CES news

Sony plans to introduce Blu-Ray discs this year. They’re 12cm, the same size as DVDs, but start with a capacity of 27GB. Plans are to increase that by 2x fairly quickly.

Looks like I’ll be able to move my photographs to a single disc more quickly than I thought…

Also announced was the PEG-NZ90. Feature list:

• 2MP digital camera with flash
• 16MB RAM
• Palm OS 5 on 200MHz XScale processor
• Removable rechargeable battery pack
• Built-in Bluetooth
• Slot for 802.11b card
• 320×480 screen with 16 bit color
• MP3 player
• High power IR
• Movie and sound recording and playback
• Memory Stick slot
• Tiny standard-layout QWERTY keyboard
• USB printer port
• TV output for slideshows/presentations

There’s a big picture to drool over too. Now that’s a handheld for the 21st Century, at last…