Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Here’s a nice little idea from Sony to give its in-car navigators a bit of added appeal.
Upcoming devices as well as current models with upgraded maps will be able to offer information on petrol prices of local garages.
With fuel costs at an all-time high you can save quite a bit by filling up your tank at garages that charge a few pence less per litre, so getting this sort of information on the move, particularly if you travel a lot, could mount up to noticeable savings over the course of the year.
It’s unclear how well integrated this is at present, but much like many new tweaks and gimmicks on satnav devices, it’s rare to see one company produce something unique without the others following suit.
If you didn’t know already you can already check the prices of garages in your area from your computer using the PetrolPrices.com website, so if you’re keen to avoid paying over the odds you can try this out from the link below.
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
The beautifully styled V900/V700 digital photo frame was awarded this year’s ‘Best Photo Frame in Europe’. The judging description reads:
“The Sony digital photo frames DPF-V900 (9-inch display) and DPF-V700 (7-inch display) offer WVGA resolution (800×480 pixels) along with 15:9 aspect-ratio screens. Sony’s BIONZ processor with face detection technology allows the rapid display of large files, and also provides image corrections like focus enhancement, red-eye reduction and exposure adjustment. Digital images can be loaded onto the internal memory from various types of memory cards or via the USB cable from a PC or camera. The DPF-V900 and DPF-V700 digital photo frames support JPEG, TIFF, BMP and Sony RAW image file formats, and functions can be managed remotely with the included controller.”
Available in 9-inch and 7-inch screen sizes, the V900/V700 digital photo frames by Sony blend elegant design with superb HD image quality and fun, convenient viewing options.
Up-to-the minute styling is complemented by advanced features. These include an orientation sensor that automatically ‘flips’ images for correct viewing when the frame is positioned in either landscape or portrait positions.
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Sony Just got better!!!!
Traditionally it’s cool for speakers to look crazier than a bag of cats - take a look around at bonkers efforts like Fatman’s rotund Fatboy or B&W’s pointy Nautilus in all their drug-induced lunacy. But mad doesn’t have to mean weird, as Sony’s concept-come-to-life Sountina proves.
First unveiled around a year ago, no one really expected this tubular glass tower to see the light of day in the real world, but Sony has gone against the grain and whacked it into production for the lucky few endowed with way too much money to even look at a price tag.
It delivers non-directional sound thanks to the organic glass tube that vibrates and expands sonics to a full 360 degrees; essentially meaning it should be ear massage central no matter where the butler has positioned your Eames Lounge recliner. Designer.
On sale from June 20 in unnecessarily overpriced shops across Europe, the Sountina will comes in at an utterly unreasonable 6,500 euros
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