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Here is a Sony PlayStation 3 online blog contest, courtesy of BlogOhBlog. BlogOhBlog is a blog that provides valuable information on SEO and also provide free and premium Wordpress themes. One of the best places to be if you are looking for some wordpress templates or some help for newbie webmasters. BlogOhBlog are holding a contest which will be drawn on 21st of May 2008 and a lucky winner will get a PlayStation 3 and a Game of Your Choice. It is very easy to enter in this contest, the only requirement is you need to have a blog. Just write a post (at least 200 words) including a link to their contest post, subscribe to their RSS feed and leave a comment including the link to your contest post on theirs.

PlayStation 3 is a state of the art console game anyone can buy on the market. There are three different specification available for a PlayStation 3 and the specification for PlayStation 3 (PlayStation 3 40GB System) from the contest is:

• Internal 2.5″ SATA 40GB Hard Disk Drive
• Built-in Blu-ray/DVD/CD player
• Cell Broadband Engine advanced microprocessor
• SIXAXIS wireless controller
• Screen sizes supported : 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• HDMI out - (x1 / HDMI), Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1, Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
• Memory : 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
• Two USB 2.0 Ports

A PlayStation 3 with the above features costs $400 at Amazon.com . This is actually the lowest specification PlayStation 3 console available. There are other two PlayStation 3 consoles available (PlayStation 3 60GB System and PlayStation 3 80GB System). Sony has been a leader in console gaming but with the release of Xbox Console, it has declined a bit and PlayStation 3 is the answer to Xbox. PlayStation is a big expensive than an Xbox or Nintendo Wii but the hardware on it superior than both of them. Sony was on top with their first PlayStation and then again with PlayStation 2. They were the sole superpower in console gaming. PlayStation 3 is designed to last so don’t expect a newer version (PlayStation 4??) at least for the next five years.

Sony VAIO laptops usually cost a lot of money. Compared to the same specification laptops from other companies, a Sony VAIO laptop’s price is sky high. Well, I found a cheap Sony VAIO laptop. Bestbuy is selling the Sony VAIO T2310 Laptop for just $550. The specifications of the Sony VAIO T2310 Laptop looks pretty good except for the processor’s L2 cache. Sony VAIO T2310 Laptop just has a 1MB l2 cache which will effect the performance if you are operating multiple processor hungry programs at the same time (specially installing two or more softwares at the same time). Bestbuy hasn’t listed the battery specification, I don’t know the detail on that either. Sony VAIO T2310 Laptop listed at bestbuy is only available in Granite color.Here are the details of the Sony VAIO T2310 Laptop.

• Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core 1.6GHz processor with 1MB L2 Cache
• Windows Vista Home Premium Operating System
• WXGA widescreen Display with XBRITE-ECO technology (1280 x 800)
• 1GB PC2-4200 DDR2 RAM (Expandable up to 2GB)
• 160GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm) Hard Drive
• 1 ExpressCard/34 PCMCIA Slot
• 4 USB2.0 port, 1 Firewire port
• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
• Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW optical drive
• Built-in high-speed Atheros wireless LAN (802.11b/g), a 56k Modem, and a network card

The Sony VAIO T2310 LaptopWeighs 6.2 lbs. so it is pretty light. Shipping is not free and a standard shipping will set you back $20. It will take about a week to reach the destination. Not the cheapest laptop but the Sony VAIO T2310 is certainly the cheapest Sony VAIO laptop around.

A couple of weeks back Sony announced the addition of Skype feature to its new slim and light PSP. For people who are already using skype, this could be a very handy thing, no need to turn on your laptop or carry it around to make calls from skype. A Slim and Lite Play Station Portable will do the job for you. Here is a demonstration of PSP skype function from the Consumer Electronics Show. The skype function will be added to the PSP 2000 Series Hand held entertainment system. There will be a system software update available for older PSP users scheduled to release in the end part of January which will enable the use of Skype on older PSP hand held entertainment systems. After updating the software, a skype icon should appear on the network section of your PSP.

