Checkout the Sony Ericsson P900. This is a triband mobile which is apparently the first model that is co-developed by the JV. All models until now had already been worked upon in parts prior to the JV.
The phone has MP3 playback with Stereo Headset cum handsfree. With PDA functionality. On the ease of use front I cannot comment as I just saw the phone and did not operate will do so later today.
Checkout the Sony Ericsson P900. This is a triband mobile which is apparently the first model that is co-developed by the JV. All models until now had already been worked upon in parts prior to the JV.
The phone has MP3 playback with Stereo Headset cum handsfree. With PDA functionality. On the ease of use front I cannot comment as I just saw the phone and did not operate will do so later today.
Please do give us a review, I've heard a lot about the P800. I have a T68i, and I was extremely disappointed in it - it's OK as a phone, except the buttons are too small; but its PDA features are worthless. No email or snail-mail addresses in contacts; to-do list limited to 80 items, no categories, unsorted; notes, unusable.
Please do give us a review, I've heard a lot about the P800. I have a T68i, and I was extremely disappointed in it - it's OK as a phone, except the buttons are too small; but its PDA features are worthless. No email or snail-mail addresses in contacts; to-do list limited to 80 items, no categories, unsorted; notes, unusable.
I'm very happy with my T68i, and you can put in email adresses: Phonebook -> Options -> Contact Info -> E-Mail.
But I don't really think it should be thought of as a device for that purpose, it's really just a calendar that you can add things on, perfect for my needs really as I don't think I need a fully featured PDA as much as I need a decent phone (which it is feature wise IMHO).
Back to the iPod, I think lots of people in the past have shot down having video on the iPod, I think it should at least be able to preview the pictures you can now save on it. I don't think it has to be even a much better screen, monochrome would do (although i'm sure there would be huge complaints if Apple did that).
Sony wants to bring it to market for about $150. If they can do it, it's going to be a killer. It's got a little more power than a PS1, and strong A/V capabilities. That's just a concept, but sony did show the PSP's media at an event: the UMD is a pretty cool media solution, 1.8GB of data on a 60mm (6cm) optical disc.
Now, if such a disc were made cheap and universal, I see in it a cool way not only to deliver some serious portable gaming content, but also a great CD replacement for mobile devices like PDA's, digital cameras, subnotebooks and music players -- 3 CD's worth of data on a really small low power disc.
PSP could just be the device to give it traction in the market. Then again, sony seems to like their proprietary standards just a bit too much -- pity.
Do the people who keep suggesting Bluetooth for iPods realize how abysmally slow Bluetooth is compared to FireWire?
1 Mbps (under optimal conditions!) vs. 400 Mpbs. 400 hundred times slower. In addition, Bluetooth's wireless signal probably has a higher proportion of overhead bits than a FireWire connection would, making the comparison even worse.
Bluetooth would be absolutely terrible for initially transfering a few hundred songs. Guessing 50% real payload over that 1 Mbps per second, it would take 80 seconds to transfer a typical 5 MB song. It would take nearly a full day (over 22 hours) to transfer 1000 songs.
Even for updating a single albums's worth of music -- something that's damn near done by time you pull your hand back from plugging your iPod in via FireWire -- would become one of those "go get a cup of coffee" tasks, typically taking around 10 minutes to complete.
the only reason people want bluetooth is for wireless headphones and things like that...we're not stupid enough to think you can transfer 40gigs via bluetooth!
Sony wants to bring it to market for about $150. If they can do it, it's going to be a killer. It's got a little more power than a PS1, and strong A/V capabilities. That's just a concept, but sony did show the PSP's media at an event: the UMD is a pretty cool media solution, 1.8GB of data on a 60mm (6cm) optical disc.
Now, if such a disc were made cheap and universal, I see in it a cool way not only to deliver some serious portable gaming content, but also a great CD replacement for mobile devices like PDA's, digital cameras, subnotebooks and music players -- 3 CD's worth of data on a really small low power disc.
PSP could just be the device to give it traction in the market. Then again, sony seems to like their proprietary standards just a bit too much -- pity.
If Sony can actually manage to release it at a low enough price, and if it's good enough technically, I think the Nintendo camp should be worried.
We'll have to wait and see what develops though...
PSP could just be the device to give [their 6cm optical media] traction in the market. Then again, sony seems to like their proprietary standards just a bit too much -- pity.
Given that Sony is about to release "CDs" that only play on Sony players, I think the odds of the 6cm media taking off are slim to none - but only because Sony will probably cripple it in much the same way.
Pity. It looks like we might have to wait for Philips to release a successor to the CD, since they're the only media company that seems to get it.
Watching movies on anything less than 15" is a waste of time if you ask me....
Glasses that project the image onto your eyes, now THATS a future!
