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Sony’s much-hyped Vaio P Netbook has finally come out from under wraps, weighing under 1.4 pounds, sitting under an inch thick, and packing in an 8-inch screen with a 2.08:1 aspect ratio (1600×768!). The netbook also has Verizon WWAN 3G mobile broadband, has a keyboard that’s only 10% smaller than the Vaio TT and 802.11n…
Sony’s Walkman NWZ-X1000 features an OLED touchscreen, Wi-Fi and built-in noise cancellation. The X-series Walkman seems like a very impressive piece of hardware. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-sonys-new-walkman-to-feature-oled-touchscreen-an-5108531 Much like its direct competitor, the iPod Touch, it comes in 16GB and 32GB flavors and can be used to surf the web. The screen’s half an inch smaller, but it’s…
Nowadays we’ve got podcasts, internet radio etc.—but if you absolutely must listen to NPR the old-fashioned way, Sony has helpfully thrown an FM tuner into one of its new computer speaker sets. The SRS-DF30 is otherwise your run-of-the-mill 2.1 speaker system, with a headphone out, power on/off and volume control. But hey, if your internet…
Sony has gone all Pinocchio on us with its sportsy W-series Walkman MP3 player, eschewing cords for an all-in-one music player/earbud ensemble. $70 for 2GB of storage and 12 hours of playback time. Besides being wire-free, this wearable walkman features quick charging times—3 minutes for 90 minutes of playback, and half an hour for the…
Sony’s two new Muteki audio shelf systems, which are both “Made for iPods,” have tossed aside that whole thin, streamlined aesthetic. The result: the iPod looks like something climbing out of a monster truck. The LBT-ZX66i delivers 560 watts of sound through two separate three-way bass reflex speakers, each of which have a 7-inch dual…
Trickle down seems to be one of Sony’s major CES themes: Bringing features from higher-end products down to its cheaper entry models, like its new entry-level Cybershot DSC-W220. Specifically the W220 pulls its tricks from the W150 and W170—namely Sony’s Intelligent Scene Recognition that picks the right auto-shooting mode for you, and a Dynamic Range…
Sony’s pile of new photo frames is topped by the 10-inch V1000 and X1000, which have supposedly 15x sharper contrast and are 13 percent than last year’s models, for that superduper better-than-reality look. PICTURE PERFECT IMAGE QUALITY WITH NEW SONY DIGITAL PHOTO FRAMES LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #14200), Jan. 7, 2009 – Sony put the…
Fact: Writing up Sony’s camcorder line at CES is the worst part of my year, every year. Luckily, Sony provided this handy chart of their 18 camcorders so you could decipher it all. My refusal to break up Sony’s camcorder lineup into tiny, digestible bits is part laziness and part conscientious objection. I mean, there…
The Samsung MBP200 has a limited 480×320 res, but has a built-in media player, LCD screen and includes a tiny stand that can turn a piece of paper into a screen. A baby screen! The LCD is 2.2 inches across and 320×240 pixels, and the player itself is compatible with images, office docs and video…
Panasonic still doesn’t have the information available, but for those who can’t wait for pretty pictures and press releases, here’s their new Blu-ray line compliments of the press conference. With only our quick visual inspection, we’re fairly certain that the BD60 isn’t the world’s thinnest Blu-ray player. What do you think, Samsung. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-bd-p3600-p4600-super-slim-wall-friendly-blu-r-5124091
Olympus’ Stylus Tough-8000 rugged camera may have an unfortunate name, but the fact that they’re shock/water/freeze/crush/shake-proof is anything but. The durable Stylus Tough-8000 has a 12mp sensor, and is rated to survive underwater depths of 33 feet, drops of nearly 7 feet, and 220 pounds of pressure. It also has semi-standard features, such as dual…
By Panasonic, this plasma just inches millimeters out Pioneer’s 9mm previous best. It’s 1/3 of an inch thick on the dot and it uses 33% power than veteran Panasonic plasma tech. Bonus shot:
Olympus’ SP-590UZ manages to exceed the once impressive 20x optical zoom of the SP-570 by upping the ante to 26x optical zoom with a ridiculous 26-676mm lens. https://gizmodo.com/olympus-sp-570-prosumer-cam-has-everything-20x-zoom-w-347742 The SuperMegaUltraZoom camera has a 12mp sensor, face detection, image stabilization, and 29 shooting modes. I could go on, but mostly you should know that it’s coming…
Panasonic has introduced a portable Blu-ray player with BD Live and Viera Cast internet video streaming. We’ll get you more details soon.
The Samsung HMX-R10 HD camcorder is a pretty run-of-the-mill cam with 1/4″ sensor, flash memory storage, and 9-megapixel photos, but what makes this thing interesting is its angled cut lens and smooth shape… Ain’t it cool? For a complete photo gallery and more info check out Camcorderinfo.com.
This Mule unmanned aerial vehicle is huge, fast and crazy. It’s just going through its first wind tunnel testing, but it might someday be hauling injured troops back to base with no pilot involved. This is one serious UAV, one that puts most others to shame. Just look at these specs: With a payload of…
Not much left to divulge beyond what leaked already about the OQO Model 02+: It’s newly endowed with a stunning OLED touchscreen, global 3G and faster 1.86GHz Atom CPU. But! It’s only $1500. And pics! https://gizmodo.com/oqo-model-02-to-launch-at-ces-with-oled-screen-atom-p-5120874 [OQO]
Here’s what we know: The latest Panasonic Viera is a 54-inch plasma with wireless connectivity that’s just 1-inch deep. It features a set top box sends 1080P inputs to the television. Here’s what we don’t know: Anything else.
The SC-BT300 is Panasonic’s new golden boy home theater system, and the powerful BD-Live system might actually be featurey enough to tempt you away from those sacred standalone components. The 7.1-channel setup pushes an impressive 1250 watts through a centerpiece that integrates a Blu-ray player/audio receiver/iPod dock. The bundle includes seven speakers and a subwoofer…
You would think that a webcam would be sufficient, but basic teleconferencing solutions to the problem of deployed moms and dads is not enough for the military. They want to go virtual. Specifically, the Pentagon is soliciting proposals to “develop a highly interactive PC or Web-based application to allow family members to verbally interact with…