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Sony's Memory Stick TV Tuner at CeBit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hardware-to-lust-after dept.

ChowderGiggler writes "It seems like simply a picture, but there is a page at PocketPCMinds.com which shows a prototype Sony Memory Stick TV Tuner. This really has some cool applications especially if it gets ported to the Memory Stick Duo which is used in Smartphones like the Sony-Ericsson P800."

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  1. It is a Duo by Richardsonke1 · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the picture here it looks like it is a Duo. Not really sure what the difference is, though.

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  2. Errmm... by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 3, Informative

    ..Mr Taco? Did you even look at the linked picture? It IS an MS Duo!

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  3. Sorry to have to say it... by blueidoru · · Score: 5, Informative

    But: Bad news

  4. This was just a mock up prototype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This was just a mock up prototype shown at CeBit and not an actual working device. It is also shown in the MS Duo format, but sony has been showing off these kind of memory stick mock ups for years. While it was a non working model, sony has developed the chips in a size that would make this feasible, only problem is battery draw. There arw more specs on the device here.

  5. Re:Memory stick by WARM3CH · · Score: 1, Informative
    When will Mozilla be able to fit on a memory stick?
    Mozilla, IE, even the whole linux kernel already fits very well on a memory stick! After all it's a memory card and now it's available in sizes up to 512MB so what do you mean by fitting a software (i.e. a series of byte codes) in a memory device?! Maybe what you like to do is to run Mozilla on small device? Well, then you can as well go and fetch a PocketPC or a SmartPhone.
  6. JUST A MOCK-UP by exhilaration · · Score: 5, Informative
    This was posted on Howard Forums (a mobile phone board) a few months back. See here.

    Sorry to disappoint.

  7. slashdotted by AbdullahHaydar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's a copy of the picture, since the site is slashdotted

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  8. Nice... For a falt without a TV Tuner by nordicfrost · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've been looking for a flat-screen (Plasma or other) TV without a tuner for one specific purpose. Here in Norway, we pay an annual fee to the state owned broadcasting system for the priviledge of owning a TV. While I'm not opposed to this, I find that the channels (Both commercial and state) have so much crap on the that I would like to own a tuner-less TV. If the memorystick Duo can give me a TV fix (Mostly BBC World) over the PDA, and not paying any fees, I'm happy.

    (Note: You have to pay the fee per TV-capable tuner, so this is just a way of cheating.)

  9. Re:Great, just what I needed by duckpoopy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not what it sounds like, or what I hoped it would be. Rather than underwater porn, 'Adult Swim' is a Cartoon Network show.

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  10. Previously Denied by Dugsmyname · · Score: 2, Informative

    See This article from PDA Street from March... they denied it then... same exact picture it seems... I wonder how valid this article actually is.

  11. It's a dream ! by denisbergeron · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you read the article and the comment to the end, you can see this link.
    http://www.pdastreet.com/articles/2003/3/20 03-3-19 -Memory-Stick-TV.html
    Where you can read this :
    "Memory Stick TV Tuner Still a Dream

    At CEBIT last week, Sony showed off what appeared to be a Memory Stick TV tuner for the CLIE

    It turns out that what appeared to be a TV Tuner was really a concept design and not a real Memory Stick Tuner. Sony has no immediate plans to create such as device. "

    Nice desing, with a little bit of plaster I can do a lot of thing !

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