In general, I tend to really like Sony products. I'd really like to own one of the ultralight Sony laptops, or even the U71 palmtop, but I won't consider it for one simple reason: Memory Stick. Having a built-in flash card reader is a Really Good Idea, but Memory Stick just needs to go away. There should be only 2 standard form factors for flash cards: Compact Flash (CF) for high capacity needs, and Secure Digital (SD) for high portability needs. As long as Sony insists on supporting Memory Stick and nothing but Memory Stick on their consumer gadgets--including cameras, camcorders, pdas, media players, computers, et cetera--I won't buy them. Period.
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In general, I tend to really like Sony products. I'd really like to own one of the ultralight Sony laptops, or even the U71 palmtop, but I won't consider it for one simple reason: Memory Stick. Having a built-in flash card reader is a Really Good Idea, but Memory Stick just needs to go away. There should be only 2 standard form factors for flash cards: Compact Flash (CF) for high capacity needs, and Secure Digital (SD) for high portability needs. As long as Sony insists on supporting Memory Stick and nothing but Memory Stick on their consumer gadgets--including cameras, camcorders, pdas, media players, computers, et cetera--I won't buy them. Period.