Sony to post $658 million loss for 4th quarter.

[jvd]

iPod Killer'

The PlayStation Portable, Sony's first foray into the handheld video game industry dominated by Nintendo Co., has been dubbed a possible ``iPod killer'' by analysts such as Koya Tabata at Credit Suisse First Boston in Tokyo. The device can play music and movie files and future versions will allow users to surf select Web sites to download music and other content, Sony said.

IT can't be an ipod killer . An ipod focuses on music only and for its lowest capacity ipod you would need to spend 100$ on the ipod or 300$ on the psp. THe ipod is the size of your thumb and is easily portable .

To get to its smallest hardrive unit . You would need to spend 200$ on a 4 gig ipod mini and what 650$ for a psp to play the same amount of music ?

No it can't be an ipod killer . Perhaps a portable video player killer . But not an ipod killer. For what ipod and the other flash / hardrive players offer sony just can't compete . Even the 60gig ipod photo at 450$ is both smaller and much more money efficent .
You would need 60 1 gig memory stick duos to equal that one ipod .

The costs are nuts

 

[MrSingh]

Especially not when you can get an awesome Dell 24"

Stop teasing - I'm still waiting for the bloody thing to be released in Korea

Move to Japan, or buy a 23" Samsung instead!

 

[Fafalada]

Move to Japan, or buy a 23" Samsung instead!

Unfortunately most Samsung panels are trash.
None of the current offerings come even close to the spec of the LG panel that is used in the 24" Dell.

Well, Apple is supposed to be using the same panels in their line - but those are roughly 2x the price of Dell - not amusing.

 

[overclocked]

Can somone just summarize for the lazy one the profit/loss that they did please

 

[MrSingh]

Move to Japan, or buy a 23" Samsung instead!

Unfortunately most Samsung panels are trash.
None of the current offerings come even close to the spec of the LG panel that is used in the 24" Dell.

Well, Apple is supposed to be using the same panels in their line - but those are roughly 2x the price of Dell - not amusing.

that's true, but at least you get to go to E3.