What a hell of a move that would be if Apple did that with a future iPod. Such glasses already exist, although they're a bit expensive. They could even include some 3D psychedelic visualations for listening to music with the glasses on.
If Sony can actually manage to release it at a low enough price, and if it's good enough technically, I think the Nintendo camp should be worried.
We'll have to wait and see what develops though...
Nah, Nintendo should be fine. The PSP won't be competing with the GBA. It will be facing off against the GameBoy X which is scheduled to be released along side Nintendo's next console. The GameBoy X will not only offer full 3D and use optical media like the PSP, it will also maintain full backwards compatibility will all previous GameBoy titles. I guess it will keep the cartridge slot.
Now, unless the PSP comes with a hard drive in addition to its mini-DVDs, there's no way it can compete with the iPod. Buy the time the PSP is released, the iPod will probably have 80+GB of disk capacity allowing it to store 50 times the music and video as the PSP. I'm sure Apple will add a color screen for video in the future. They're probably just waiting for OLED technology to mature before releasing the iPod AV. Small color LCDs suck too much.
The only way that a 'video Pod' will take off is if they have the built-in capability to receive the new digital tv broadcasts that will become mandatory between now and 2007.
It's the only compelling reason to buy such a thing.
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Glasses that project the image onto your eyes, now THATS a future!
The phone has MP3 playback with Stereo Headset cum handsfree. With PDA functionality. On the ease of use front I cannot comment as I just saw the phone and did not operate will do so later today.
Originally posted by fresco
Checkout the Sony Ericsson P900. This is a triband mobile which is apparently the first model that is co-developed by the JV. All models until now had already been worked upon in parts prior to the JV.
The phone has MP3 playback with Stereo Headset cum handsfree. With PDA functionality. On the ease of use front I cannot comment as I just saw the phone and did not operate will do so later today.
Please do give us a review, I've heard a lot about the P800. I have a T68i, and I was extremely disappointed in it - it's OK as a phone, except the buttons are too small; but its PDA features are worthless. No email or snail-mail addresses in contacts; to-do list limited to 80 items, no categories, unsorted; notes, unusable.
Instead, I vote for two models, one with:
- Bluetooth wireless connectivity
- FM transmitter
- longer battery life
And the other:
- longer battery life
- more affordable
Wireless connectivity esp. would be an extraordinary step for the iPod.
Originally posted by cubist
Please do give us a review, I've heard a lot about the P800. I have a T68i, and I was extremely disappointed in it - it's OK as a phone, except the buttons are too small; but its PDA features are worthless. No email or snail-mail addresses in contacts; to-do list limited to 80 items, no categories, unsorted; notes, unusable.
I'm very happy with my T68i, and you can put in email adresses: Phonebook -> Options -> Contact Info -> E-Mail.
But I don't really think it should be thought of as a device for that purpose, it's really just a calendar that you can add things on, perfect for my needs really as I don't think I need a fully featured PDA as much as I need a decent phone (which it is feature wise IMHO).
Back to the iPod, I think lots of people in the past have shot down having video on the iPod, I think it should at least be able to preview the pictures you can now save on it. I don't think it has to be even a much better screen, monochrome would do (although i'm sure there would be huge complaints if Apple did that).
PSP
Sony wants to bring it to market for about $150. If they can do it, it's going to be a killer. It's got a little more power than a PS1, and strong A/V capabilities. That's just a concept, but sony did show the PSP's media at an event: the UMD is a pretty cool media solution, 1.8GB of data on a 60mm (6cm) optical disc.
Now, if such a disc were made cheap and universal, I see in it a cool way not only to deliver some serious portable gaming content, but also a great CD replacement for mobile devices like PDA's, digital cameras, subnotebooks and music players -- 3 CD's worth of data on a really small low power disc.
PSP could just be the device to give it traction in the market. Then again, sony seems to like their proprietary standards just a bit too much -- pity.
It's got a little more power than a PS1,
Actually, I have been hearing it will be closer in power to the PS2 than the PSOne.
Its going to be awesome.
PSP Specifications:
PSP CPU Core
MIPS R4000 32-bit core
128-bit bus
333MHz
8MB eDRAM main memory
2.6Gbps bus transfer rate
FPU, VFPU (2.6 billion flops)
3D graphics extended instructions
1.2V
PSP Media Engine
MIPS R4000 32-bit core 128-bit bus
2MB eDRAM submemory
90nm CMOS manufacturing process
1.2V
PSP Graphics Core
2MB VRAM
5.3Gbps bus transfer rate
3D curved surface and 3D polygon engine
Support for compressed textures, hardware clipping, morphing, bone, tessellation, bezier, b-spline (NURBS)
Sound Core
VME (Virtual Mobile Engine)
Reconfigurable DSP engine
166MHz
128-bit bus
5 billion operations per second
CODEC capabilities
3D sound, 7.1 channels
Synthesizer, effecter, and other abilities
ATRAC3 plus, AAC, MP3 for audio
1.2V
Media
UMD (Universal Media Disc)
60mm-diameter disc
660nm laser diode
1.8GB capacity (dual-layered disc)
11Mbps transfer rate
AES crypto system
Unique disc ID
Shock proof
Other Specifications
16:9-format widescreen TFT LCD (480x272 pixels, 24-bit full color)
MPEG4 AVC decoder
Wireless LAN (802.11)
IrDA (Infrared Data Association)
USB 2.0
Memory Stick
AV in/out
Lithium ion battery
psp will also be a phone as well...
