Maria Sharapova has moved to Sony Ericsson after her long duration with Motorola. She will endorse the brand globally and Sony Ericsson will hopefully have sales rise.

Sony Ericsson is also the sponsor of the WTA Tour which is the professional tennis tour Maria plays on so ultimately, Maria is endorsing the WTA tour along with the Sony branded phones.

Hopefully this partnership will promote tennis along with great phones.

 

Sony has annouced they have slashed the PS3 production costs by about 50%!

Before the production cost cuts, Sony has been making the PS3 in which it cost them $800-$900 to produce. After the cuts, Sony expects production costs per system to be around $400-$450.

Sony has not annouced though, if they plan on cutting the prices of their PS3 system but, it is expected they will.

 

Amazon.com as annouced that they have convinced Sony to not take the DRM route.

This news means Sony’s digital music will be free of copy protection which is great for those who want to share what they have. Amazon is expected to have Sony’s music on their website later this month to sell.

–Take that Apple iTunes–

 

There is no doubt Ford has been a consistant seller of cars in the United States for a long time! Ford just only recently have lost their #2 ranking to Toyota.
And of course there is no doubt Sony has experience with stereos and music. Why not blend the two?

 That is exactly what is happening. Ford annouces that this year, 2008, they will be incorporating Sony stereos into their cars.

The match is a match made in heaven I think because a lot of cars out there today have subpar stereos. With Sony, Ford will have profound sounding systems and the Sony name will always attract consumers. Good job - Ford & Sony.

I often get asked about what’s best e.t.c. when it comes to technology products, and cameras is one of the most difficult items to choose. Recently I’ve seen a few friends getting totally ripped off on camera purchases, spending a ton of money on a bad photo-taking brick, and I hate to see that happen. There’s plenty of good cameras out there, and more expensive isn’t always better.

So here are my current hot picks for various budgets, and they’re all good cameras. This isn’t intended to be a big list, more a hand-picked selection of the best. (more…)