The Sony Tablet S has been available for months, but up until recently there was no way to gain root access to the 9.4 inch Android tablet. Now security researcher Dan Rosenberg has found a way to root the Sony Tablet S. All you have to do to root the tablet is enable USB debugging, plug it into a Windows…

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The Sony PRS-T1 is designed to be an eBook reader and little more, but it’s running Google Android under the hood. Late last year hackers figured out how to root the device and enable installation of third party Android apps. But for the most part those apps look awful on the PRS-T1, because the E Ink display has a slow…

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Sony is showing a concept design for an upcoming ultrabook. There’s no word on the price, processor, or physical dimensions, but if the new Sony Vaio laptop follows Intel’s guidelines for ultrabooks it will likely measures less than 0.8 inches thick, weigh less than 4 pounds, and have a Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge processor. The computer has a what…

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Sony is showing off a concept design for an ultrabook which can be used as a notebook or a tablet. The touchscreen display covers the keyboard when you want to use the device as a tablet. But you can slide out the keyboard and prop up the display for use in tablet mode. The design looks a lot like the…

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Sony is bringing its Walkman Z line of Android-powered portable media players to the US. The Walkman Z1000 series will be available starting this spring for $249.99 and up. The handheld media players feature 4.3 inch multitouch displays and run Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread. While there’s an emphasis on music, with a S-Master MX digital amplifier with noise reduction, and…

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While Apple has been able to get away with selling entry-level tablets for $499 since introducing the original iPad in 2010, most other tablet makers have found that the bast way to move similar products is to offer lower prices. The HP TouchPad only became popular after the price fell from $499 to $99. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer has…

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The Sony Walkman Z is Sony’s answer to the iPod touch. It has a 4.3 inch, 480 x 800 pixel display, an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, and runs Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread. This week the Walkman Z showed up at the FCC website, which suggests that Sony is preparing to launch the portable device in the US soon. Once upon…

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The Sony Tablet P is an Android device that features two 5.5 inch, 1024 x 480 pixel displays. You can fold the tablet in half and slide it into your pocket. When unfolded you can either run one app on each screen or run apps across both displays. Sony introduced the Tablet P this summer, and now it’s finally available…

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Logitech has announced that it will sell off remaining inventory of the Logitech Revue. But according to The Verge, Logitech has no plans to make another Google TV set top box. The Revue launched last year for about $300. Today you can pick one up for just $99.99. The box was one of the first products to ship with Google…

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The Sony Reader PRS-T1  is a $150 eBook Reader with a touchscreen E Ink display. It’s designed to read EPUB books from the Sony Reader Store or from you personal collection, and it can also handle digital library books. But that’s only part of what makes the Sony Reader interesting. Out of the box, the PRS-T1 runs Google Android. You…

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Sony has opened the doors to its PlayStation store for Android devices that are PlayStation Certified. Right now that means the Sony Tablet S, but future phones and tablets could join Sony’s tablet in the future. At launch there are 10 Playstatin One classic games available for purchase. Each costs $5.99. Cool Boarders Destruction Derby Hot Shots Golf 2 Jet…

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Sony has quietly updated its Vaio YB-series budget notebook line to include a new model with a 1.65 GHz AMD E-450 dual core processor and Radeon HD 6310 graphics. When the Sony Vaio YB launched earlier this year, the notebook featured a 1.6 GHz AMD E-350 chip and Radeon HD 6250 graphics. I wouldn’t expect a dramatic difference in performance…

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