Sony Qualia 007

Grok Headline matches for Sony Qualia 007

Sony QUALIA 005 TV

Sony QUALIA 005 TV 08/19/2004 07:12 PM

Sony today announced the "QUALIA 005," in their WEGA series of LCD TVs, which is the world's first television to use Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) as a backlight. BUT WHY? According to Sony, this 46" television has the most realistic color reproduction of any set EVER. I'd certainly hope so too, considering it will set you back more than $10,000 USD.

Features on this new set don't stop there, however - Sony managed to cram in their Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesizer (of PS2 fame) for better image rendering, as well as their "DRC-MFv2" standard-TV-to-HDTV upscaler we reported on just last week. Another bizarro feature inserted in an attempt to justify the 10G pricetag is usage of the "XMB" (Cross Media Bar) GUI, which is currently used on the PSX. I complain about prices a lot, but who am I kidding? I'd get one if I was stinking rich, which I certainly plan to be.

Re ad - Press Release [SonyJP]

Related
Sony's DRC-MFv2 Upscales Regular TV to HD [Gizmodo]

Sony recalls Qualia cameras

Sony recalls Qualia cameras 12/12/2003 11:34 AM
Remember those super-fancy high-end Qualia digital cameras that Sony started selling earlier this year? Well, they've been recalled. Sony says there's a defect with the...

Sony Qualia MDR-EXQ1 To Be Sold Via
SonyStyle

Sony Qualia MDR-EXQ1 To Be Sold Via
SonyStyle 07/01/2004 01:44 PM

Previously available only with the Q017-MD1 Qualia 017 MiniDisc player, the Sony MDR-EXQ1 earbuds will become the first product in the Qualia line to be sold outside of Sony's exclusive retail stores. The $200 earplug-style phones sport a brass housing, ostensibly because it improves response and the spread of low frequencies, or it could just be that they look, as they say in Japan, "badass." Get all the ohms and milliwatts and whatnot information from this translated press release.
Read - QUALIA headphones to be sold individually [TechJapan]

Related
Sony's Style Project [Gizmodo]
Sony's 4,096 x 2,160 SRX-R110 Digital Cinema Projector [Gizmodo]

New York Sony Qualia Store Opens

New York Sony Qualia Store Opens 09/23/2004 11:08 AM

Sony's Qualia store finally opened today in Manhattan, the first retail outlet on our shores of Sony's high-end luxury brand. I had a chance to check out the store a few weeks ago and was, well, a little let down. It's not entirely Qualia's fault though; who decided the best place to stick a high-end retail presence was in the back basement corner of an existing Sony store?

More impressions after the jump.

Sony to Shrink PlayStation 2 September
17 - 12:18 PM ET News in Brief | Sony
Computer Entertainment is set to

Sony to Shrink PlayStation 2 September
17 - 12:18 PM ET News in Brief | Sony
Computer Entertainment is set to 09/17/2004 12:34 PM
BetaNews Sep 17 2004 5:16PM GMT

Sony and MBNA Launch the SonyCard, the
Official Sony Credit Card in the
Republic Of Ireland

Sony and MBNA Launch the SonyCard, the
Official Sony Credit Card in the
Republic Of Ireland 07/15/2004 03:32 AM
Sony and MBNA Ireland today announces the launch of the SonyCard Credit Card (www.SonyCard.ie) in the Republic of Ireland. [PRWEB Jul 15, 2004]

Sony PSP Launch Photos from Sony Metreon
San Francisco

Sony PSP Launch Photos from Sony Metreon
San Francisco 03/26/2005 04:13 PM
Mobile Tech Review Mar 26 2005 6:33PM GMT

New Sony Cybershots, HP Photosmarts,
Including Sony T3 (Rawr!)

New Sony Cybershots, HP Photosmarts,
Including Sony T3 (Rawr!) 08/30/2004 09:56 AM

Gott im Himmel, ze cameras! There have been like two dozen new cameras announced in the last few weeks as various manufacturers start ramping up for Christmas, and Sony and HP are no exception. Among the new Sonys announced today are two pocket-sized beauties that I want right now: the T3, an update to the T1 and Japan-only T11, a 5.1-megapixel camera that is Sony's thinnest at less than three-quarters of an inch; and the DSC-L1, a candy bar 4.1-megapixel unit that is only 3.75-inches long. Just when I was ready to buy a new camera Sony has to muck it all up with at least two that really do it for me. Oh, and there's also the new DSC-V3, a 7-megapixel unit that looks mighty fine, as well.

