Capping Off 2010, Not a Bad Year for Sony

Recently, Sony hasn't been quite as good as they used to be (by recently I mean on a grand scale with regards to Sony's lengthy history). Back in the 70s and 80s during Sony's prime years, Sony was the most unmatched brand in consumer electronics, creating the most innovative products of the highest quality including the beloved Walkman Cassette Player, the legendary Trinitron colour television, and later on the Playstation.

Recently though, the likes of Google, Apple and Microsoft have taken over the innovative throne that Sony had once conquered. However by all means, 2010 has seen a return to form (and profitability) from the Sony Corp. and has provided us a brief look of things to come.

Let's take a look at Sony's product milestones of 2010:

• Sony NEX 3 and NEX 5 E-Mount Cameras. PCMag.com lists NEX 3 as best interchangeable lens camera of 2010: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372801,00.asp
• Sony wins a CES Innovations award for Sony Internet TV and Internet TV Blu-ray player: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/CES/Google_TV/Sony/Sony_Earns_CES_Innovations_Award_for_Google_TV_Products/5830
• Sony Playstation Move listed as 'Best of What's New in 2010' by Popular Science Magazine: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/11/22/playstation-move-is-the-best-of-whats-new-in-2010/
• Sony Alpha 55 SLT Camera notably mentioned four times for its ingenious translucent mirror technology: 
• Wins Popular Photography's 2010 Camera of the Year Award: http://www.popphoto.com/2010/12/camera-year-sony-a55   
• Listed in USA Today's Top Tech Gift Guide: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/11/top-tech-gifts-sony-a55-digital-slr/1v  
• Named one of 50 best inventions of 2010 by Time Magazine:   http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2029497_2030652_2029799,00.html   
• Men's Health lists it as one of the best 30 gadgets of the year: http://www.menshealth.com/techlust/sony-dslr

• Sony Bloggie Touch noted as best pocket camera for 2010 by PCMag: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372801,00.asp
• Sony Cybershot HX5V noted as best point and shoot camera for 2010 by PCMag:                 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372801,00.asp        
• Sony VAIO Z voted as 'Best Notebook of All Time' by APC: http://apcmag.com/the-best-notebook-of-all-time.htm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

And that pretty much caps off a great year of products for Sony, and with the major global re-branding of Sony under the new slogan 'make.believe' and the introduction of the QRIOCITY online store I can't help but be a little excited of things to come in 2011 and beyond.