Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 at
6:46 am
Can Amazon, Sony, or Google Catch Apple? [Video]
I found one person who has no plans to buy iPad 1.0: James McQuivey, a VP at Forrester Research. He’s less than impressed with Apple’s latest offering and if he buys an iPad in the future it will be in 2011 or beyond (when the second generation comes out). While the “Kindle Killer” chant is growing louder among iPad reviewers, he still has lots of love for Amazon. Expounding on his blog , he …
Read more on TechCrunch
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 at
10:47 pm
E-book prices to rise as Amazon, Sony adopt agency model
With the first shipments of iPads in transit, it’s looking like Apple’s impending entry into the e-book market has shaken up the market’s pricing structure. Apple has offered book publishers what has been termed an “agency model” for pricing, in which they get to control the price of books offered for sale via the iPad’s software. Amazon had bought e-books for the Kindle at wholesale prices, and …
Read more on Ars Technica
Monday, March 29th, 2010 at
5:47 am
Sony Pursues a Bold Success to Match Its Scale
NAGOYA, Japan — The airy new Sony store in this central Japanese city has floor-to-ceiling windows, sleek white counters and friendly employees, called stylists, who offer advice and tailored counseling on Sony gadgets.
Read more on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
10:50 am
Sony developing handheld devices to counter Apple
The newspaper, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said the products under development include a smartphone capable of downloading and playing PlayStation games being developed with Swedish cellphone partner Ericsson.
Read more on AsiaOne
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
9:48 am
Sony developing handheld devices
WASHINGTON -Japanese electronics giant Sony is developing a new lineup of handheld products to counter Apple’s stable of portable devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Read more on Malaysian Mirror
Related Blogs
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
2:49 am
Sony Reader, You Are So Dead
According to ChangeWave, the Kindle is going to have a hard time surviving the incoming iPad wave. In a 3171-people survey of Amazon users looking to buy an ebook reader, 40 per cent said they were planning to buy the iPad. (more…)
Read more on Gizmodo Australia
Related Blogs
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
12:49 am
Let’s Make.Believe Sony Ads Make Sense!
Sony’s newest catchphrase, “make.believe”, is a fitting reminder that Sony ads make no sense. Laptops take flight, PlayStations become monsters, and pitchmen state plainly that Sony TVs make you better at playing sports. Most of all – look! Play-doh bunnies! (more…)
Read more on Gizmodo Australia
Related Blogs
Friday, March 5th, 2010 at
4:47 pm
Sony puts Apple in its crosshairs
According to a new report, Sony will build an online marketplace similar to iTunes, along with a flatscreen tablet device. But does Sony really pose a threat to Apple?
Read more on The Christian Science Monitor
Related Blogs
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at
11:50 pm
Sony making PSP phone, e-reader/PSP hybrid to fight Apple?
A potentially landscape-altering leak today suggests Sony is developing two handhelds that will directly target Apple. The leader would be a smartphone built in tandem with Sony Ericsson that could run PlayStation games, presumably PSP games as hinted by Sony last month; it would compete against the game-friendly iPhone. A second described by the WSJ would be a crossover between the PSP, an e …
Read more on MacNN
Related Blogs
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at
7:47 pm
Sony developing handheld devices to counter Apple: WSJ
WASHINGTON -Japanese electronics giant Sony is developing a new lineup of handheld products to counter Apple’s stable of portable devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Read more…
Read more on Malaysian Mirror
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at
4:47 pm
Can Sony Take a Bite Out of Apple?
Sony has big plans in small gadgets.
Read more on The Motley Fool
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at
5:48 am
How Sony Lost Its Way
More than anything, Sony’s lost its spirit, spending too much time telling us it’s the greatest electronics company in the world and not nearly enough showing us . (more…)
Read more on Gizmodo Australia
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at
6:58 pm
Sony Reader Daily Edition reviewed: unworthy of cost premium or love
For all the fuss made at its launch back in August , Sony’s Reader Daily Edition has all but dropped off the map in terms of interest. Remember, Sony’s response to the Kindle gave us a 7-inch touchscreen device with free AT&T 3G data for a street price of $399. Now we’ve got a proper in-depth review of the thing. On the plus side, the interface is simple and easy to understand right out of the …
Read more on Engadget
