Panasonic’s released its 2012 quarterly report (its financial year runs from summer to summer) and concedes it’s been as bad for them as it was for Sony and Sharp . It’s blaming the Japanese Earthquake for damaging its supply chain, a strong yen for keeping prices high, plus having to write-down the costs for its acquisition of Sanyo . The company’s promising to restructure (in the face of stern competition from Samsung and LG) to become a “green innovation” business as well as to streamline its operating costs.
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Panasonic 2012 Q3: $9 billion loss, Sanyo writedowns, restructuring
We’re pretty excited about WiGig ‘s miraculous wireless transmission rates and Panasonic’s now in the process of jamming the functionality into SD cards set to arrive next year. 
Panasonic Japan’s quirky range of chunky Let’s Note laptops has swelled by a factor of two, thanks to a pair of 12.1-inch units ousted today. The stock models come with a 1280 x 800 display (extra cash will get you a 16:9 1600 x 900 screen with a built-in 720p webcam). By default, you’ll get an Intel Core i5 2450M chip, USB 3.0, WiFi (and WiMax!), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, HDMI-out and on the SX edition, an optical drive. 
