"Weird Sony" is a (maybe niche) expression in tech that refers to weird products Sony has released over the years, hinting that there are some crazy innovative designers working there that upper management sometimes listens to.
really nice list. sony still continues to make very well engineered weird gadgets. want wireless headphones with active NC? sony has ones that it lists as 8gb mp3 player (which it also is). Then there was PCM D1, and the current DSC RX1 is bordering on weird, too.
None of those things seem that outrageous to me, personally, but I also understand why calling something weird is good click-bait. It just looks like a company trying out a bunch of products. Is that really weird? I guess its subjective, so no point arguing about it. Its slightly annoying that tech journalism seems to engender a bunch of tech-splainers who seem to always know exactly why a product worked and why a product failed.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/29/4783132/the-amazing-produc...