In the world of videogames, few companies have as long or vivid a history as Nintendo, which turns 125 years old this week. Founded in 1889 as a producer of toys and playing cards, the company is quite distinct from the typical perception of Japanese firms that have become global players
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When Sony announced the Z2 smartphone and tablet, it had a clear design in mind. The two devices go together like pea and pod. Both are super thin, have a beautiful square design and exude class. Although the Z2’s design does not deviate much from its predecessor, the Z1, Sony
The Sony Xperia Z2 is Sony’s latest Android tablet and it comes almost a year after it launched the first iteration in the series. Although the Xperia Z2 looks similar to its predecessor, this latest tablet is much thinner and lighter. In fact, it beats Apple’s iPad Air on both scores, measuring just 6,4mm
Consumer electronics companies holding out for a “killer application” to drive the sale of smart watches are likely to be disappointed. That’s the view of Jonas Olsson, who heads the experience and design team for mobile accessories at Sony, where he focuses on wearable computing
Huawei has announced its newest flagship smartphone in Paris, France. Like its predecessor, the Ascend P6, which has sold more than 4m units, the new Ascend P7 is just 6,5mm thick, making it 1,1mm thinner than Apple’s iPhone 5s. And it boasts a 5-inch full-HD display with a pixel density of 445ppi – a figure the fast-growing Chinese company
Microsoft will launch its much anticipated next-generation videogame and entertainment console, the Xbox One, in South Africa in September, distributor Westcon-Comztek has announced. The launch comes almost a year after Sony introduced its next-generation
Mobile World Congress (MWC) was dominated by prominent new smartphones from heavyweights Samsung, Nokia and Sony, with most revealing new and flagship handsets, but some, like Nokia, choosing instead to focus on more affordable devices aimed at emerging markets. Although Taiwan’s HTC did not
Self-tracking, body hacking, life-logging, wearables, the quantified self — you may have heard these terms being thrown around a lot in the past year thanks to companies such as Fitbit, Nike+ and Jawbone. It was these three companies that were largely
HTC, Sony, Samsung, LG, Apple, Nokia, Huawei. The world’s big smartphone makers are all expected to unveil new flagship devices in 2014, many of them in the next few months. But what can consumers look forward to?
The Xperia range of smartphones and tablet computers serves as a marker of Sony’s turnaround. The Japanese electronics company has come a long way from the humdrum Android devices it produced in conjunction with Ericsson to products that now stand up to the best