As advertised, I spent an hour in New York City this week reading a new book about the historic hero of The War of 1812 fame and U.S. President Andrew Jackson on the Sony Reader Digital book — clearly one of my favorite electronics products these days — in the Fifth Avenue storefront window of DataVision. [...]
Read MoreSony has issued a press release expressing its support for voluntary recalls announced today by a handful of PC manufacturers and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, encompassing a relatively small number of about 35,000 notebook battery packs believed to be in current use in the States and another 65,000 estimated in other parts of [...]
Read MoreI’m looking forward to a quick trip to New York this week where I will be speaking at a sold-out marketing research forum about the blog, along with other new media and social networking initiatives going on here at Sony. While I’m there on Wednesday, I will spend an hour filling in for Dave Farrow, [...]
Read MoreI spent three days in Las Vegas this week and didn’t even have a chance to gamble. Most of the time was spent in various meetings that were part of the Consumer Electronics Association’s annual fall industry forum, including a Communications Committee meeting and numerous breakout sessions on topics ranging from the "greening" of [...]
Read MoreC’mon on now — who hasn’t watched a James Bond movie and thought “how cool it would be to a secret agent?” We may not be able to send you off to an exotic locale or put you in touch with M but we might just be able to hook you up with a cool [...]
Read MoreI seem to recall this line (or something close to it) being used in a well publicized presidential debate many years ago. Given the current economic climate with this year’s election coming up, the campaign line seems even more relevant today. That said, like millions of Americans, I wonder what it will take to pull [...]
Read MoreNow how cool is that? Sony will be streaming "Hancock," this summer’s hit movie staring Will Smith, directly to peoples’ homes for two weeks, beginning Oct. 28, four weeks prior to the film’s release on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. All you need to have is a Sony BRAVIA Internet Video Link module connected to a compatible [...]
Read MoreI noticed a report today buried on the seventh page of an eight-page industry newsletter indicating that Microsoft will ship an external Blu-ray Disc drive for the Xbox 360 this holiday selling season. The brief article in Consumer Electronics Daily said that while a Microsoft official denied it, the newsletter’s reporters polled retailers who confirmed [...]
Read MoreAlthough our latest Sony Style store in Glendale, Calif. wasn’t open during my 40-day blog tour to the stores this summer, one of our blog moderators, Marcy Cohen, was among those at this week’s opening ceremonies, where we also took the opportunity to invite our guests to experience “The Reader Revolution.” You can get a [...]
Read MoreWhile in Japan last week, I had an opportunity to visit CEATEC (which stands for Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) in Chiba, about 40 miles or so from Tokyo. CEATEC is reported to be Japan’s version of the Consumer Electronics Show held every January here in the States. In reality, it strikes me as a [...]
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