by Jason Wilk on September 3, 2009
- Today is one of Sony’s biggest achievements in the digital music player market in the last 5 years. They have managed to outsell the iPod lineup with its latest version of the Walkman. According to Tokyo-based research firm BCN Inc., for the week ending August 30th, the Walkman series had a 43 percent share of the personal music player market versus 42.1 percent for iPods. Congrats Sony, but BCN forgot to tell you that iPhones don’t count as iPods, so they title will be forever left with an asterik. The iPhone 3GS is currently the best-selling phone in Japan, so if you combine those figures, Apple is sure to have their crown back. Congrats to Sony though, this is not something that should go unnoticed. I didn’t even know they were still making a walkman. (Engadget)
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by Jason Wilk on June 3, 2009
- Sony is adding their own motion controller to the PS3, aptly named The PlayStation Motion Controller (to comete with Nintendo’s Wii obviously). Gizmodo says “It’s the best motion control demo that we have ever seen, but it may be arriving a little too late”
by David Heyerman on May 14, 2009
- Not only did Sony post their first loss in 14 years, it was a big one, coming in at a total of $1.03 billion.
- Electronic sales dropped 17% while the game division dropped 18%.
- Sony expects next year to be no different, predicting a loss of $1.1 billion.
- What will save Sony?
by Jason Wilk on April 7, 2009
- The W205 Walkman Phone is here from Sony. Not sure if any of the features listed below deserve any bragging rights. It’s a sad day for the once prominent mobile giant.
Features:
- Enjoy your music with the Walkman™ experience
- FM radio – catch up with the latest news and views
- TrackID™ – name that tune at a press of a button
- 1.3 megapixel camera – capture your favourite moments on film
- Bluetooth™ – share your favourite songs, pictures and video clips, or connect to a wireless headset
- Multiple phone books – keep your contacts in order if someone needs to borrow your phone
- Set to release Q3 of 2009.
by David Heyerman on January 8, 2009
- CES has been crazy this year, with the launch of Palm’s new Pre, LG phones converting to watches, and thousands of other new products launching. One thing that’s consistently at the forefront of these announcements are new and improved green practices.
- CES, the show itself is working with Carbonfund.org to offset 20,000 tons of carbon and invest over $100,000 on environmental efforts. They’ve also devoted a portion of the show to cleantech and sustainable technologies. They’ve named the area Sustainable Technologies TechZone….clever. Companies displaying their work and practices include Dell, Voltaic Systems, Freeplay Energy and Meraki Networks among others.
- Three giants; Panasonic, Toshiba, and Sharp formed the Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Co. LLC (MRM). The organization will manage the collection and recycling of old electronics. MRM has been running for 5 months in Minnesota and has already collected over 750 tons. This year, they plan expansion to 280 sites throughout the US. This goes along with all the other green moves Panasonic has been making lately.
- Just following it’s announcement to enter the solar market, Toshiba continued to deliver the goods with a few notable green product announcements. They’re launching the Portégé laptop which is said to be the greenest laptop sold in the US (by EPEAT standards), a electric bicycle that goes 20-30 miles on a 5 minute charge (sick), a LED downlight that uses one seventh the power a normal light bulb, as well as some energy efficient LCD’s.
- Garmin made one of my favorite announcements with their free “ecoroute” software update. Before they only had “fastest time” and “shortest distance” as route options. The new update includes a “less fuel used” option by suggesting the most fuel efficient route….nice.
- Motorola seems to be doing all it can to stay current by introducing a new green phone to the mix. The MOTO W233 is made partly from recycled water bottle plastics and is 100% recyclable and carbon neutral. They make this claim by neutralizing the carbon emission from manufacturing and distribution with Carbonfund.org….one of the better announcements I’ve seen out of Motorola in while.
- Keep your eyes up for more updates from Vegas….
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