Sony Review Policy Sucks
“Whenever I ask Sony’s PR folks for an evaluation loaner, the answer is inevitably “We only have a few units. I’ll put you on the list for one of them.” Except for the T350P, I’ve never seen a review unit: not for the UX180P or the UX280P or even the tiny Sony Mylo Internet communications device not mentioned above.”
“Clearly a company of Sony’s size could find the bucks somewhere in its deep pockets to make maybe 5 or 10 or even 1,000 review units available to product evaluators. This makes me wonder what Sony is so afraid of.”
“I don’t think the issue is money. It’s a desire to shroud new products in a fog of mystery, a fear of honest reviews and a certain disdain for most of the product evaluation press. That’s all too bad.”