Bad news for PlayStation Portable gamers hoping to lug their UMD (disc-based) games over to Sony's imminent PlayStation Vita — it'll (probably) never happen. That's the word from the mount (aka Sony), despite a program in Japan, dubbed "UMD Passport," that allows Japanese PSP owners to register their UMD games online, then download them to a Vita.
We’re just a few weeks out from Sony’s U.S. PlayStation Vita launch, so now’s a great time to review what it is, how it works, what it’ll cost, what’s under the hood and what you’ll probably need to buy a la carte.
If 3D TV isn’t as popular as TV manufacturers presumably hope it might be, it’s in part because of the hassle of dealing with 3D glasses. And part of the hassle has been their proprietary nature: Major TV makers have sold specs that worked only with their own sets, which meant that you had to [...]
Sony’s Tablet S is an awkward device, but not because of its unusual wedge-shaped design. It is awkward because it catches Sony in the middle of a transition, from an iconic hardware maker to an Apple-like company that sells software, services and the devices to run it all.
Cable companies’ worst cord-cutting nightmares may be about to come true, with new rumors emerging that Sony is considering launching an online alternative to cable TV. It’d apparently offer a variety of live programming available to anyone with an internet-enabled Sony device, cutting out the need for cable boxes, satellite dishes or even plain old antennae.
Sony CEO Howard Stringer, on the company’s plans to take on the (still non-existent) Apple television set, at a breakfast hosted by the Wall Street Journal.
