Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/02/sony_dash/
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Dash across the Atlantic
Posted in Hardware, 2nd July 2010 10:08 GMT
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Sony's US operation has removed software that prevented its Dash "personal internet viewer" from starting up and running in other countries.
The move paves the way for buyers over here to order a Dash from over there safe in the knowledge that the gadget will work.
Like O2's Joggler and Chumby's Chumby - respectively reviewed here [1] and here [2] - Dash [3] is a compact desktop touchscreen tool for viewing the web, accessing web services like Facebook, Twitter, weather updates and so on.
Dash's display is a 7in panel and it has a pair of speakers tucked in there too.
It's based on the same technology Chumby uses in its own device, but rather than a leather-look gadget, Sony has gone for a more serious, techie look.
Having the Dash work in the UK is all very well if you can actually order one, but when we checked this morning, Sony's US website [4] was out of stock of the $200 (£131) device. ®
Links
- http://www.reghardware.com/2009/06/11/review_media_player_o2_joggler/
- http://www.reghardware.com/2009/12/12/review_gadget_chumby/
- http://www.reghardware.com/2010/01/07/ces_sony_dash/
- http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666081675#features