Archive for: Sony

Sony Walkman RDP-NWV500 Soundmug fits your car’s cupholder, looks good with a rifle

Sony’s ¥20,000 (about $214) RDP-NWV500 speaker, like the Rolly before it, is one of those rare devices that can be seen as either brilliant or foolish at first glance. Built to fit in your car’s cupholder, the 16W tumbler tethers to your music player to pump out 360-degree sound from its 2-way speakers (56-mm woofer, [...]

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Geohot brings back other OS support with PS3 3.21OO custom firmware

Well, Geohot promised a workaround for Sony’s removal of the “install other OS” feature in PS3 firmware 3.21 and now Geohot has delivered. While it’s not available to the public just yet, Geohot’s 3.21OO custom firmware will apparently be simple to install and, as you can see in the video after the break, it works just as [...]

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Older PS3s losing ‘install other OS’ option in Thursday’s firmware 3.21 update

Bad news, Linux fans. The older PlayStation 3 consoles are losing one of the features they could tout over their Slim successor. Firmware 3.21 is coming out this Thursday, April 1st, and its major raison d’être is to kill the “install other OS” option. (This is “not an April fools joke,” as the PlayStation Europe [...]

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Sony intros four new made for iPod / iPhone headsets

Sony’s already kicked out some decent looking PC gaming headsets this month, and it’s now followed those up a new batch of ‘buds (and one set of over-the-ear headphones) that are “made for” for your iPod or iPhone. The earbuds come in the form of the DR-EX300iP, MDR-EX38iP, and MDR-E10iP, which pack either 9mm or [...]

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Sony’s new 14- and 17-inch VAIO E laptops invite you to taste the rainbo

Was Sony’s last VAIO E laptop, the blue one with a pink keyboard, not garish enough for you? Maybe these new models will saturate your questionable color palette. The E series has gotten a bit smaller and also a bit bigger, adding 14- and 17-inch models to the lineup. The 14-inch, 1600 x 900 VPCEA1S1E [...]

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Sony VAIO M netbook officially unveiled, attempts to befriend your wallet

It’s still mildly hard to believe that the Sony VAIO M is for real, given its lack of VAIO’s iconic chiclet keys plus the pretty convincing VAIO W fake that we’ve stumbled upon. Nevertheless, kudos to Sony for reaching out to a more affordable market with its new 3.1-pound netbook. The specs are the identical [...]

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Sony Japan unveils Bravia HDTVs with 500GB storage, Sony USA unveils no such thing

Sony intro’d some 3D Bravia HDTVs a while back, and while that didn’t really whet our appetite an LCD with built-in storage is always palatable. To be released by Sony Japan, the BX30H is available in up to 32-inches and packs 500GB of storage — not particularly earth-shattering, but it should prove useful for DVR-ing [...]

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PlayStation Move motion controller launched at GDC, starter kit to be under $100 with game

No surprise here: Sony just officially announced the PlayStation Move motion controller at GDC 2010, calling it the “next generation of motion gaming” because it’s so precise — latency is about the same as the DualShock 3. As expected, it uses the PlayStation Eye camera to track the controller, and Sony says it becomes an [...]

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Sony unveils 3DTV release dates and pricing for Japan

Kicking off an expected repeat flood of 3DTV info over the next few days (Samsung and Panasonic both have events scheduled over the next couple of days) Sony has revealed pricing and shipping information for its new televisions and related accessories in Japan. The new sets share that sweet/ominous monolithic style of the already available [...]

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Sony prepping new line of handhelds, including PSP phone?

You know who knows everything? People familiar with the matter. In particular, they know everything when “the matter” happens to be Sony’s handheld strategy for 2010, which is said to finally include an honest-to-goodness PSP with phone capabilities — something the world’s been demanding for as long as they’ve wanted a Zunephone. According to the [...]

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