The HPs, well, they are okay, but I'll be honest, they don't get me all riled up as much as the two featherweight cameras from Sony do. If they fixed the middling image quality of the T1 in the T3, that may be my next sidearm. Living Room has a bunch of the press releases, and I'll add to this post if any more info comes through during the day.

Read - Sony Cybershot T3 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - Sony Cybershot DSC-L1 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - Sony Cybershot DSC-V3 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - HP Photosmart R607 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - HP Photosmart M407 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - HP Photosmart M307 [LivingRoomAU]
Read - Sony Shows Off New Low-End Digicam [PCWorld (Yahoo)]

While Sony Tries To Become Apple,
Samsung Tries To Become Sony

While Sony Tries To Become Apple,
Samsung Tries To Become Sony 05/13/2004 03:41 AM
Has anyone noticed that it's becoming increasingly difficult to tell Samsung from Sony? It appears that almost everything Sony does, Samsung does as well. So, it's really no surprise that a little over a month after Sony announced plans to build out retail stores more for advertising than for sales, Samsung plans to do the same thing. Of course, while Sony says they're more interested in using the stores for advertising, Samsung has gone one step further. They believe so strongly that this "store" is just for advertising that they won't sell you anything at the store. It's for showcasing products only. Also, a random note in the article, but the same week that Sony and Nintendo announced their plans for their next generation handheld gaming devices, this article also mentions that Samsung is planning for its own N-Gage like phone/gaming device. Apparently, the dismal failure of the N-Gage isn't enough to scare them off.

The next Sony?

The next Sony? 11/05/2003 01:24 PM
Samsung has big ambitions in consumer electronics, but first it must overhaul a brand better known for low-end microwaves. It's up to Eric Kim to make it happen.

Sony

Sony 05/11/2004 10:20 PM
"We will firewall Napster at source - we will block it at your cable company, we will block it at your phone company, we will block it at your [ISP]. We will firewall it at your PC." -- Sony

TGS: More Sony PSP

TGS: More Sony PSP 09/24/2004 09:54 AM

There's a boatload more images from the Tokyo Game Show coming through (more than just that remote, I'm saying), although they're mostly just shots of the PSP. I thought this one was precious, though. No word if Sony plans to sell all PSPs with an attached girl on a chain.

Allegedly there are 44 PSPs available for play at TGS, and one thing the author of this article
pointed out is that the demonstration units were all playing games - there were no demo units playing video (unlike at E3).

Tokyo Game Show Pics (Japanese) [ImpressWatch]

Related
PSP Archives [Gizmodo]

First Sony 3G for UAE

First Sony 3G for UAE 08/03/2004 07:04 AM
AME Info Aug 3 2004 11:14AM GMT

Oh well - Sony does it again

Oh well - Sony does it again 05/11/2004 01:43 PM

Oh god - now I'm starting to fell sorry for them.

I wonder if they have a clue how much they're damaging their brand and rep?

Whatever happened to Joi talking some sense into them?

Sony Gets Stupider.

Unbelievably, Sony seems to be getting more clueless as time passes. Clueless about digital music. Clueless about consumer experience. Clueless about values. A week after launching the horrible Connect music service which seeks to turn the musty MiniDisc into the next iPod, Sony has released its first branded music portable, the Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1. 20 gigs, a nice screen which can display album art, and a touch-sensitive panel. All well and good. Except… this private-format little devil plays *only* ATRAC3 files— that’s Sony’s proprietary music-file format. You heard me. It doesn’t play MP3s. Using bundled software, you can convert MP3 to ATRAC3 for playback in the Vaio Pocket.

Please understand my vitriol toward Sony, and why I think the company’s music products are worthy of boycott. If it were a simple matter of Sony being clueless, we could merely laugh at it. The infuriating part is that Sony believes the consumer is clueless. Sony believes that we should forsake the de facto standard of music files (MP3), with its gargantuan installed footprint, in order to bless our lives with Sony’s format and Sony’s hardware. The arrogance is breathtaking and insulting. Even Apple, second-place winner of the Arrogance Prize, allows plain MP3s into the iPod.

Sony’s pathetic Connect service will be crushed by consumer indifference. The Vaio Pocket will be granulated by the erosive power of a smart marketplace. And, if there be a technology god, Sony will sink into the dinosauric quicksand, never to torment us with its foolishness again.

[The Digital Music Weblog]

Sony PSP PVR

Sony PSP PVR 03/27/2005 06:28 PM

Sony Z1

Sony Z1 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
Cool Centrino notebooks: Sony Z1, Sony U101, ThinkPad T40.

