''If you really don't want the slim model, which makes sense given some of the features taken out to achieve that svelte new frame, this is actually a nice little deal''
Yet the only thing they took out of those 80GB and 160GB versions is the ''install other OS'' feature
I think if the pricing is going to be comparable to iPod touches then they better have a damn good reason for me to buy one. Price it more competitively Sony!!
@Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Sony mp3 players tend to have great sound - that's the reason that most people buy them. This one looks like it has fantastic video as well. The only problem is that you lose the app. store. I guess it depends on whether the media quality or applications are more important to you.
@Spero: What do you mean?? Philly is a GREAT city. it's just like NYC in the 70s! AIDS, drugs, crime, Center City smells like urine EVERYWHERE, cops getting shot every other day....oh wait. Never mind. You're right. Philly is horrible and so are their accents.
SonyStyle: an exercise in how not to have a retail store.
Small, cramped, harshly lit, staffed with know-nothings and not enough of them, poorly laid out, inadequate pricing signage, and with no conspicuous signage outside to let you know the store exists.
That's okay, Sony. You don't have to advertise your non-PS3 products. I'm sure everyone knows about your products without any promotional materials.
Small: Apple's 57th Street and SoHo stores are not small.
Cramped: They're not as cramped as the Sony Plaza store either
Harshly lit: Apple stores are brightly lit. Sony's Plaza store is lit with blinding track lights.
Staffed with know-nothings and not enough of them: Apple's tealshirts do know their products. They're well indoctrinated.
Poorly laid out: I'll take the big open space of an Apple Store over the narrow winding walkway of the Plaza store any day.
Inadequate pricing signage: I don't recall seeing any pricing signage at Sony's Plaza store
No conspicuous signage outside to let you know the store exists: There's a large window display but the flagship plaza store is in some office building. The 57th Street Apple Store is impossible to miss.
@OMG! Ponies!: They've been readying a new Sony Store here in La Jolla near my office. The preparation has been taking longer than usual for a retail space. My guess is the downturn in the economy has slowed them down a bit.
@OMG! Ponies!: There's something about the Sony Stores that make me want to not buy a thing. It's like entering a mausoleum of electronics. All the salespeople wear those corny headphones to communicate with each other like security agents - and the stores seem so bloodless and cold.
I was in a Sony Store recently and asked about a TV and everything seemed so stilted, as if I were Oliver Twist asking for more porridge. It's like you just want to get out of there as soon as you can, like you're in some unfriendly person's unlived-in living room.
they had done this a year or so ago with circuit city. it worked beautifully. except that it was with circuit city. it's more a place to get stuff from sony and learn about things you didn't know you had with comcast. you'd be surprised at the number of ppl who find this useful. obviously its' not aimed at any of us. we already know what we're doing.
@Titus_Andronicus: You know what's great about Comcast? They really are doing some innovative things. The problem is that even though I have Comcast I still can't get these new services. My local area has a contract with Scientific America and their cable boxes don't do all the neat new stuff.
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Yet the only thing they took out of those 80GB and 160GB versions is the ''install other OS'' feature
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And they ADDED Bitstream support for HD Audio Formats on the SLIM. :)
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Cheesesteak.... aaahh... drool...
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Small, cramped, harshly lit, staffed with know-nothings and not enough of them, poorly laid out, inadequate pricing signage, and with no conspicuous signage outside to let you know the store exists.
That's okay, Sony. You don't have to advertise your non-PS3 products. I'm sure everyone knows about your products without any promotional materials.
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Small: Apple's 57th Street and SoHo stores are not small.
Cramped: They're not as cramped as the Sony Plaza store either
Harshly lit: Apple stores are brightly lit. Sony's Plaza store is lit with blinding track lights.
Staffed with know-nothings and not enough of them: Apple's tealshirts do know their products. They're well indoctrinated.
Poorly laid out: I'll take the big open space of an Apple Store over the narrow winding walkway of the Plaza store any day.
Inadequate pricing signage: I don't recall seeing any pricing signage at Sony's Plaza store
No conspicuous signage outside to let you know the store exists: There's a large window display but the flagship plaza store is in some office building. The 57th Street Apple Store is impossible to miss.
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I was in a Sony Store recently and asked about a TV and everything seemed so stilted, as if I were Oliver Twist asking for more porridge. It's like you just want to get out of there as soon as you can, like you're in some unfriendly person's unlived-in living room.
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I hate Comcast.
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Mahoney, please repost this at 4:20.
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Stoner's Pot Palace
Otto: Man, that is flagrant false advertising!
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Otto: They call 'em fingers but I've never seen them fing.