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WSJ: Sony to Cut Smartphone Targets

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According to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Sony is considering cutting its smartphone sales target, due to fierce competition in emerging markets. The current target of 43 million units sold between April …

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Sony Joins Allseen

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Sony has joined the Internet of Things standards body, the Allseen Alliance. Current ‘Premier’ members now include Panasonic, Sharp, Haier, Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Microsoft and LG. The Alliance aims to promote interoperability between connected …

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Large Tablet Rumour Mill Points to Sony

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A 12″ tablet will be launched by Sony in Q1’15, say Taiwanese vendors. The sources said that the tablet will be supplied with a stylus and will have ‘high-end’ specifications, targeting graphics-intensive applications.

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Sony is Committed to ‘Kando’

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Kaz Hirai, president of Sony, kicked off the Sony press event. After the usual corporate ‘gush’, he talked about the concept of ‘kando’ – or ‘Wow experiences’. Looking back to Hirai’s keynote at CES …

Rumour: Sony Changes Flagship Introduction

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Recently (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), it was said that Sony Mobile was looking to withdraw from the smartphone business in emerging markets. Now sources in the Taiwan supply chain say that the …

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Sony Issues Another Profit Warning

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Sony has issued its third profit warning in six months and the sixth since Kazuo Hirai was appointed CEO in 2012. The company said that it now expects to record a full year net …

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AUO Joins Sony Supply Chain

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AUO is supplying 30% of the 1.6″ LCD panels for Sony’s Smartwatch 3, say Asian sources. Innolux will also supply some panels, as Sony is apparently increasing its orders from Taiwanese makers.

Sony Signs Carriage Deal With Viacom

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Sony has reached an agreement to carry 22 Viacom channels for its planned web-based TV service. The company is also in talks with other content providers, and hopes to have deals in place before …

Sony Bundles Nanoflix for 300 Hours of UltraHD

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Nanotech Entertainment has signed an agreement with Sony, which will put Nanotech’s ‘Ultraflix’ UltraHD video library app on all of Sony’s 2014 UltraHD TVs. A total of 9 TVs, ranging from 49″ to 85″, …

Sony Wants to be ‘Netflix of Gaming’

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Sony wants to be ‘the Netflix of gaming’, chief executive of Sony’s game unit Andrew House has said. The company, which acquired cloud-gaming service Gaikai in 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 27), intends …

VGTel Partnership Expands Nanotech Network

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Nanotech, which recently signed a deal with Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), has added new content to the Ultraflix Network. The library of UltraHD ‘Giant Screen’ films owned by VGTel-360 Entertainment & …

March Targeted for Sony’s Eyeglasses

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Sony’s Smart Eyeglass wearable – first seen at CES 2014, and again at IFA this year – will go on sale in March 2015, the company has said.

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