Sony Girds Its Loins To Take On Apple In A Battle For Relevance (And Adds To A Chaotic Mess)!

March 7 2010 Categorized Under: Gaming, Tablets, netbooks Tags; , , , , , , 4 Commented

Sony — a company that has its fingers in so many pies, it has to have a zillion fingers to do that! They are practically in every consumer and prosumer gadget category you can think of and hence, they too are going to try their hand at defeating Apple in the handheld segment. Not that sony is new to the whole handheld market (hello, PSP!) but this time they are looking at the whole hog.

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Asus Reveals Two E-Book Readers In A Row: DR-570 & DR-950 [No EeeBook Reader]

January 20 2010 Categorized Under: Entertainment, Misc, Tablets Tags; , , , , , , 3 Commented

Looks like Asus’ “quick, make something like that!” development cycle has borne fruit again. Behold Asus’ entry into the brave old world print media with two new eBook Readers – the DR-570 and DR-950. The DR-570 is a 6inch device while the DR-970 is a 9inch device. So the question is why they are not called Dr-500 and DR-900. Nevermind. So it seems like Asus is suddenly very forthcoming about their eBook readers. Last time they were asked, they were really reluctant to say anything beyond a vague acknowledgement.

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