Sony reports quarterly Loss

The key highlights of the 3-month July-September period report: 

• Sony reports a better than expected loss of $289million.
• PS3 sales up from 2.4 million units to 3.2 million units.
  
• Declining sales of VAIO laptops, Bravia HDTV's and Sony-Ericcson mobile phones.
• PS2 sales down by 1.9 million units, comparatively less than the 2.5 million units shortfall in July-Sept 2008.
• PSP sales down from  3.2 million units to 3.0 million units.
• An increase in music revenues, thanks to good sales of Michael Jackson's albums.

PSP Go spotlight

Here's a quick spotlight on Sony's latest handheld - the PSP Go.

+ Slim design.
+ 16GB default storage space.
+ Expandable memory.
+ Bluetooth support.
+ Downloadable music, movies.
+ Integration with PS3

- Pricey @ 250 bucks, the price midpoint between classic PSP's $199 and PS3's $299.
- No game discs, games are to be directly downloaded. The games thus cannot be shared between friends.
- Still not as advanced as the iPod Touch or the iPhone.