Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 12th May 2009 11:54 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
Sony is a company which is not exactly loved by technologists, despite the fact it has come up with some damn fine technology - with my personal favourite being the MiniDisc format. The problem with Sony has always been that it was stuck in the old ways of doing things (proprietary, closed, DRM), and of course things like the rootkit scandal didn't help either. It seems like things are about to change, with Sony's CEO announcing a new direction for the company - focussed on openness.
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2007-11-06
I have a COM-1 Sony Mylo, first generation. The last update for this device was 2/2007. I got it in 2006. They came out with a COM-2 device a year or so after the 1st gen device, and abandoned the older unit.
It has bugs in it's IM programs, and is severely hampered by only playing old style PSP MP4 Videos (SP mode). Plus it only does MP3, ATRAC, and WMV for audio. It is based on a Linux OS, but they have it locked up so you can't modify it.
If the would open this up, it would have a lot of potential, and would ease my hatred for their abandoning ways.