Growth of Tablet market is touching the sky. Tablets have become everyone’s favorite. All the leading multinational companies have focused their attentions and energies towards this field. Sony has also decided to earn its pie.

Sir Howard Stringer has announced that Sony will unveil its Tablet device in this summer. The main question that is bothering everyone is, Why Sony has decided to take this initiative? One and only justification is to compete and attempt to beat the Apple. Apple has earned and still earning a lot from its Tablet devices especially iPad, this profit potential induced Sony to jump into this field.

Nikkei, the famous Japanese newspaper has leaked out some information. Sony is expected to release its first Tablet that will challenge the Apple iPad. Samsung and LG, main competitors of Sony in electronic world, are already producing the Tablets. That’s why Sony has decided to challenge the Samsung, LG and none other than Apple.

Apple is the main player in the field of Tablets. Sony has planned to compete with this tech colossal with the help of honeycomb operating system Android 3.0. There are many rumors about this up-coming Sony Tablet, regarding its design. People anticipate that Sony has adopted different design for its first Tablet. What will be the exclusive features of Sony’s up-coming Tablet?  What will be its official name? , Still a mystery. Keep on waiting for this cool gadget by Sony that will be unveiled in the hot summers of 2011.

Digital Cameras

1. Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F707 Digital Camera:

SeriesAttraction point: Its good tactile feel, lineup of interesting and even unique features and functions, long battery life, and excellent image quality make the DSC-F707 an appealing prosumer. 

Specification:

• 5.0-megapixel CCD for resolution to 2,560 x 1,920 pixels

• Faster auto focusing and accurate results with NightShot, Night Framing, and Hologram    Auto focus technologies

• Dramatically improved white balance performance, better color

• Ultra-sharp 5x zoom lens (f/2.0-2.4 too!), now with manual zoom control via lens ring.

• Excellent color (improved over F707), automatic noise reduction

2. Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F717 Digital Camera

SeriesAttraction point:This camera was announced in the year 2002 and is actually a bridge camera. The point and shoot camera is combined with a number of manual photographic controls.

Specifications: • Resolution 5.0 megapixels • Optical Sensor Type CCD • Total Pixels 5240000.0 pixels • Effective Sensor Resolution 5020000.0 pixels • Light Sensitivity ISO 800 , ISO 200 , ISO 400 , ISO 100 • Digital Zoom 2.0 x Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-V1 Digital Camera: SeriesAttraction point: This digital camera from Sony packs comes with an array of impressive features and definitive control in a compact design.

Specification: • 5.0 mega pixels (effective) • 4x optical zoom/4x digital zoom • auto and manual focus • program and manual exposure • JPEG and TIFF file format • ISO range 100 – 800 • Sony Info Lithium battery • movie mode with sound Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F828 Digital Camera SeriesAttraction point: Encased in a black, magnesium-alloy body, this cyber-shot camera has excellent ergonomics and convenient controls. It is one of the most sophisticated digital cameras.

Specifications: • 8.0-megapixel CCD for image sizes to 3,264 x 2,440 pixels • Ultra-sharp 7x zoom lens (f/2.0-2.8 too!), now with manual zoom control via lens ring. • Sony’s new “RGB+E” sensor technology for dramatically improved color accuracy. • Many enhancements and feature upgrades over the previous F717. • JPEG • TIFF • RAW file format Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W80 Digital Camera SeriesAttraction point: The Cyber-shot DSC-W80 is a midrange model in Sony’s W-series line of compact cameras. This digital camera is on top of the budget snapshot wit its shiny new interface, fast performance and great pictures.

Specification: • 7.2MP CCD • 3X optical zoom lens • 2.5″ LCD display • image stabilization • a faster image processor • face detection • video output. • VGA movie mode.

PlayStation Move

The motion controller by Sony has been long rumored by different news media and now the company has finally revealed this amazing piece of technology and it has given the name as PlayStation Move and this is the company’s step to beat the Nintendo Wii in the console war. This new device was actually unveiled at playstation presentation held in the Games Developers Conference in San Francisco and the complete mechanism was shown to the audience that how the Sony Move will get integrated with the PS3.

