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Tech For Pets: Putting your Pets First.

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:44:56 GMT

We are pleased to announce an entirely new product range designed to bring people closer to their canine chums and feline friends.

The Sony ‘Pet Performance’ range is designed for active people and active pets and features three new products

K9 TV

‘The K9-55 television is fully waterproof (so completely safe) and includes new and exclusive features such as Woof-Control (a paw friendly remote) NFC collar tags, and a doggie Skype button, so that your pooch doesn’t miss you while you’re at work’

I can also confirm that this TV will be fully Dog Specific Frequency (DSF) enabled.

Cat Cans

As with the TV, I am still waiting on the full specifications, however it has been confirmed that the headphones will be scratch, dust and litter tray proof and will come in a range of styles and colours to match your Tabby, Siamese Devon Rex etc.

‘The new Sony ‘Cat Cans’ can help cats become accustomed to hearing human voices and other types of sounds so that they feel more comfortable around people. What’s more, because every cat is different and has its own personality, Sony is making available a whole range of feline focused playlists which cat owners can download from Music Unlimited depending on their own cat’s tastes. The playlists will include tracks such as:

‘What’s new pussycat?’ by Tom Jones
‘Look what the cat dragged in’ by Poison
‘Black cat’ by Janet Jackson
‘Mean-eyed cat’ by Johnny Cash
‘Get back honky cat’ by Elton John’

In-cage Speakers

As the names suggests, these will feature ‘In-Cage Surround Sound’ and will be robust enough to live with your hamster (gnaw proof). Based on what I have seen so far, I would suspect these are also wireless, to avoid the need to run cables through the cage.

‘Now, Sony has launched the 'In-Cage Speakers' which will help motivate hamsters to make better use of the space in their cage and specifically, their exercise wheel. The energetic music pumped (gently) into their cage will motivate hamsters to go harder for longer while on the wheel’

For this me this is a really exciting and interesting development, especially as we have not really made such specific products like these since 'My First Sony'

April Fools!

Lee

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Sony UK Open Evening Invitation: Closed

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:45:42 GMT

Hi everyone.

I have been asked to pass on an invitation to 20 of our forum members to an exclusive viewing and hands-on with the latest (yet to be released) range of Sony products.

If previous events are anything to go by, this promises to be great evening out with plenty of free stuff and prizes to be won.

As the event is coming up pretty soon, it is probably best we make the application as straight forward as possible. The first 20 people to reply to this post get a ticket to the event. I will follow-up with a PM and e-mail to confirm your place.

With places at a premium, please be sure you can attend as it would be a shame for someone else to miss out.

A copy of the invitation, along with the time & place can be found below.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Lee

Here at Sony, innovation and fresh thinking are close to our hearts. They’re the things that we’ve done best for more than 50 years. Now with our award-winning TV, home cinema systems and camera ranges, we’re continuing to capture people’s imagination and make their lives easier, more fun and entertaining.

This is why we want you to experience our new products for 2013 in person and invite you to venture inside Sony

on Wednesday, 30 January 2013

from 16:30 – 19:00

Location:

Sony United Kingdom Limited
The Heights, Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey
KT13 0XW

You can expect to hear about our product strategy for the coming year in dedicated sessions and how we will support you in getting the message to your customers, followed by some hands-on product sessions and time for a catch-up with the Sony team

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#SonyCES: The 2013 Sony CES Press Announcement

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:53:16 GMT

Morning all

So who stayed up for the press announcement? I wasn't going to, but then I got a heads-up about the new 4k OLED screen and I had to take a look. Bit sleepy this morning, but still very excited.

Anyway, for those who missed it, a replay of the announcement plus a Q&A with Kazuo Hirai (Sony President & CEO) can be found here.

http://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/community/en/community/ces2013/news

I have also included some extra videos below, that take a first look at some new products as well as some early prototypes of future Sony products. There will be more pictures and videos to follow.

Let me know what you think and what you would like to see from the rest of the show

Enjoy

Lee

4K Camcorder and new 3D Binocular Prototypes

The Cyber-shot® WX80 and TF1 Digital Cameras

The New Sony Walkman® Sports MP3 Player

Sony BRAVIA® X900A Series 4K Ultra HD TVs

Hands On with the Xperia™ Z and Xperia™ ZL Smartphones

Missing text & Errors when posting

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:18:40 GMT

Hi everyone.

Over the last week or so, you may have noticed an issue with sections of text in your posts going missing after being published and/or an error which prevented you from posting altogether.

On investigating both issues, we discovered that they were side effects of the last Forum update on the 13^th December 2012.

The dissapearing text was down to the use of a colon, which was effectively acting as an instruction to hide or remove the text that followed. Bit bizarre for my mind, but a reality nonetheless.

