Of course, no sooner than I posted the VAIO Pocket review I came across some update on Sony Japan’s site which include a very major firmware update that solves a lot of the small issues I had with the VAIO Pocket and makes it much more easy to use.
I’m going to spend the next couple of evenings going over the changes and modifying the review to reflect these changes.
The firmware updating process was scary even though everything went as described in their documentation. I just get nervous during firmware updates because should something go wrong you will have a dead piece of hardware (in most cases) and require factory servicing. Once it was done…I was pleasantly surprised at how much better everything was. More updates on this later…
See what a new site interface can do? My long awaited VAIO Pocket review is finally posted. While a JDM, it’s essentially equivalent to the recently released US model which now sports a larger 40GB drive.
On deck for review is the port replicator for the Sony VAIO Type S series and then finally my comprehensive Sony VAIO Type S review. I still have a few more benchmarks and tests to perform and that’s why it’s coming after the accessory. Also in the pipeline is a Sony HiMD MZ-NH1 but I still need to spend more time using it be fair.
The site has been completely rewritten in DHTML and CSS so it should load faster and just be much easier to update in the future. There are some minor kinks but that has to do with different W3C implementations by all the browser makers.
Ok, now…seriously…new reviews coming.
After launching the new site I realized that the pages were relatively heavy since I cheated and was using tables to make the site look nice. So, I’ve gone back to the coding chores to rewrite the site in pure XHTML and CSS…which is what I really should have done in the first place.
Of course, I’m running into the really nasty problem of browser incompatibility. I normally test for IE/Mozilla compatibility and I’m running into a Mozilla problem…or at least I’m almost certain it’s Mozilla that rendering a page incorrectly. Both IE6 and Opera load the page correctly so I’m going to have to blame Mozilla at this time.
So, until I figure out how to get around this problem the site updates will still be a little slow. The upside to the new design is that it will load way faster than before as it uses less graphic elements and way less code.
