Sony Says PS3 Price Will Remain Firm for Holidays

October 14, 2008

The Tokyo Game Show is, to put it mildly, a noisy event as game manufacturers crank up the volume on their latest racing or military combat products. But the loudest sound may have come from Kazuo Hirai, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, who told the Financial Times that Sony has no plans to cut prices on its gaming consoles for the holiday season.

“The answer is yes, if you’re asking, ‘Are these the prices we’re going with this Christmas?’” Hirai told the Financial Times. “When you really compare apples to apples, then I think we have a very good value proposition.” Read more

Apple to unveil new laptop computers

October 11, 2008

Apple is expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even one priced for those with tight budgets, at a “town hall” gathering at its northern California headquarters next week. In typical enigmatic style, Apple hinted at the theme of the invitation-only event but provided no details other than that it would be held Tuesday morning at the iconic firm’s headquarters in the city of Cupertino.

Invites sent out by email on Thursday bore the lone message “The spotlight turns to notebooks.” While discussing earnings with investors earlier this year, Apple executives tempered profit expectations by saying it is investing in new designs but didn’t give specifics.

Apple’s Macintosh computers remain a distant second place to world-dominating PCs based on Windows operating systems from Microsoft but have been gaining market share. Read more

Notebook Review : Lenovo Announce IdeaPad S10

August 10, 2008

Notebook Review : Lenovo Announce IdeaPad S10Lenovo Announce IdeaPad S10 Netbook

Coming a little late to the netbook party but still hoping that its celebrity name will guarantee a good seat at the table is Lenovo, who have just announced their IdeaPad S10, a 10-inch mini-notebook running the 1.6GHz Intel Atom chipset.Although it’s YARN (yet another ruddy netbook) that looks the same as the rest of them, Lenovo have an excellent reputation for the quality of their products, so this 2.4 pound 9.8? x 7.2? x .8-1.08? little wonder might be worth taking a look at. Read more

Apple iPhone review

July 16, 2008

Apple iPhone review

The large number of patents filed on behalf of Apple iPhone makes you expect that this should lead to an exclusive device. However, Continental Mobile is not satisfied with the exclusivity of the Apple iPhone, and that is why they have their own version of the much-discussed iPhone, a special 24-carat gold iPhone. Although the iPhone Apple itself is already a single device, combined with the additions of Continental Mobile ensures that you, as a user, are not guaranteed to meet a similar device. The iPhone, much discussed even before they left, there was a lot of people on hold for a long time, after all is not only a mobile phone. Read more

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