Originally posted by Hobbes
Instead, I vote for two models, one with:
- Bluetooth wireless connectivity
- FM transmitter
- longer battery life
Do the people who keep suggesting Bluetooth for iPods realize how abysmally slow Bluetooth is compared to FireWire?
1 Mbps (under optimal conditions!) vs. 400 Mpbs. 400 hundred times slower. In addition, Bluetooth's wireless signal probably has a higher proportion of overhead bits than a FireWire connection would, making the comparison even worse.
Bluetooth would be absolutely terrible for initially transfering a few hundred songs. Guessing 50% real payload over that 1 Mbps per second, it would take 80 seconds to transfer a typical 5 MB song. It would take nearly a full day (over 22 hours) to transfer 1000 songs.
Even for updating a single albums's worth of music -- something that's damn near done by time you pull your hand back from plugging your iPod in via FireWire -- would become one of those "go get a cup of coffee" tasks, typically taking around 10 minutes to complete.
http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/Di.../FlashTrax.asp
It's like the iPod, the PSP, and the GameBoy Advance SP had a three-way.
Originally posted by Matsu
The next big thing from Sony.
PSP
Sony wants to bring it to market for about $150. If they can do it, it's going to be a killer. It's got a little more power than a PS1, and strong A/V capabilities. That's just a concept, but sony did show the PSP's media at an event: the UMD is a pretty cool media solution, 1.8GB of data on a 60mm (6cm) optical disc.
Now, if such a disc were made cheap and universal, I see in it a cool way not only to deliver some serious portable gaming content, but also a great CD replacement for mobile devices like PDA's, digital cameras, subnotebooks and music players -- 3 CD's worth of data on a really small low power disc.
PSP could just be the device to give it traction in the market. Then again, sony seems to like their proprietary standards just a bit too much -- pity.
If Sony can actually manage to release it at a low enough price, and if it's good enough technically, I think the Nintendo camp should be worried.
We'll have to wait and see what develops though...
Originally posted by Matsu
The next big thing from Sony.
PSP
This thing looks pretty sweet. I always think Sony (and many other Japanese firms) have an unfair advantage over Apple.
I suppose the Apple has the software and integration, while they really have the technical know how, and are really damn good at miniturization.
Originally posted by Matsu
PSP could just be the device to give [their 6cm optical media] traction in the market. Then again, sony seems to like their proprietary standards just a bit too much -- pity.
Given that Sony is about to release "CDs" that only play on Sony players, I think the odds of the 6cm media taking off are slim to none - but only because Sony will probably cripple it in much the same way.
Pity. It looks like we might have to wait for Philips to release a successor to the CD, since they're the only media company that seems to get it.
Originally posted by Amorph
Given that Sony is about to release "CDs" that only play on Sony players,
Where did you get this from?
Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch
Watching movies on anything less than 15" is a waste of time if you ask me....
Glasses that project the image onto your eyes, now THATS a future!
What a hell of a move that would be if Apple did that with a future iPod. Such glasses already exist, although they're a bit expensive. They could even include some 3D psychedelic visualations for listening to music with the glasses on.
Originally posted by Addison
Where did you get this from?
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2003/11/11.12.shtml
Granted, it's not totally locked down, but it's still not a good trend. And it's pure Sony.
Originally posted by Chagi
If Sony can actually manage to release it at a low enough price, and if it's good enough technically, I think the Nintendo camp should be worried.
We'll have to wait and see what develops though...
Nah, Nintendo should be fine. The PSP won't be competing with the GBA. It will be facing off against the GameBoy X which is scheduled to be released along side Nintendo's next console. The GameBoy X will not only offer full 3D and use optical media like the PSP, it will also maintain full backwards compatibility will all previous GameBoy titles. I guess it will keep the cartridge slot.
Now, unless the PSP comes with a hard drive in addition to its mini-DVDs, there's no way it can compete with the iPod. Buy the time the PSP is released, the iPod will probably have 80+GB of disk capacity allowing it to store 50 times the music and video as the PSP. I'm sure Apple will add a color screen for video in the future. They're probably just waiting for OLED technology to mature before releasing the iPod AV. Small color LCDs suck too much.
It's the only compelling reason to buy such a thing.