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The Japanese electronics giant says the 'credit card' size device can store 3,000 more songs than Apple's iPod, and will undercut the market leaders price tag. The 'Network Walkman-HD1′ will have a 20-gigabyte memory to store 13,000 four-minute songs, and is expected to cost Y53,000 (£268) in Japan and less than $400 in the US, where it will launch in mid-August. Although the iPod has a 40-gigabyte memory-… Read More

“Japanese electronics giant Sanyo has developed a truly silent mobile phone. Instead of a loudspeaker, the handset, the TS41, uses the user's own skull to transmit the incoming call. Using bone to conduct sound waves isn't new, but this is the first time we've heard the technique being used for a mobile phone. Sanyo claims it's a world's first. When you hold the handset against your cheekbone, it… Read More

The machine, which debuted in Japan in early 2000 and the United States in late 2001, will hit Chinese shelves on December 20 with a price tag of 1,988 yuan ($240). That compares to $179 in the United States. “We have to realize the reality, that piracy cannot be controlled 100 percent, not only in China but also in other parts of the world,” Sony China Chairman Hiroshi Shoda told reporters Friday in an upscale Beijing cinema.… Read More

This is undercutting the Japanese electronics giant's hopes for hefty rebates of customs duties. Sony had argued the Playstation2 should be considered a computer – and thus eligible for a lower duty rate when imported into Europe – because of the chips inside and Playstation's ability to do some data processing. But the Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance disagreed. “It is quite clear that it is intended… Read More