It’s been years since Sony has been a major player in the smartphone space. But the company continues to crank out new phones year after year, and sometimes it even sells some of them. Now, despite only shipping about 400 thousand phones in the fourth quarter of 2020, Sony says its phone business has actually […]
sony
Posted inNews
Sony Xperia 10 II will be able to run Sailfish OS soon
The Sony Xperia 10 II is a smartphone with a 6 inch, 2520 x 1080 pixel OLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. Originally released in early 2020, like most Sony smartphones, it originally shipped with Google Android. But like a handful of other Sony devices, you’ll soon […]
Posted inNews
Sony Xperia 1 III and 5 III smartphones feature variable telephoto lenses
Sony makes high-end cameras. Sony makes high-end smartphones. And Sony makes the smartphone camera image sensors found in many of the best phones for snapping photos, including Google’s Pixel series. But Sony’s smartphones have historically been… just fine for taking pictures, although things have started to look up recently. So it’s interesting to note that […]
Posted inNews
Lilbits: Apple leaks, NVIDIA’s ARM CPUs, and PC shipments are (way) up
Every quarter a handful of analysts release reports letting us know if shipments of devices like PCs, smartphones, tablets, and smart home devices are rising, falling, or flat. Sometimes this data gives us a good idea of current and future trends. This year, I’m not really so sure what it tells us. With that in […]
Posted inNews
Sony adds color E Ink display to its new 10.3 inch DPT-CP1 Digital Paper tablet
Sony has been selling a line of Digital Paper tablets with large E Ink displays for much of the past decade. Now the company is jumping on the latest trend in E Ink devices: color. According to a report from Good e-Reader, the new Sony DPT-CP1 v2 is an upgraded version of a 10.3 inch grayscale device Sony […]
Posted inNews
Lilbits: Amazon Echo Wall?
Amazon’s new Echo Show 10 smart display with a screen that moves so that it’s always looking at you like a pair of eyeballs from one of those creepy paintings is set to begin shipping later this month. But it might not be the only new Amazon Echo device coming this year. Bloomberg reports that […]
Posted inNews
Sony Xperia PRO is a $2500 camera display that doubles as a 5G smartphone
The smartphone space is increasingly competitive and some companies that were once major players are now considering abandoning ship. But Sony is taking a different approach and playing to its strengths with its newest high-end smartphone. You know what products Sony is really good at? Cameras and displays. So the company’s new Sony Xperia PRO is a […]
Posted inNews
Lilbits: Amazon Sidewalk, Microsoft buys Bethesda, and game streaming on Linux
Amazon is diving deeper into the connected home space… by preparing to move just outside your home. Amazon Sidewalk will use a combination of wireless technologies to let your security cameras keep sending alerts even if your WiFi is out, or let your connected lights or other sensors work even if they’re beyond the range […]
Posted inNews
Lilbits: KDE Plasma 5.20, Royole FlexPai 2, and Sony Xperia 5 II
Sony’s latest smartphone packs a 120 Hz OLED display, three rear cameras with Zeiss optics, and support for slow-motion HDR video capture, among other camera tricks. The Sony Xperia 5 II also packs a $950 price tag, because flagships are expensive these days. At least it has a headphone jack. If you’re looking for something […]
Posted inNews
Sony PlayStation 5 coming in November for $500(or digital edition for $400)
The Sony PlayStation 5 is coming in November and it’ll sell for $500. That’s the same month and the same price as the recently announced Xbox Series X. And like Microsoft’s game console, there will be a cheaper digital-only version of the PlayStation 5 that lacks a disc drive. But the Sony Playstation 5 Digital […]