Sony Vaio WA1 Wireless Music Streamer: Expensive for What it Does
Somehow last week we missed the Sony Vaio WA1 Wireless Digital Music Streamer. It’s a simple (and not necessarily new) concept: the device taps into your pre-existing Wi-Fi connection and streams the music that’s directed toward it. For example, you’ve got a PC loaded with music in your bedroom but you want to hear Sleater-Kinney…
Sony’s OLED TV Prototype In Its Holy Shrine
Sony had mentioned that it was working on an OLED TV during its press conference a few days ago and we finally spotted it on the CES show floor today, 1 million-to-1 contrast ratio and all. The prototype is only 27-inches, so it won’t be vying for the “Biggest in Show” prize. That’s not why…
Schwag Competition: Monday’s Best
For some of the more serious journalists, CES is about emerging technologies, hands-on demos and social networking. For me, it’s all about the schwag, the mountains of junk companies spend thousands of dollars on in order to draw innocent passersby in. I’ll be showing you the best of the schwag I get my hands on…
Sony-Ericson BoHo Budget Phones and Gear
Poor people like to look good too. Just look at all the celebrity clothing lines at K-Mart. Sony Ericsson does its part to prettify the unwashed masses with two ultra-cheap fashion phones. The w200 Walkman Phone is a candybar version of their w300 clamshell. It sports an M2 memory card slot (128MB included, holds up…