Sony
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Sony and the Joy of Overpriced Netbooks
Only Sony could produce a netbook that costs $900. Their clever strategy: declare that it isn’t a netbook. Let’s see small size, a small screen short on vertical resolution, an awkward keyboard, limited storage, wireless broadband, comes in multiple colors — sure smells like a netbook to me. How is this three times better than…
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Sony and the Joy of Craplets
Delightful to see Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer getting called on the carpet by Walt Mossberg for Sony’s status as the industry leader in craplets. I bought one of the little Sony TZ-series laptops earlier this year and it came with 25 separate “offers”. Many of these “offers” ran as startup processes and some were…