GristyMcFisty used our news submit to report to us that Sony with its Walkman, a former leader in the portable device market, has the desire to come back to the top of the digital audio player market. MP3 support of their flash-based digital audio player should Sony help to reach this ambitious aim.
Besides its own Atrac and the popular MP3 music format, Sony is considering support of other formats in their devices. According to Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics consumer and commercial sales, the "look and feel" of the software used with the devices and Sony Connect, its music download sevice, will also undergo major improvements.
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Sony executives met with reporters Wednesday, discussing the support of the MP3 format in Sony devices, their intensions to beat Apple in the digital audio player market and the upcoming holiday season. As previously reported, Sony flash-based digital audio players will support the MP3 file format by the middle of next year, the executives said. The company also is considering the use of other formats in its devices, according to Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics consumer and commercial sales. The look and feel of the software used with its devices and its music download service, Sony Connect, also will undergo major improvements, according to Glasgow who declined to comment on the details of the changes. |
I would wonder if Sony is able to win out over Apple´s iPod or Creative´s Zen Micro and the new device gets as popular as the Walkman years ago.
Read the full article over at CNet.
Source: CNet
