http://www.agoraquest.com/rssfeed.php Sony/Industry RSS en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:38:55 CST Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:38:55 CST http://www.agoraquest.com http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=531 Sony recently launched PlayStation Move, the companys highly anticipated motion control system that translates your real word movements into video game moves.PlayStation Move is a handheld controller with a glowing orb on the top that works in conjunction with thePlayStation Eye camera to track video game movements like punches, sword strokes, and tennis racket swings. The PSMove also has regular Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:08:42 -0600 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=531 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=530 Of particular interest are the four models that make up the LX900 series. These come equipped with Sonys new Intelligent People Sensors. What these clever camera sensors do is to actively adjust the viewing experience based on the viewing environment. The television will identify the location of the viewers and direct the sound out towards the viewers location. Furthermore the televisions brightne Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:14:59 -0600 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=530 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=529 Sony has joined the hunt for 3D dollars.The Japanese electronics conglomerate announced Tuesday that it will launch a line of televisions in Japan in June, with other countries soon to follow.The cost for early adaptation is steep. Forty-six inch and 40 inch Bravia flatscreen sets will sell $3,875 and $3,200 respectively, $1,000 more than their non-3D equivalent sets. Each TV comes with two pairs Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:01:36 -0600 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=529 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=528 For parents tired of nagging their kids about sitting too close to the television, Sony says its new 3-D television will do it for you.A camera sensor built into the televisions bottom bezel, just below the Sony logo, detects if a child comes within one meter, or about 40 inches. After a couple of seconds, an alarm is triggered and the screen will go dark, displaying a message telling the child to Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:04:23 -0600 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=528 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=526 Even though Sonys PlayStation 3 is far behind both the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 in console sales, analysts at Strategy Analytics contend that when all is said and done, Sony will sell more consoles than its competitors.In a report titled, "Taming the Waves: Games Console Life Cycles and Platform Competition," analysts from Strategic Analytics said the PlayStation 3 will have a m Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:56:13 -0600 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=526 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=525 Sony has generated over £1 million in sales through its Twitter account, it has been reported. Speaking at Marketing Week´s Social Media for Brand Building event, Nick Sharples, Sony head of corporate communications, said the company sees Twitter as a viable sales platform. He noted that social media should be used alongside traditional channels."The marketing budget i Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:01:08 -0600 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=525 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=524 Sony Corp. said it has restored service to its online PlayStation Network following a system glitch reminiscent of the Y2K bug a decade ago.Sony Corp. said in a blog post late Monday that the problem was caused by the internal clock function on older PlayStation 3 models. Sony said the clocks mistakenly recognized 2010 as a leap year. Consumers began reporting trouble Sunday, as clocks got confuse Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:59:58 -0600 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=524 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=523 According to a patent recently filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Sony is working on a universal game controller that could be used with competitor consoles from Microsoft and Nintendo. The proposed controller would see an LCD touch screen positioned on the front of the controller to replace the controllers face buttons, directional pad and thumb-sticks.Depending on what type Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:07:02 -0600 http://www.agoraquest.com/article.php?sid=523