Tag Archive for 'sony'
Car manufacturer Delphi will be one of the first to use a new “segmented display cell” (SDC) from Manufacturer E Ink, which promises simple, clear displays that are both paper-thin and require minimal battery power. E Ink currently supplies the e-paper displays for Sony’s Reader and Amazon’s Kindle eBooks; however these new SDC panels [...]
This week’s highlight has been the SlashGear team knuckling down to cover HTC’s London launch of the Touch Diamond smartphone. Our hands-on video of the Windows Mobile 6.1 device is pulling in some serious views, so if the thought of a 3G iPhone is leaving you cold then you need to be checking out the [...]
Sony Japan have unveiled a new digital photo frame, the VGF-CP1. With a 7-inch LCD display capable of displaying 16m colors at 800 x 480 resolution, its slim bezel hides a pair of stereo speakers each putting out 1.6W. The CP1 has 512MB of internal memory, expandable via Memory Stick, CF or SD card, and WiFi [...]
According to Crave UK, Sony are looking to release their PlayTV digital TV receiver accessory for the PS3 in September this year. The tuner uses the digital terrestrial service, for instance Freeview in the UK or TDF in France, plugging into one of the console’s USB ports and turning it into a PVR. Crave had some [...]
Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV is undeniably awesome, despite being only 11-inches, but owners may have less time to coo and weep over its beauty than they originally thought. According to a report from DisplaySearch, which goes into even more surgical detail than at the Embedded Systems Conference, Sony’s lifespan estimate of around 30,000 hours for [...]
Sony’s latest cookie-tin media PCs, the VGF-HS1 and HS1S “Liblog Station”, will launch in Japan on May 17th. The compact system is intended as a home server, with gigabit ethernet, support for the DLNA media sharing standard and a choice of either 1TB (the HS1) or 1.5TB (the HS1S) of storage. Media can be either [...]
Sony Europe have announced their latest HDTV range, the BRAVIA V4500-series. Featuring an integrated MPEG-4 AVC HD tuner for high-definition DVB-T/DVB-C terrestrial content, three screen sizes will be on offer - 26-inch, 32-inch and 37-inch - with all having WXGA 1360×768 resolution panels. The two smaller sizes also boast a massive contrast ratio of 33000:1.
This Sony CyberShot ‘Snap’ is the work of designer Young Hwan Kim, and currently just a concept. Intended to resemble a man’s wallet it has a leather-clad cover. However, unlike current cameras, this cover pivots down from the corner to reveal the lens and flash. Apparently that would make one-handed operation more straightforward.
Sony’s UX UMPC might be capable of playing games in hardware terms, but while the controls are great for an ultraportable handheld they’re not so useful for Unreal Tournament 2004. Owner Dan Middle decided he wanted a better interface, and so hacked up a cheap USB gamepad. With the controls fixed back to back, all [...]
Looks like MTI Micro have some big-name competition in the fuel-cell business. Sony have unveiled their own hybrid fuel-cell system, and while the concept might be big, the prototype isn’t. In fact, it measures just 5 x 3cm, but is still capable of pumping out up to 3W of power.