Photo by PlayStation.Blog

The company has also claimed that this device will be the ultra-sensory device of its kind and for the complete working it requires the use of Wand like device that is a little more round than the Wiimote plus the Sony’s eye camera used as a sensor that will track your movements. According to the company they will launch this device in three different bundles; the first one will be carrying the PS# Move control for those who always owns the eye cam, secondly you can also buy it with the eye cam and a PS3 control, the third package will be having motion control with camera and a game that will be coming with a price under $100. Thus this new amazing device will bring a fantastic feature for the playstation users to enhance their gaming experience.

It was nearly a year back, when Sony released its forerunner as the world’s smallest HD camcorder, and now with the revelation of HDR-TG7VE, the world’s smallest line has nicely been updated.

Though the name is somewhat difficult to remember, but not the available features and design that is quite slim, sleek and a lot more memorable with its robust titanium body and ‘Premium Hard’ coating which may prove quite effective to make it a great hit. …read the rest of this entry»

Sony is going to launch two new Blu-ray Disc recorders that will not only be able to record your favorite TV programs, but also allow you to export videos to different portable devices like Walkman or the Sony PSP.

The BDZ-A950 and BDZ-A750 have 500GB and 320GB capacities respectively and they will also call down content from well-known Japanese video download service AcTVila and you can also export it other compatible portable devices.

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Google is opening yet another chapter in the digitization saga of the books and this time it is taking against the likes of Kindle by Amazon.com and eReader by Sony. On Thursday, the search engine giant has introduced the latest Google Book Search that gives the iPhone and the Android users and immediate access to over 1.5 million public domain books. There would the books from authors such as Jane Austen, William Shakespeare as well as Charles Dickens. These books were optimized to be read on the small screen and it is a challenge to the Google Book Search team as they referred the whole process to be ‘daunting’ at the time of the launch. …read the rest of this entry»

No doubt, Sony’s Vaio P is one of the most highlighted products at Consumer Electric Show and its higher price tag of £850 has become the cause of arousing anger in many Sony fans in the UK.

This anger of Sony fan is intensified by this fact that in the US, the new netbook will be available with the price tag of $899. Sony Vaio representative told in an interview that the Sony would be more laser focused on the consumer in the coming days. …read the rest of this entry»

It wasn’t less than a surprise for mobile industry when Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer stated that the company is considering splitting with the partner Ericsson.

In the late ‘90s, both these companies enjoyed moderate success as two different handset makers, but in a joint venture they established a decent business that got enough popularity especially in Europe.

However, in recent times, the company was forced to lower profit expectations apparently promoting a change from the Japanese half.

In an interview with a German newspaper Stringer told that “No doubt, it’s a difficult year but it’s never an easy thing to buyout a partner.” …read the rest of this entry»

It has become Sony’s wont to always come with something new, (though there were some years in the doldrums, no doubt a nice come back as a major player of the industry.) now there is Bravia TV that seems it be the thinnest as well as lightest LCD set available in the market.

This 9.9 mm deep with just 12.2kg weight, the Bravia KDL-40ZXI will be available in Japan on 10th of November with a price tag of ¥490,000 ((£2,435).

It’s, indeed, a different OLED TV with it’s diagonal 40 inches that make it quite bigger than Sony’s other thin supermodel. Its 3mm XEL-1 measures around 11 inches. …read the rest of this entry»

Mitsubishi is set to join the ranks of Sony and Samsung in making wireless televisions. The company unveiled its new 40 inch LCD TV that only measures 40mm in depth. The secret to this extreme thinness is a secret wireless tuner which can be tucked out of sight so that one can enjoy the pleasant look and feel of the screen which doesn’t take up unnecessary space.

Mitsubishi’s product will have a chip embedded inside the television which will be linked to the wireless tuner that can send and receive HD signals from 100 feet away. The television is sure to appeal to anyone who wants to have the flexibility to place the screen where they like and how they like rather than be restricted by the width of the tube. …read the rest of this entry»