Sony shifts strategy to support MP3 files
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Sony U-turns and plans MP3 support for its players Pocket-lint.co.uk
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Reported comments from Sony exec raise doubts about launch of games handheld, which will include MP3 support.
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After years as the unrivalled king of the digital-media world, the venerable MP3 music format is losing ground to rival technologies from Microsoft and Apple.
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Sony Corp.&#39;s music unit is abandoning its CDs that use built-in technology that limits copying them, after pushing the program for two years.
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Microsoft earlier this year developed a new copyright protection plan that allows for the transfer of subscription songs to portable players. For &#36;5 more a month, consumers can transfer Napster's entire catalog to their device - and listen as often as they'd like - as long as they subscribe.
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Hammered by iPod, Sony will retool, adding native MP3 support to some digital music players by next summer.
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By Bernhard Warner LONDON  - Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. said on Thursday it is mulling a major strategic shift to make digital music devices that play MP3 song files.
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Sony is finally out with their first direct assault on the famed Apple iPod digital music player. As reported earlier, Sony has gone ahead and released their first MP3 supported Walkman.
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Sony's first digital audio players to support MP3 files have been released in Europe in a significant change in strategy.
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Sony also plans to release some new flash-based players with both MP3 and Atrac playback as early as this year in Europe. As for North American customers, a Sony spokesperson would not committ to a time frame for MP3 support.
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The electronics giant belatedly decides to support the popular digital music format on its hard-drive players. Watch out, Apple. Ah, remember the &#39;80s.
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Sony has seemingly changed its mind on the MP3 music format, deciding that all new players will be able to play MP3s. Before this decision all music players made by Sony used only the company&#39;s proprietary ATRAC format, limiting users&#39; choices somewhat.
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NEW YORK - Now that digital music players have evolved beyond the ability to store 20 gigabytes worth of music, storage capacity memory is no longer the only factor to consider before buying.
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The player lets the listener choose MP3 or WMA music, ripped from CDs or downloaded from online music sites. The Zen Micro provides intuitive vertical scrolling to allow users to move through easy-to-use menus
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TOKYO -- Sony BMG will start selling music downloads in the copy-protection-free MP3 format later this month in North America, as even the last holdout among the major record labels crumbled to the growing trend.
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Under the tested and true name of &quot;Walkman&quot;, Sony is launching its new MP3 compatible player. The device is the company&#39;s secret weapon in trying to reclaim its
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Hard drive-based audio player will get a new look and a lower price.