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Sony debuts X-series Walkman with Wi-Fi, touchscreen OLED, noise cancellation

Sony debuts X-series Walkman with Wi-Fi, touchscreen OLED, noise cancellationCosts more and does lessThat's generally not a formula for success.RE: Sony debuts X-series Walkman with Wi-Fi, touchscreen OLED, noise cancellationHonestly, the first thing I thought was how Sony is going to manage to screw this up royally with some proprietary...

Tags: Keyboards, Wireless LANs, Monitors & displays, Utility computing, Servers, Sony Corp., X-series Walkman, noise cancellation, IBM xSeries, organic light-emitting diode, touch screen, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Sony debuts X-series Walkman with Wi-Fi, touchscreen OLED, noise cancellation

Watch out, Apple iPod touch: Sony today introduced its top-of-the-line Walkman portable media player, the X-series Walkman, that includes Wi-Fi capability and a 3-in. Organic Light Emitting Diode, or OLED, touchscreen. The company says the X-series Walkman's OLED screen provides "exceptional color reproduction,...

Tags: IBM xSeries, Touch Screen, Sony Corp., Organic Light-emitting Diode, Video, Wi-Fi, X-series Walkman, Display, Battery Life, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Additional Resources

Microsoft considering making Zune services available to Apple users

Hell Yes!iTunes is the only thing that's making me want to ditch my iPhone. It's a bloated piece of garbage. At least on Windows. However, the Zune software runs beautifully. I already have the Zune Pass so win-win.Yep!!!I sure hope they do port it to other...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital music, Digital media, Zune Platform, Apple Inc., software, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Poll: How important is the quality of the built-in camera when buying a mobile phone?

They're all basically toysPhone cameras are handy for an occasional "grab" shot, but I sure wouldn't use one as my main camera on a vacation trip.RE: Poll: How important is the quality of the built-in camera when buying aAn onboard camera in a cellphone is of little importance to me....

Tags: mobile, camera, phone, cell phone, pic

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

News to know: Real Q1, Wolfram Alpha, Vonage, Psystar netbook, Google cloud

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Real misses for Q1, swings to loss; mentions "Facet" Garett Rogers: Wolfram Alpha has Google's attention ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Vonage Holdings Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Home Entertainment, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Sony Ericsson introduces W205 Walkman phone

Not content with just one announcement today, Sony Ericsson introduced today the W205 entry-level Walkman slider phone with FM radio and other multimedia functions intended to bring more people into the phone-as-media-player fold. With catch phrases like "make it rock" and "chilling in the park," it's clear...

Tags: Phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Sony Walkman, Web Browser, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely great

The near term truth about cloud computing is that it's only useful for enterprise applications if you're a user manager who wants to get around the obstacles in IT - that's what supported time sharing in the seventies and could make it a short term success again today. ...

Tags: Agent, Data, Real Estate, Business Operations, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Nidesoft DVD to Sony XPeria Converter 5.1.18 (Windows)

Nidesoft DVD to Sony XPeria Converter is a professional DVD to Sony X1 Video Converter that could rip DVD to Sony XPeria Video and Music format including MP4, AVC, MP3, AAC, etc.. with easy to use interface and excellent quality. In addition, it could also support other Sony players and...

Tags: Sony Corp., Microsoft Windows, Video, Nidesoft, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, Corporate Communications, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-03-09

Sony: What went wrong (and is still going wrong)

Sony: What went wrong and is still going wrongI tend to agreeSony is far too big, like many companies. I also agree that they should self-split as well. Why is it they have to be under one major dinosaur company? Why not a big company, but with small "franchises" of...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Memory, Flash memory, Branding, Companies, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

Dreamsicle 1.3 (Mac)

Dreamsicle.. Lick-able Creamy Mac Goodness for Sony Walkman Phones... Music Phone Management Software for Mac OS X Dreamsicle makes using your Sony Walkman Phone with iTunes, iPhoto and video clips a snap. Get your music, pictures and video on your phone - the OS X Way! iTunes...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Phone, Sony Walkman, Apple iTunes, Apple iPhoto, Dreamsicle 1.3, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2008-07-24

Wired: Apple is Evil/Genius

Wired Magazine's Leander Kahney has a cover story on Apple ("How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong" Issue 16.04 ) that's worth a read. Overall it's pretty well balanced and fair and has just enough edgy snarkiness to keep you reading. Kahney takes Apple to...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., Wired Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Human Resources, Kahney, Operating Systems, Software, Wired Magazine, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2008-03-25

iPhone's recessed rationale

iPhone's recessed rationaleRE: iPhone's recessed rationaleYep - headphone jacks, firewire connectors, power supply connectors, they are invariably the failure points on this sort of stuff. I've been using Apple laptops since the Powerbook 100, and the only things that have ever broken on them have been the power connectors. My...

Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, headphone, rationale

Discussion threads 2007-09-09

Is the iPhone Enterprise Ready?

Is the iPhone Enterprise Ready?There are already tons of apps availableLooking at http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php/GUI_ApplicationsYou can get a glimpse of the future of the iPhone. It is already more than easy with a simple application for OS X to upgrade the iPhone to a nice open platform you can run all your...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Microsoft Office, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Sony Bluetooth Wireless Audio Adapter TDM-BT1

New to Sony's 2007 line of AV receivers and home-theater-in-a-box systems--with both its Bravia and component-based lines--is the Digital Media Port or DMPORT, a proprietary jack that offers connectivity to one of four optional accessories. The quartet of compatible add-ons include the TDM-NC1 (a Wi-Fi music streamer), the TDM-IP1...

Tags: Wi-Fi, TDM-BT1, Bluetooth, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2007-05-18

DRM-free movement snowballs; watch those song prices

DRM-free movement snowballs; watch those song pricesRight now there is stagnationLike all artificially restricted markets, it is stagnant since innovation and choice is not the motivating factor. The best example, way back when only Ma Bell phones were allowed to be used. You have your choice of black...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, quality song

Discussion threads 2007-05-16

iPod turns 5. Competitors turn stomachs. And Apple's just gettin' warmed up

iPod turns 5. Competitors turn stomachs. And Apple's just gettin' warmed upDifferent endingYou posit that the story ends with customers locked into the iTunes store. Why so gloomy? I can see an alternate ending, one where RIAA domination slowly wanes, and more and more artists take control...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, music

Discussion threads 2006-10-20

iPod - Death by media

Go back a year and there was nothing that Apple could have done that wouldn't have earned them countless column inches of praise in the media. I'm pretty sure that Steve Jobs could have launched an empty cardboard box and, as long as it was white and had the...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple iPod

Blog posts 2006-09-19

Why Apple should embrace Windows

Why Apple should embrace WindowsNot the greatest ideaOnce they start selling Windoze - why invest all that capital in writing OS/X? Add to that a shrewd M$ that stops shipping Office for OS/X, and what do you have? Another white-box PC vendor trying to eke out a living in a...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-05-31

Apple adds volume limiting to iPod

Apple adds volume limiting to iPodIs this what it has come to?OK… I think everyone needs to take a step back for a second and just look at how people are handling things any more. I hope that it isn't just me that thinks this is insane. The idea that...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Manufacturing, Apple Inc., Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2006-03-30