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Michael MJD Revives Sony’s Forgotten 2011 Xperia Play Gaming Smartphone Hybrid

Michael MJD recently pulled a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play out of relative obscurity, the 2011 smartphone that tried to blend everyday mobile use with handheld gaming in one sliding package. Announced that February at Mobile World Congress and released in Europe the following spring, with a U.S. Verizon version arriving in May for about two […]

Sony’s $5,900 Gold Plated NW-WM1ZM3 Walkman Machines Oxygen Free Copper Into a Portable Flagship

Sony still builds Walkman players long after most people stopped carrying dedicated music devices, and the new flagship arrives with a price of $5,899.99. Pre-orders opened in mid-October 2026 for the NW-WM1ZM3, a Signature Series model whose body is precision-milled from oxygen-free copper of 99.99 percent purity and then gold-plated. The rear chassis uses the […]

Fascinating Look Back at Sony’s SMC-70, the 1982 Machine with Sixteen Colors and the First 3.5-Inch Floppy on Office Desks

Photo credit: ETZoneSony shipped the SMC-70 in September 1982 as its first real microcomputer, first in the United States for office work and then in Japan on December 1. Most people walking past a gray-and-silver slab that year would have assumed it belonged to NEC or Sharp. Few realized the company that made Trinitron sets […]

Sony’s Upcoming PlayStation 6 Looks Ready to Leave the Couch Behind

Sony spent its latest investor meeting talking less about bigger televisions and more about games that move with you. Executives described a future where PlayStation stops living only in the living room and starts working in bedrooms, cars, hotel rooms, and anywhere else a screen and a battery can go. The language was careful, yet […]