Sony PSP at the AGC

Sony PSP at the AGC 09/09/2004 07:52 PM

Portable gaming nerds hungry for any scraps of information about Sony's upcoming PSP handheld might want to talk a look at ConsoleConspiracy, where they've cribbed some notes from today's "Programming the PSP" talk at the Austin Game Conference. Nothing particularly sticks out at the moment, although they do confirm that the 7.1 surround sound out thing was just a weird rumor. Oh, and the PSP will be able to hook directly to a PC via USB 2.0; that could have some interesting ramifications, if none other than convenience.

Read - AGC - Programming the PSP [ConsoleConspiracy]

Related
PSP Archive [Gizmodo]

Sony Says in 20-Day Talks to Buy MGM

Sony Says in 20-Day Talks to Buy MGM 05/19/2004 07:18 AM
Boston Globe May 19 2004 11:46AM GMT

Sony is said to be in talks to buy MGM

Sony is said to be in talks to buy MGM 04/22/2004 01:02 AM
Boston Globe Apr 22 2004 5:19AM GMT

Sony to support MP3

Sony to support MP3 09/22/2004 01:57 PM
Major strategy shift aims to help consumer electronics giant compete with Apple Computer and other rivals.

Sony/BMG merger gets the nod

Sony/BMG merger gets the nod 07/20/2004 04:50 AM
Regulators let it lie

E3: Sony PSP Keyboard

E3: Sony PSP Keyboard 05/12/2004 03:51 PM
Would somebody like to explain to me what exactly this clear piece of plastic with keys screened onto it is supposed to indicate? Surely this isn't the reported USB keyboard add-on for the PSP. More pictures direct from the floor of E3 coming up. While you're waiting, why don't you...

Sony has smaller PS2 on tap

Sony has smaller PS2 on tap 09/22/2004 06:36 AM
USA Today Sep 22 2004 9:58AM GMT

New Sony Playstation on its way!

New Sony Playstation on its way! 07/13/2004 03:15 AM
iafrica.com Jul 13 2004 7:35AM GMT

Why So Slow, Sony?

Why So Slow, Sony? 04/08/2005 10:23 AM
Sony took two weeks to get around to its PSP sales figures. It didn't need to.

Sony and McDonald's

Sony and McDonald's 06/04/2004 05:35 PM
CNet confirms previous reports that Sony and McDonald's are teaming up to offer free music downloads through Sony's new music service. McDonald's w...

Sony could use OpenGL ES 2.0 for the PS3

Sony could use OpenGL ES 2.0 for the PS3 07/31/2004 10:39 AM

Sony PSP vs. Nintendo DS

Sony PSP vs. Nintendo DS 04/04/2005 08:45 AM

Sony DPP-FP30

Sony DPP-FP30 08/21/2004 08:39 PM
TechTree Aug 21 2004 11:49PM GMT

Sony Vaio VGN-U70

Sony Vaio VGN-U70 08/20/2004 04:15 AM
TechTree Aug 20 2004 8:37AM GMT

Sony is told to pay up

Sony is told to pay up 03/28/2005 11:33 PM
International Herald Tribune Mar 29 2005 3:58AM GMT

Sony Cybershot DSC-M1

Sony Cybershot DSC-M1 09/09/2004 09:00 AM

Oh Sony, when you aren't acting like a blind, lumbering bastard of a company sometimes I almost want to give you a big bear hug. Like when you make something like this new Cybershot DSC-M1 - there's no reason for it, you just decided to get funky, and let the engineers take a long, deep pull off the pipe before starting to design it. It's not the specs that really get me, I guess - it's just a 5.1-megapixel camera that scrounges parts from the DSC-T1 - it's just all the weird features, like the four shutter buttons and dual-microphone stereo sound recording. And the new MPEG4 video implementation (although in truth, I really don't care much about solid-state camcorders, at least not using expensive Memory Sticks).

LivingRoom has the press release and some pictures, while DCResource actually got to play around with one of the cameraphone-looking things and has lots of hands-on impressions and more pictures.

Read - Press Release [LivingRoom]
Read - DCRP First Look: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-M1 [DCResource]

Related
New Sony Cybershots, HP Photosmarts, Including Sony T3 (Rawr!) [Gizmodo]
Cybershot Archive [Gizmodo]

Sony ZS-Y3 Boombox

Sony ZS-Y3 Boombox 08/10/2004 10:19 AM

There's no price or availability information at the moment (even in Japan), but this ZS-Y3 boombox from Sony has a nice look to it. Not quite the mantis-head look of some of the current Sports models, but still a smooth curling line that feels both tightened and expanding at once.

