http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/ Engadget Comments for Sony: Touchscreen VAIO this fall, PlayStation Network and Reader integration eventually http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Jul 23rd 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Jul 23rd 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/
Seriously, if a tiny VAIO P costs what it does, you have to wonder what a touchscreen VAIO is going to cost.]]>Jul 23rd 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Jul 23rd 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Jul 23rd 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Shadow08, let me stop you there, with Sony yes you get quality and a machines that works with every application that your find on most PC's and possibly more, with Apple however your get none of that, you will get style and then a different way life.
Something that Apple seem to like to do, so if Apple do bring out something like what HP has done and now Sony are trying to do with a laptop then you know your get something that works, with apple your stuck in there gin trap.]]>Jul 23rd 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Tell that to my Sony cameras. Well, honestly the T100 was the best point and shoot camera I ever owned, but both mine and my grandmother's Sony T1's CCD's died with no explanation, and now Sony puts a BS 10 minute video limit on their cameras (even their nice new ones that do 720P video, that was a dealbreaker), due to a European tax. Their cameras have crappy IR filters on them too, so don't even think of taking a picture of a campfire without that purple washout.]]>Jul 23rd 2009 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Jul 23rd 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/
But the point here is, don't buy macs or Viaos.]]>Jul 23rd 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/
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that is a strong dislike of Sony even though Sony came out with innovation prior to others coming out to the market...]]>Jul 23rd 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/
I wonder though, what's that with the VAIO's getting touch screens? Sony's UPC range always had touch screens. Heck, I've got a UX280 laying right in front of me that comes with a touch screen. And a laptop with a touch screen? Try controlling that. Perhaps they are going with some hybrid laptop/tablet? That would be nice :-).]]>Jul 23rd 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/
* the various debacles around trying to impose content restrictions on every piece of digital content through unusable hardware/software vehicles, including the illegal rootkit scandals.

* the steady decline in build quality. I know I'm not alone in seeing Sony products fail within a year of purchase, and that was what originally drove me away from the brand.

* the obsession with incremental technical improvement as a driver for product releases. The PS3 featured advances in computing power that games developers say taking full advantage of would require title costs to go to $100 or more. The Wii, with a focus on new ways to play games and make them accessible to more people does so with low grade graphics and sound, but continues to capture way more interest than the PS3. The market didn't want more power, it wanted more playability.

* Blu-ray. Without being a jerk, I have to ask what is the point of this format? I watch HD movies all the time without a blu-ray player. They pushed so hard to win this as the standard only to see online video delivery taking off and likely to overpower physical formats in 3 or 4 years. One look at the netflix boxes coming out and you can see the tombstone for blu-ray being chiseled out already.

Sony used to ignore market research and invent new markets with new ways to make technology fit and expand people's lives. The netbook is a great example of doing so. Beyond that, it's a wasteland. If you need to point to back-lit LED as an achievement, the focus is completely off products and onto tech specs, and the market just doesn't care. They want a whole product to be excited about. What are we getting these days from Sony? Last I saw was yesterday, and that was a plan to 're-introduce the walkman'. Not much more can be said about being out of ideas. ]]>Jul 23rd 2009 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/
DRM isn't unique to Sony. ALL media companies implemented some kind of DRM in the past, are using it in the present, and will in the future. Some of Sony's problems stemmed from the acquisition/merger of BMG and Sony Music. Blaming the hardware divisions (TV, VAIO, Playstation, etc.) for the mistakes of the content divisions (Sony Music, Sony Pictures, etc.) is like making the problem of the Xbox 360's RROD issues the fault of the Windows dev team.

The steady decline in build quality you see isn't only isolated to Sony. I've been in the home electronics business for over 15 years and I've noticed the entire electronics market is slowly going toward a 'disposable' model. In particular, though, any time you have a fundamental technology shift (analog to digital, CRT to LCD, etc.) there is a period of adjustment where reliability usually slips due to the engineers' and designers' relative unfamiliarity with the new product. The auto industry reflects this a bit in where the first year of a new model typically has a larger amount of problems than subsequent years. People seem to give other brands a bit more slack. Samsung is the darling of the market right now, but of the major brands I've seen more defective Samsung TVs (that's not counting the initial batch of edge lit "LED" TVs that most stores had issues with). Within the span of the last year I've seen 2 floor model LCDs eventually die (no signal), 1 LED lit TV that was DOA, and 1 plasma with a stuck pixel (!). That's not counting the usual defectives that go out to customer's homes. Although it's still a lot better than the Elements, Proscans, Venturers, and other low-tier brands out there.

Incremental technical improvement? I could use the same argument against Nintendo. Motion controller. Neat idea. How about some improved graphics, like 720p or 1080p? Or discrete 5.1 surround sound? How about DVD or CD playback since the optical drive can now accommodate the standard 5" discs unlike the GameCube? Does it sound like I'm not in the market for a Wii?

What is the point of Blu-ray? The best possible high definition picture and sound in a consumer media format that you can buy today? HD downloads aren't that appealing to me due to the inherently lower quality (video and audio). I cringe when I watch my local cable company's idea of HD. Transmitting BD equivalent quality HD files isn't financially viable today. Show me a HD download that has lossless audio that's not a BD rip. Show me a HD download that I can take to play in my computer's BD drive, my PS3, my brother's PS3, my cousin's PS3, or my dad's standalone BD player. Guess what will happen to those boxes if Netflix goes out of business? I'll still be able to play my Blu-rays years from now like how all the HD-DVD adopters can still play their movies even though Toshiba threw in the towel.

I guess what you are saying is that you'd like Sony to become Apple and Nintendo since they are producing the products that are aligning to your needs and desires. Me, I like my PS3 (which I can install Linux if I wanted), my drag-and-drop MTP-compatible Walkman, my VAIO which runs bog-standard Windows XP, and my (giant) 8 year old 34" XBR CRT HDTV.]]>Jul 24th 2009 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Jul 23rd 2009 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/
Surely the hardware won't change too much for Windows 7 compatibilty if they launch now, or is multi-touch a problem?]]>Jul 23rd 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/23/sony-touchscreen-vaio-this-fall-playstation-network-and-reader/Jul 24th 2009 11:10AM