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Sony announced it is expanding its line of SD cards with a new flagship series designed for ultra-high speed interface (UHS-I) compatibility, giving DSLR users superb speed and high performance. The new cards are available in capacities of 32GB (SF-32UX), 16GB (SF-16UX) and 8GB (SF-8UX). The new cards offer significantly higher transfer speeds up to [...]

Sony announced three distinct series in the Bravia range of TVs – the entry-level BX, the step-up EX and the flagship HX. Entry into the Sony line begins with the BX series, with the BX450 delivering a vivid Full HD 1080p picture with bright images and color. Clear Resolution Enhancer and Digital Noise Reduction provide [...]

The Playstation line of gaming consoles from Sony Computer Entertainment exceeded 6.5 million units. PS Vita sold half million units to consumers since its launch on December 17, 2011 in Japan and December 23, 2011 in Asia. PS Vita launched concurrently with 24 software titles from both 3rd party developers and publishers and SCE Worldwide [...]

Sony announced its first smartphone from the Xperia NXT series, the Xperia S. Running on Android 2.3 and later upgradable to Ice cream sandwich (4.0), the Xperia S features a 12-megapixel camera that takes pictures in just 1.5 seconds from standby. Xperia S also comes with a powerful 1.5GHz dual-core processor for faster performance. The [...]

  Sony will promote Kazuo Hirai as president, according to a report by Japanese business daily, Nikkei. Hirai is currently the executive deputy president but will take place of Howard Stringer as early as April. Stringer however, will still remain company’s chairman and CEO. The move will be finalized at a board meeting next month. [...]

  Samsung and Sony today dissolved their partnership to manufacture LCD panels. The joint venture known as S-LCD will be taken over by Samsung Electronics after a payment of about $940 million for the share transfer. Meanwhile, Sony and Samsung also entered into a new agreement where Sony will have a regular supply of LCD [...]

  Sony launched the PlayStation Vita in Japan this weekend and it seems they sold pretty well. According to the numbers from research firm, Enterbrain, Sony managed to sell 321,400 units in the first two days of its launch. This although, is less than Nintendo 3DS’ 371,000 units for the same period, Reuters says Sony [...]

  Sony has announced its entry in the Indian tablet market with two new introductions. Tablet S and Tablet P run Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS and will be available nationwide starting mid-Jan 2012. Featuring a unique wedge-shaped design that resembles a folded magazine, Tablet S comes with a 9.4-inch TruBlack display, Tegra 2 dual-core processor, [...]

  PlayStation Vita releases on December 17 in Japan and to make sure the new handheld console if compatible with the other PlayStation, Sony will release a new firmware (v4.0) for PS3. The new firmware update will make PS3 act as a content management device that will allow users to copy their content between PS [...]

  Sony is working on a new “four screen” strategy that will help them to compete with Apple. Sony’s CEO, Sir Howard Stringer revealed to WSJ that they’ve spent the last five years to develop an offering of network services on mobile phones, tablets, TVs and PCs. Although Stringer didn’t divulge the exact date, he [...]

  The often prophesied move is now a reality. Sony and Ericsson have announced to break the decade-old partnership to make phones and move forward on their own. Sony will buy Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in the joint venture and make Sony’s wholly-owned subsidiary. In return, Ericsson will be compensated with a cash consideration of [...]

  Nothing’s going right for the Japanese company in the past few days. Now Sony has announced to recall a whopping 1.6 million Bravia TVs that were sold from 2007. According to Sony, the LCDs that were sold during this period had a faulty component that could cause to overheat, melt and even catch fire. [...]

  Sony has set the release date of its next-generation handheld console, PlayStation Vita. Starting December 17, Sony will release the PlayStation Vita console in Japan, which will be followed by other regions. The date confirms Hirai’s previous statement that said “end of 2011” date is applicable only for Japan and UK and US will [...]

  Announced at IFA earlier this month, Sony has announced their Android-based Walkman for the Japanese market. The NWZ-Z1000 Series portable media player will be available in Japan from December that will give the goodness of Android OS and audio quality you expect in a Walkman device. The player boasts an Inflection Surface Form design [...]

  Sony has introduced the world’s lightest e-book reader at IFA 2011 expo. The Reader Wi-Fi or PRS-T1 weighs just 168g and includes the ubiquitous Wi-Fi technology and 6-inch e-ink touchscreen display. With the integration of Wi-Fi, Reader allows users to buy or borrow ebooks for free from Sony’s Reader Store or borrow books wireless [...]