The second issue, which prevented posting, was triggered by the use of certain ‘smileys’ in conjunction with some web browsers (Internet Explorer for example) while having no effect with others, such as Firefox.

Thankfully, both issues have now been fixed.

Sorry for any inconvenience and many thanks for your patience

Best regards

Lee

Forum Username Error

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:04:26 GMT

Hi all.

You may have noticed that some of your usernames have switched to display a long number. As you have probably guessed, this is not intentional. The ladies and gents in the tech team have now found the cause of issue and are working hard to apply a fix.

WIth all things being equal, affected usernames should revert back early next week. In the meantime, if I recieve an update I will let you know.

Sorry about this.

Lee

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What TV – Sony Buying Guide App

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:28:13 GMT

I hadn't seen this concept in action before and it has really caught my imagination.

Very basically, the app allows you to project (on the screen of your smart phone or tablet) a Sony Bravia as if it was in the room with you; either on a wall or a flat surface. Its a simple yet neat idea to help folk visualise what a new TV might look like in their homes.

You can also scroll through the various models and sizes and even take a photo to upload and share.

Speaking of which, feel free to upload them here or in the Community Photo Gallery

The App and full details are available here and the Bravia target can be downloaded from the link below.

http://www.sony.co.uk/tv-buying-guide

Best regards

Lee

The world's first real-time photo gallery, powered by the NEX-5R camera from Sony

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:37:45 GMT

Hello there.

I wanted to share some of the results from our NEX-5R Live Gallery event, starting with the excellent write-up and images of Watashiwateshdes, one of the forum members who was there on the night.

His post can be found here https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/message/1025158#1025158 Well worth a look!

We also have a video of the event (below) which shows the three photographers at work and the 'Live Gallery' where we displayed their pictures.

Enjoy.

Lee

Cash-back on our best Cyber-shot, NEX , DSLR’s

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:11:59 GMT

Keep the moment forever with up to £50 cash-back on our best Cyber-shot digital cameras, NEX interchangeable lens cameras, DSLR’s or Handycam camcorders. Buy in-store or online but don’t miss out.

Full details of the offer and which models are included can be found here

http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/1237485521135

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IFA Press conference - Live stream

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:37:44 GMT

Dear all,

Just wanted to give you a heads up that the Sony IFA press conference will be live streamed on our website.

https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/community/en/community/ifa_2012

It's today at 15:00 Briritsh time.

Hope you can join us ;-)

Kindest regards,

Nico

Text Promotion Scam - under false Sony Ireland web address

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:01:59 GMT

Dear Customers from Ireland,

We have become aware of a text competition directing entrants to a domain with the Sony name in it. Sony Ireland are not running a Free Give Away text promotion. We would advise you not to respond to these text messages or to follow the false web link. We have reported it to COMREG, the National Consumer Agency and the Garda Fraud Squad.

Kindest regards,

Nico

European Forum and Communities Manager

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Sony to acquire Ericsson’s share of Sony Ericsson - Press release and press conference

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:54:17 GMT

Dear all,

This morning Sony Corporation have announced that Sony Ericsson will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corp , there will be a live webcast of the press conference with Sir Howard Stringer and Hans Vestberg (Sony Ericsson President & CEO) at 10am BST on Thompson Reuters (LINK) to learn more now you can visit our press site. LINK

Kindest regards,

Nico

European Forum and Communities Manager

New Look Sony Centre Opens in Wimbledon

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:26:39 GMT

The Wimbledon Sony Centre is located at Centre Court Shopping Centre, Unit 103, Wimbledon, SW19 8YD, so if you get a chance, drop in to view it or have a tour of the store with my colleague Mark Whiteman here

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Welcome

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:55:48 GMT

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Forum satisfaction survey

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:49:17 GMT

Hi all,

I would like to run a small survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B83FLHM

I would appreciate your contribution so we can further identify areas of improvement.

Kindest regards,

Nico

European Forum and Communities Manager

Sony UK fuels Christmas cheer with a VAT back promo

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:46:35 GMT

Sony UK fuels Christmas cheer with a VAT back promo with most of the UK's consumer electronics retailers in the Christmas run-up. In other words you claim a 17.5 per cent discount on a some products bought between 28 October and 24 December. You have until 31 January to claim the cash back.

The scheme includes "all 3D televisions and Blu-ray products, full high-definition AVC Handycams and selected digital cameras, Readers, VAIO netbooks and iPod docks".

Sony has build a dedicated VAT Back website, detailing what, where and when. And you should be seeing plenty of ads on the TV soon enough, especially if you watch X Factor.

Cheers,

Nico

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noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:03:59 GMT

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