Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Sony's Vaio Pocket Gunning for iPod Blood
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 06:30 PM
"Sony Corp has created a buzz with the unveiling of a new digital music player, but analysts say it has a long way to go before it challenges the industry dominance of Apple Computer's popular iPod. Sony unveiled the new portable music player on Monday along with a slew of new VAIO-brand computers. Dubbed "Vaio pocket", it features a hard-disk drive capable of storing 13,000 songs and can store digital camera images too. It will be the first portable music player with an embedded hard-disk drive to be sold under the Sony brand name when it hits stores in Japan next month. Sony said that overseas launch dates have not been set..."
I suppose I should be excited about this, because the hardware design looks impressive, but all I can do is yawn because Sony will screw this up somehow - I'm sure of it - by making it proprietary in the same way Apple has done, and I'll never use a device that only works with one online music store. :roll:
I suppose I should be excited about this, because the hardware design looks impressive, but all I can do is yawn because Sony will screw this up somehow - I'm sure of it - by making it proprietary in the same way Apple has done, and I'll never use a device that only works with one online music store. :roll:
