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Sony Vaio P Review: Hands On With The Netbook/Lifestyle PC
We think this is the first serious review of the Sony Vaio P, it’s not a just a couple of quick paragraphs, but a more in depth examination for what it’s like to use. We hope you enjoy it.
We’d already dribbled and drooled all over the first press photos of Sony’s gorgeous new Vaio P Series netbook, so couldn’t miss the opportunity to check it out at the UK launch event at the famous champagne bar at St Pancras station.
Our first impressions – once we got over the disappointment of the promised free champagne being replaced by a warm cup of coffee (! :) ) – was overwhelmingly positive.
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15 January, 2009
BBC To Launch Visual Radio Player
The BBC is set to revolutionise radio listening with the introduction of a new “visual radio player” this month.
The technology is set to be trialed for a week on Radio 1’s Chris Moyles weekday mornings show (6.30am to 10am) and on the Annie and Nick show on Sunday evenings (7pm to 10pm), and will let users listeners head off to the DJs website and get a load of “complementary visuals.”
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14 January, 2009
Mac Book Wheel Announced (Video)
Apple has done it again with the announcement of their Mac Book Wheel.
The revolutionary design does away with the pesky keyboard that dominate laptops, replacing it with a single ‘wheel,’ as you’ve seen on their iPod products, further streamlining the look of the machine.
As is quoted in the video Steve Jobs says, “People who use keyboards stand in the way of human progress.”
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9 January, 2009
BlackBerry Curve 8900 Hits Vodafone UK, T-Mobile US
The latest from the Blackberry stable, the Curve 8900, is now available on UK Vodafone and T-Mobile will have it in the US.
The Curve builds on the success of previous models – some people are even declaring it a combination of Curve, Bold and Storm.
With the screen from the Bold (high-res 2.4-inch 360×480), the 3.2Mpx camera from the Curve, WiFi, GPS and a very strong audio and video player, including divx playback, it’s going to be one to watch.
Big excitement
We’re hugely excited about getting our hands on the Blackberry Curve 8900.
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7 January, 2009
UK Video Game Sales Soar 23%: Wii Sales More Than 360 + PS3
UK sales of video game hardware and software in 2008 have lept to £4.034 billion, so say industry body ELSPA.
Looks like fans of video games are refusing to listen to the doom-sayers and have been buying video games in ever larger numbers taking software sales to £1.905 billion.
Now the detail …
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7 January, 2009
US Online Video Viewing Soars By Over A Third
Americans are starting to feel the love for watching videos online in a big way, with YouTube proving by far and away the most popular video site.
According to market researchers ComScore, American web surfers watched 12.7 billion online videos through November, a hefty leap of 34 percent against the viewing figures a year ago.
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7 January, 2009
Google: Old School Error Page
Don’t you just love Google’s old school Error Page?
It reminds us of a time of innocence in the company. One that feels many light years ago.
Ahhh… happy days.
18 December, 2008
Last.fm: Mobile Via Vodafone Deal (video)
Last.fm is expanding their service away from just computers on to mobile phones, with Vodafone.
It looks like the relatively recent corporate owners of Last.fm, CBS, are flexing their biz dev muscles, aiming to gain back some of the considerable investment they made in the music service.
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17 December, 2008
iPlayer 3: New Social Functions Outlined For Q1-Q2 2009
If you hadn’t noticed(!), today is iPlayer day.
The BBC Internet blog is covered in posting from various of the BBC bloggers, so many, that they run way over the front page.
Anthony Rose, Controller, Online Media Group and Vision, Future Media & Technology (blimey he must have a wide business card!), who oversees iPlayer, has recorded a video (not surprisingly playing in an iPlayer viewer).
He goes over his history with iPlayer and then projects forward into features and functions that he’d like to see incorporated into iPlayer in the future.
iPlayer 3, as it’s being labelled, will be available Q1 or Q2 in 2009 and will incoporate social features.
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12 December, 2008
BBC, ITV & BT Announce Open Broadband STB Project
The BBC, ITV and BT have announced a proposal to create an “open environment for broadband connected digital television receivers.”
It’s an initiative open for all UK public service broadcasters, device developers and other ISPs, which they hope will lead to a new generation of subscription free devices, carrying free to air channels and a huge selection of on demand TV services like iPlayer and ITV Player, as well as the potential for films, shows and interactive content from a range of other providers in standard and high definition.
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11 December, 2008