http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/ Engadget Comments for Switched On: Sony's forward Dash 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/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/The whole point of the Chumby was that it was nice and squeezy.
And no matter what else is claimed for it, it really is just an internet connected Clock Radio Alarm.

I think I want a Chumby, even though I don't need it.... I have enough gadgets to connect to the net about me nowadays.

But the Dash seems a bit colder. Maybe it suits the kind of mentality that needs everything neat and hard and precised.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
Chumby for what it is, yes. Which is why they should make it 3inches deeper and it would be in the running as the world's best alarm-clock.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 24th 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
On screen size alone this is better than the Chumby. I don't know the exact sizes, (JFGI) but I know this is a much larger screen, and therefore more useful in different situations. The hard precise edges are also more aligned with the design of modern alarm clocks, which makes it more appealing to me than the cushy, kid-like appearance of the Chumby.

Oh, and because Sony is really good at audio. Sony clock radios beat RCA and others hands down INHO.]]>Feb 24th 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
then but a chumby. They are cheaper and are great little machines]]>Feb 23rd 2010 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
Dash supports multi-tasking about 7 apps at once. Dash also supports flash. Don't worry though, these will all be Apple innovations when they introduce them in the future... ]]>Feb 24th 2010 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 24th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
Simply put, it's a glorified alarm clock.....that I really want. ]]>Feb 23rd 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Well mate, if it can handle your netflix queue... why not?

As for the media capabilities, can it play DLNA enabled music libraries from network devices? (It would be a shame if not)]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/sony-introduces-dash-internet-viewer-touchscreen-tablet/ 40-ish days later my interest hasn't changed all that much. I don't really see myself needing a (very) glorified alarm clock.
Having said that if I see one i'll have a play and see if i'm impressed.

(pre-emptive "That's what she said")]]>Feb 23rd 2010 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
hah, that's what she.... oh.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
Just kidding.

On another note, I would never buy this. Too fat and bulky and,... not tablet like. Great for a car headrest though. Fit right in.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
1) Internet Radio first (wide-open: not just selected content)
2) Awesome alarm clock second
3) other relatively useless widgets à la Chumby.

#1 is the killer functionality, but without an easy to live with, powerful alarm clock (incl. sleep timer!), you might as well use a laptop

The rest is just bonus.

Note to Sony: you make the best alarm clocks out there, but you ruin them with blinding displays lately. If this screen has poor viewing angles and/or cannot be dimmed extensively, and/or intelligently, then your product will fail.

I have a Pure Sensia. It nailed this on every point. The Sony Dash can only HOPE to be as good, at a better price point, but I suspect it will blow it according to the things mentioned above.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
Still needs Hulu though. Or a web browser that can handle Flash. (Google -- we need a Chumby version of Chrome...)]]>Feb 23rd 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 23rd 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
]]>Feb 23rd 2010 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
I wasn't about any of that, dude. I was just correcting a spelling.]]>Feb 24th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 24th 2010 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/clean-whites-review-riskfree-trial-1851428.html]]>Feb 24th 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Especially if it something I might be trying to view from several feet away?
The answer is... I don't.]]>Feb 24th 2010 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
]]>Feb 24th 2010 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 24th 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 24th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 24th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/I'm assuming you mean it would be too bright? I'm sure that it is auto-dimming after moments of idling.]]>Feb 24th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 24th 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Feb 24th 2010 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/
Second it needs a SDK .. proprietary apps suck. It has to be an "open" platform in some way.

I bought my last alarm clock 15 years ago for 140€ .. this one won't be a lot more expensive.

And an iPod/iPhone could replace the alarm clock but not notifications and the slideshow of apps informing you about everything you need to know to start a good day!]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/switched-on-sonys-forward-dash/Mar 9th 2010 11:17AM