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Waterproof and Wireless “Walkman”

Sony wants it back — portable music player supremacy that is. Sony Walkman lorded over its competition that the term walkman almost became a common noun.
A few decades ago, Sony was the number one in this battle, until the iPod arrived and claimed the throne that Sony was comfortably sitting on.
Well, that change wouldn’t happen [...]

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Cassette Walkman retires

When iPods and MP3 players weren’t even a concept since the mp3 file format wasn’t even existent yet, the Walkman lorded over the streets.
It was 1979 when Sony’s Walkman debuted, more than thirty years later, the casesette walkman has been devoured by other industry giants such as the iPod.
The portable music player became obsolete because [...]

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Sony tries to recapture music market

Back in the 90s when portable technology was just bourgeoning and casette tapes were still popular, the Sony Walkman lorded over the portable music market. Their significance waned when the CD was introduced and by the time that mp3 players defined the industry, the Sony Walkman became just another participant in the game, defeated by [...]

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3D TVs without glasses on the works by Sony and Toshiba

Earlier this week, Toshiba has announced that they will be working on 3D television sets that do not require glasses to be worn to be able to access this functionality.
The Japanese electronic giant, Sony, will be competing against Toshiba in this search for technology that will allow 3D viewing no matter how many the viewers [...]

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PSP 2 may come late 2010

The sales of the PSP hasn’t been stellar. Since 2005, the handhled console of Sony hasn’t been able to establish a lead against its main competitor, the Nintendo Wii. But Nintendo has been the king in this battle for years, as the dominance of the GameBoy in the past decade has led Nintendo to the [...]

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Sony goes for longevity with extended warranty

While Nintendo is ramping up its package with an improved motion sensor, Sony tries to integrate things that made other consoles better and enhances factors that make the PSP and the PS3 one of the industry leaders.
Sony has released a mtotion sensor system that tries to chip off at the lead of the Nintendo Wii [...]

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Wii asserts dominance, releases black Wii

The Wii has been dominating this generation of the console gaming industry, the lead is staggering. This is the reason why both Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 are coming out with their very own versions of the motion sensor that has made the Wii the most bought and appreciated gaming console [...]

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