Goodbye Sony

[bellinghman]

Well, it looks like Sony has gone totally rogue: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4400148.stm. And I will not deal with a company that has gone that bad.

So, I will be looking for something other than the next generation of the P800/P900/P910 line for my phone upgrade.

And I will not buy a Vaio, despite being the coolest looking laptops out there.

And I will not be buying any Sony CDs.

And I hope that Sony will be up in court and fined for breaking the Computer Misuse laws. Because they need to be told that it isn't their customers who are the criminals, they are.

Comments

[sbp.livejournal.com]

I happen to think my Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad is pretty cool looking. If you like black, that is. And who doesn't? :-)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

Get a new 15" powerbook then :)

I'm conflicted on Sony Ericsson, whether I should consider them Sony or Ericsson.
But definitely no Sony CDs for me now. I think most of my CDs lately have been from small goth, industrial, and electronic labels anyway, so a Sony-free life won't be too much skin off my nose.

[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

Sony laptops have all the build quality one would associate with Aiwa in the early 80s. Don't buy Sony, they're shit.

I recommend Motorola for mobile phones. I *heart* my V3, but I understand they do some pretty nifty smartphones too.

[caerleon.livejournal.com]

I can't understand why any of them are worrying with copy protection on CDs anyway.. by their very nature CD copy protection systems are simple to defeat and are, ultimately, a total waste of time and money.. they could use the money they save from dropping copy protection to lower the unit cost of the CDs and they'd probably sell more..

[uitlander]

So, I will be looking for something other than the next generation of the P800/P900/P910 line for my phone upgrade.

Those are all Symbian OS phones. There are alternatives with similar functionality (and possibly interface - I think the magic word you are looking for is 'UIQ interface'). Principle other manufacturers using Symbian are Nokia (some handsets), Samsung, Motorola and Panasonic.