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Sony Fixes Flubbed Dash Download (sony.com)
New submitter FourG writes: Not much fanfare (which is to be expected given the niche of the device now) but it looks like Sony posted a fix for the much maligned "can't download dashboard" error. It requires a USB key and can't be done over-the-air. My Dash required a factor reset afterward before it successfully downloaded the dashboard, but YMMV...
I have no idea what the summary is talking about.
You can't spell "oneiromancy" without "roman".
The Dash appears to be a much maligned alarm clock tablet by Sony. I guess this fix addresses some of the issues owners have had and complained about.
I personally find the target audience for this device hard to envision. I guess it's for people that aren't satisfied with a simple alarm clock and either don't want to bring a tablet to bed or don't own one. No thank you.
Finally, a note about editing. If a script can do a better job editing, maybe you shouldn't be an editor. I really don't think this summary was looked at by a person, in which case: Whiplash, please hire developers to make better editing scripts. The summaries should contain information about the device, why we might want to care, and the issue with the device--none of which show up in this summary.
Dash is Sony's implementation of Chumby, with additional video codecs. People bought it instead of Chumby because of those codecs, and in spite of it saying Sony on it.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"