sony's new devices such as smartphones

sony's new devices such as smartphones

Sony's restructuring and cost cuts are paying off, with the company starting to rediscover its competitive edge. Once criticized for its sprawling businesses(Dell latitude d830 battery ) that seemed out of sync with each other, the company's units are now collaborating more effectively under the helm of Chief Executive Howard Stringer.

Sales of TVs, Dell inspiron 5150 battery , games and PCs have been solid. Last month, mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson posted its first quarterly profit in nearly two years, boosted by gains from high-end devices such as smartphones. Bert Nordberg, CEO of the joint venture between LM Ericsson and Sony, said new devices including the smartphones Xperia X10 and Vivaz, which began shipping at the end of the first quarter, had been "well received" by the market.

ANALYST TAKE: Koto Ezawa, an analyst at Citigroup Global Markets Japan, has a "hold" rating on Sony shares. While its core network businesses are on the right track, its profit recovery may underwhelm the market's "elevated" expectations(Dell latitude d620 battery ), he said in a recent report.

Still, analysts applaud Sony's ongoing transformation."We continue to view Sony's brand and global marketing muscle as its trump cards," Ezawa said. "The leadership of the management team and the speed of decision-making Dell latitude d630 battery have also been outstanding lately."

WHAT'S AHEAD: Sony, along with rivals like Samsung Electronics Co. and Panasonic Corp., is making big bets on 3-D. It plans to take the offensive this year with releases of 3-D compatible "Bravia" LCD TVs, Blu-ray disc players(Dell latitude d820 battery ), personal computers and digital cameras. The company said it hopes that 10 percent of the 25 million TVs it aims to sell this year will be 3-D.

Sony hopes to distance itself from rivals with its rich collection of content through its Sony Pictures and Sony Music units( Dell vostro 1000 battery ). It has teamed up with ESPN to film sports events in 3-D, and it recently announced a joint venture with Discovery Communications and Imax Corp. to establish the world's first 3-D television channel.

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new sony lifestyle PC may compete with apple's i

new sony lifestyle PC may compete with apple's ipad

Sony Electronics has taken the wraps off a revamped Vaio P Series Lifestyle PC that sports an array of built-in one-touch buttons for enabling users to instantly access the web, adjust screen resolution or even tune-up their machines Dell vostro 1400 battery . Approximately the size of a business envelope and tipping the scales at just 1.4 pounds, the diminutive device has industry observers speculating that the design platform might help Sony launch a Web tablet to compete with Apple's iPad.

One reason is because Vaio P users will be able to surf the Web without a keyboard or mouse because the trackpad as well as the left and right click buttons have been built right into the LCD bezel£¨Dell vostro 1500 battery £©. Measuring 9.6x 0.78x4.7 inches, the Sony Vaio P sports an eight-inch, ultra-wide LED display with a resolution of 1600x768-pixels and an 83-key Qwerty-keyboard.

Under the hood, the new machine integrates a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and Intel graphics media accelerator, a multimedia memory card reader and SD memory card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, camera , Dell inspiron 5100 battery , and microphone. Also on tap is a solid state drive with up to 256GB of memory and 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM.

The communications capabilities aboard the Sony Vaio P include built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) and Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband radios £¨Dell vostro 1520 battery £©. Furthermore, the new device features built-in real-time GPS, together with a Bluetooth radio for streaming audio in stereo to compatible speakers and headsets.

On the software side, the Sony Vaio P ships with Windows 7 Home Premium but can also be ordered with Windows 7 Professional. Sony's new machine also comes with Norton Internet Security 2009 as well as a 30-Day trial of Microsoft Office 2010 Starter.

But what really sets the new device apart from the pack is the array of one-touch buttons that provide users with single-click access to Dell vostro 1700 battery software. Just like on Sony's Playstation 3 and Bravia HDTV consoles, Sony Vaio P incorporates a one-button quick-boot option called Instant Mode that promises to deliver fast access to the Web, email and photos.

Many users will appreciate the fact that the Sony Vaio P can be turned on its side to change the viewing orientation from the traditional computer landscape mode to a portrait mode £¨Dell vostro 1720 battery £©. This will make the device more suitable for reading eBooks, for example, or viewing vertically oriented Web pages.

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HTC use the microsoft technology in phones

HTC use the microsoft technology in phones

Microsoft said Wednesday that it has reached an agreement that will give HTC Corp., a Taiwanese company that is a major maker of Android phones, the rights to use Dell C1295 battery technology covered by Microsoft's patents in those phone. Financial terms were not disclosed.

HTC, which has said it will defend itself against Apple's claims, is a key partner for Google in its expansion into mobile services.But Apple and Microsoft are dealing with HTC, not Google, because the Dell CF623 device maker, not the maker of software that runs on it, historically has been the focus for settling intellectual-property disputes.

Technology analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group said it is unlikely there's any overlap with the patents Apple is suing over. Microsoft and Apple have licensed each other's patents, and Enderle said if there were any question of overlapping patents around "multitouch" or other smart Dell inspiron 1525 battery technologies, it would have been hashed out already.

Wednesday's licensing deal with Microsoft would protect HTC against another Apple lawsuit over a Windows phone, Enderle said.Part of Android's appeal to companies such as Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. was its price: free Dell FK890 battery .That means the deal between Microsoft and HTC for Android phones wouldn't likely give HTC any extra protection against the lawsuit Apple filed.

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