Handsets smarten up
HTC One
Smartphones have become the favoured web and social media tool for the “post-PC generation”. As well as being great communications devices, the latest crop boasts features designed to please the most discerning consumers – includ...
SmartWatches and phones in pairing mode
It will take a lot to knock the iPhone off its perch as the best-selling smartphone. So, competitors are circling around its success and uniform design with different features, screen sizes and the odd gimmick. This week, a look at new pairings and p...
Sony P promotes tablet portability
If Apple is not ready to re-imagine the tablet yet, all credit to Sony for trying to do so with its wedge-shaped Tablet S, favourably reviewed last year, and now the clam-styled Tablet P, which was launched in the UK (£500) in December but has only be...
Sony: Channels to choose
As he celebrated Sony’s sweep of Grammy awards at a star-draped after-party in West Hollywood on February 12, Sir Howard Stringer looked like a man relieved. Adele, the Sony-signed British singer, had won six trophies, capping a year of music &hellip...
Sony: Channels to choose
As he celebrated Sony’s sweep of Grammy awards at a star-draped after-party in West Hollywood on February 12, Sir Howard Stringer looked like a man relieved. Adele, the Sony-signed British singer, had won six trophies, capping a year of music &hellip...
The great big Mobile World Congress Note
If you think the 5.3in-screen Samsung Galaxy Note is a little too large to fit in a pocket, then you will have a real problem with the 10.1in version just unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Samsung has yet …Continue reading: "The gr...
Cool cameras for the great outdoors
As smartphones offer ‘good enough’ cameras for many people, makers of dedicated stills and video cameras are offering more features and appealing to niche audiences. This week we look at the equipment for those wanting to make films as they &hellip...
Vita’s breath of life for handhelds
The Nintendo 3DS put 3D gaming in consumers’ hands last year without the need for special glasses. Now Sony is launching its own take on next-generation portable gaming in the form of the PlayStation Vita, with its superior motion and …Continu...
Call of Duty takes big January hit
For anyone seeking holes in Activision’s seemingly bulletproof Call of Duty franchise, there was a chink in the armour exposed in NPD US January sales figures released late on Thursday. Sales fell nearly 50 per cent year-on-year for the world’s &he...
Losses Mount for Japan’s Electronics Makers
As the earnings reports keep rolling in, Japan’s exporters are posting some ugly losses.
Stringer’s Reign at Sony Comes to an End
The small club of high-profile foreign executives in Japan lost another member on Wednesday as Sony announced president and CEO Howard Stringer will be stepping down.
Wii needs U as sales plummet
Nintendo was demonstrating its forthcoming Wii U next-generation console and Sony its PlayStation Vita handheld at CES in Vegas this week and they cannot come soon enough for the video game industry. Cowen and Company analysts, mulling December’s NPD...
