs
TV Tuner
Duo Core T2600 or T2300 CPU
Hard Drive up to 160GB
15″ Panel (1280 x 800)
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Webcam
Sony and Comcast have teamed up to launch a channel that will feature horror-on-demand. The network is stilll untitiled and will show movies from both Sony and MGM.
A working week (40 hours) worth of films will be available at launch, including the classic “Night of the Living Dead”, recent hits are also to be included during the launch such as “The Grudge” and “Resident Evil”.
Comcast eventually wants to move to offering full movie downloads. In the Newlaunch article it’s said that Comcast still has to work on their business model.
BigBerries is picking this story up from CTIA, which is happening in Las Vegas, Nevada. Motorola, has announced that Sony BMG Music Entertainment, has licensed content from its catalog for use on Motorola iRadio.
Sony BMG will showcase upcoming acts, blend classics and current hits for Motorola iRadio listeners.
Sony BMG will also provide iRadio with exclusive content. Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group also will provide exclusive content for Motorola iRadio.
Music is going to be available everywhere not just on the iPod, and something is brewing at Google, which has many people thinking Google Music.
For more information visit the website for Motorola iRadio
Flash memory MP3′s are the new rage. Sony has unveiled a new line of MP3 players on the Chinese veriosn of the Sony site, dubbed the CE-P series.
The new MP3 players are pretty small, only 75.5 mm x 45.5 mm and come equipped with a 1.5′ 260k color display.
The CE-P series will have a wide range for storage capacity, from 256MB to 1GB. The new MP3′s will also support FM radio play, voice recording, BMP/JPEG display and USB 2.0.
I know everybody likes the Bean Players but this one catches my eye a bit more.
