TOKYO – Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms.
The Japanese electronics giant, known for its PlayStation 3 game consoles and Bravia flat-screen TVs, will offer its fully capable 3-D TV model in four sizes this summer.
The 40-inch and 46-inch versions will go on sale on June 10 in Japan, while the 52- and 60-inch TVs will be available starting July 16.
Although the company did not release a global launch date, Sony Senior Vice President Yoshihisa Ishida said the new TVs will hit stores in the U.S. and other countries around the same time.
The 40-inch 3-D will cost about 290,000 yen ($3,200), and the biggest 60-inch will retail at 580,000 yen ($6,400).
Included are two pairs of Sony’s 3-D glasses, as well as a camera sensor on each unit that will adjust sound and picture quality based on viewers’ positions. A remote control button enables the switch from a regular 2-D image to 3-D.
Sony hopes that 10 percent of the 25 million TVs it aims to sell next fiscal year will be 3-D units.
Sony Ericsson calls this model a real leader, because it combines a lot of modern developments, in particular, 8-megapixel camera and processor with a clock frequency of 1 GHz. Original Android interface has been replaced by visual superstructure Rachael, who will turn the management of the communicator in the game. She is very beautiful and user-friendly, it is clear that the developers tried. The unit did not have given a name X3 for two reasons: to avoid confusion with telephone Nokia X3, and because the X1 and X2 – a communicator on Windows Mobile, and the X10 – it has guglofon with Google Android. Interestingly, this device is not the latest version of OSes, not 2.0, but only 1,6. X10 goes on sale in the first quarter of next year, with several color options – gothic-black and bright white.
Specifications:
- Display – touchscreen, 4-inch, 262 144 colors, WVGA, 480 x 854;
- Camera – 8.1 megapixel, 16x digital zoom, autofocus, face detection function, stabilizer, video recording;
- Processor – Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 (1 GHz);
- Integrated memory – up to 1 GB;
- Support for memory cards – microSD;
- Ports – microUSB, 3,5-millimeter audio output;
- Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Google Maps;
- OS – Android Donut, version 1.6;
- Network – UMTS HSPA 900/1700/2100 + GSM GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 + UMTS HSPA 800/1900/2100 + GSM GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900;
- Dimensions – 119 x 63 x 13 mm;
- Weight – 135 g.
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