Play Station Portable, I can’t say enough from the design point of view. It is just too damn slick. The graphics of the games is mind blowing for a gadget of its size. The wide screen is just awesome. The memory is the bad part on the Play Station Portable that came out till now. The load time for games on UMD is a bit too long. PSP users could use a bit more RAM than the 32MB integrated Ram. There are quite few great functions available on all PSP systems. PSP is almost the perfect portable entertainment system. If there was a cellular phone and a Digital camera function, it would be the perfect all in one high end gadget. I hope Sony include these functions in the future versions on PSP. You can

• Play movies and videos from UMD’s or from a Memory Stick Duo
• Listen to music on it (PSP supports MP3, WAV, WMA and ATRAC3+ files, and MP4 file formats)
• Play games (obviously)
• Surf the web (Wi-fi IEEE 802.11b is included on all versions of PSP for wireless internet connection), you could use this function to listen to internet radios.
• View pictures stored on memory stick

With the inclusion of Skype on PSP, you could these skype functions over your Play Station Portable.

• make free voice calls between Skype users
• Skype contact list management (view existing contacts, add new ones)
• Skype presence (see which friends are online and available to talk)
• SkypeOut for calling anyone anywhere in the world (you need to have skype credit to use this function)
• SkypeIn number that lets you receive calls on Skype from landlines and mobiles anywhere in the world (need to purchase SkypeIn package from Skype to use this function)
• View and modify Skype settings and account details (including username creation, SkypeOut settings, voicemail settings and call forwarding)

So you will be able to do anything with skype on PSP that you can do on your PC or Laptop.

The Sony Ericsson P990i is the successor cell phone of Sony Ericsson P910i which comes in stylish design with QWERTY keyboard. The P990i is 3G SmartPhone which comes with many of those features required for the present generation. The phone comes in premium silver coloured casing and measures 114 x 57 x 25 mm weighting only 150gms. The colour touch screen displays 262K colours and has high screen resolution of 240 x 320 Pixels. The users can get high quality pictures and videos with the integral 2 megapixel camera with 2.5x zoom, Auto focus and Photo light. The handset is capable of video recording, streaming videos and video clips. Another VGA camera in the front helps the users to have video calls. Being run from Symbian OS, it is also supported by Nexperia PNX4008 ARM9 208 MHz processor manufactured by Philips. The phone is operated by Tri Band Technology (GSM 900, 1800 & 1900) and UMTS.

With this handset, the users can connect the PC with internet with the inbuilt modem features and also they can browse the net in their handset using WAP browser in XHTML format. The Bluetooth feature enables the users to connect to the electronic equipments without wire while t he integral USB feature helps in connecting the electronics with USB cable. The handset also comes with other connectivity features like WLAN 802.11b, GPRS, 3G and Infra Red. The features will never be less in this handset. The users can also have full entertainment with the integral music player and FM radio features. The handset also allows the users to listen to music tones in MP3/AAC format, compose their own ringtones or choose among the available Polyphonic ringtones. The P990i also supports Java and Java game downloads, Voice dialling, Vibrating alert and Flight mode. The users can send their messages using Voice mail feature, SMS, MMS, EMS, MMS video, Push Email, Email, SMS Long and Predictive Text.

The Sony Ericsson K750i is dual front designed cell phone and is a successor of K700i. The K750i has got candybar designed casing which also comes in oxidized black or blasted silver colours. The handset is very much light and it could fit in every pockets. It measures 100 x 46 x 20.5 mm and weights only 99gms. The users can experience the brilliant pictures and quality images with the TFT colour screen which displays 262k colours and have the resolution of 176 x 220 Pixels. Fitted with 2 megapixel camera with autofocus and 4x digital zoom, this phone is capable of recording videos and video clips. The lens cover is also attached in this handset for the protection of the lens. The users can have full entertainment with this cell phone’s MP3 player and FM with RDS technology. Listening to music will be more entertaining with the Sony’s Mega Bass technology. The handset comes with Polyphonic ringtones and Melody Composer MusicDJ. Messaging service includes SMS, MMS, EMS, Email, Predictive Text and Voicemail. The inbuilt GPRS technology helps the users with high speed data transfer and helps in internet connection over WAP1.2.1 and WAP 2 WLTS browser. The users can have other connectivity like Bluetooth which help in connecting the gadget with other electronics without wire, Infra Red and USB. The K750i is operated by Tri Band Technology (GSM 900, 1800 & 1900) and comes with 34 MB of internal memory which can be further expanded using Memory Stick Duo & PRO Duo. The phone comes with integral rechargeable battery which provides the users with 9hrs of talk time life and 400hrs of Standby life. Other meritorious features the mobile supports are Vibrating alert, Voice control, View finder display and Quick share.