Read - Product Page (Japanese) [SonyJP via Akiba.SorobanGeeks]

Sony VAIO M

Sony VAIO M 09/13/2004 09:00 AM

Sony has a new one of those desktop VAIOs designed to replace a TV, this time called the VAIO M. It's not that spectacular, features-wise, with the notable stand-out of a "Multidrive" super-burner that can handle not only DL (dual-layer) DVDs but DVD-RAM as well (if you don't know what that is, you probably don't need to). It has a horrible 32MB video card, though, and the form factor makes it impossible to upgrade - it's basically a laptop in desktop clothing - but that's not what it was designed for anyway. It's a neat form factor, but I don't think I'd ever buy one.

Read - Vaio M [SorobanGeeks]

Related
VAIO Archives [Gizmodo]

Report: Sony PSP

Report: Sony PSP 03/29/2005 12:04 PM
PSPWare recommendations, ffmpeg, impressions and comparisons

Sony PSP released in U.S.

Sony PSP released in U.S. 03/24/2005 02:51 PM
Sony today officially launched its PlayStation Portable (PSP) in the U.S...

Sony = Pathetic

Sony = Pathetic 05/04/2004 10:57 AM

This is so typical Sony - it's pathetic. 

Back in the early 90's - when over 40% of the Mac was built of Sony components we were all SURE they'd buy Apple.  And have you ever heard of or seen ImageStation or ScreenBlast?  Incredible ideas - such pathetic implementation - it's downright embarassing.

And now it looks like Sony has done it again.  Someone should just take those guys out into the parking lot and....

Sony and the Connect Disconnect.

Of all the clueless participants in digital music’s evolution, Sony “gets it” less than anybody. Apparently fevered by its dual role as a device designer and a big-five record label, the company has demonstrated a toxic case of self-importance. Again and again, Sony has attempted to persuade consumers that its proprietary storage formats are somehow superior and more desirable than standard formats. Sony seems to believe that we prefer limitations. The company also seems to think its brand is worth something when it comes to commodities such as memory and file formats.

Anyway, all this is leading up to today’s launch of Connect, a new music-download service. “Seamless integration with Sony products” is the promise. Which, of course, means seamless exclusion from the products most people own. And the Sony product most spotlighted by Connect? The musty, never-popular, proprietary nightmare called the Sony MiniDisc. Leave it to Sony to attempt a disc revival in a download store, and a proprietary disc format at that!

More on Connect service features this week and next.

[The Digital Music Weblog]

Where's Joi when we need him?

Sony Makes the Cut

Sony Makes the Cut 05/11/2004 02:57 PM
The PlayStation 2 price cut comes to pass.

Handing It to Sony

Handing It to Sony 03/28/2005 10:35 AM
The new PSP aims to put Sony in the heart of the handheld gaming market.
Grok Description matches for Sony Qualia 007
GrokA matches for Sony Qualia 007

CeBIT: Logitech Sony PSP PlayGear

CeBIT: Logitech Sony PSP PlayGear 03/14/2005 04:18 PM
I4U Mar 13 2005 6:04PM GMT

CeBIT: Sony Ericsson ROB-1 Bluetooth
Motion Cam

CeBIT: Sony Ericsson ROB-1 Bluetooth
Motion Cam 03/14/2005 06:28 PM
I4U Mar 12 2005 8:43PM GMT

Sony Invites you to Join the Next
Generation at CeBIT 2004

Sony Invites you to Join the Next
Generation at CeBIT 2004 03/06/2004 01:54 AM
Belga Direct Press Releases Mar 1 2004 3:49PM GMT

Live from CeBIT: Sony Walkman W800 First
Impressions

Live from CeBIT: Sony Walkman W800 First
Impressions 03/14/2005 06:03 PM

Sony Ericsson continues to make nice looking phones that I have no desire to own. The W800 Walkman Phone is nice enough looking, but the music application didn't seem very advanced at all. Now I just played with it for a couple of minutes, but I was expecting something more polished. Pressing the music button takes you to the media player, but pressing it again doesn't play the song. Neither does pushing in on the joystick. Instead, you have push the stick to the right (at least I think; I had to rely on visual feedback, which was sparse).

I'm happy to give it another shot in the future, but I was hoping to get something that seemed more advanced than the average media player application you can find on almost any modern phone.

Sony Ericsson launch remote Bluetooth
camera at CeBIT 2005

Sony Ericsson launch remote Bluetooth
camera at CeBIT 2005 03/14/2005 04:16 PM
Pocket-lint.co.uk Mar 14 2005 1:52PM GMT

Sony Qualia 007

The following phrases have been identified by the grok system as matching this entry: dcr-dvd403e sony cebit sony qualia qualia us sony