Sony to launch Web bookstore, e-book device
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Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will launch   an electronic book store on the Internet and start selling a   device that displays e-books purchased from the store October   1, after missing an earlier unveiling in the Spring due to   technical reasons.
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The e-tailer gears up to launch its MP3 music store.
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Sony Corp. will unveil on  Wednesday "Home," an online network for its new PlayStation 3,  which supports streaming video and advertising and will host  virtual characters in common areas and private rooms.
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Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Wednesday it  will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical  disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with  the HD DVD camp heats up.
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Sony is poised to kick off the launch of its next-generation DVD technology, announcing the release of high-definition Blu-ray movies from a number of major film studios in conjunction with new hardware on which to play them.
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Japan's Sony Corp is expected to unveil a smaller version of its popular PlayStation 2 game console on October 26, The Hollywood Reporter said on its Web site, citing retailers and industry analysts.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Sony Corp. 6758.T said on   Tuesday it would launch its Blu-ray high-definition optical   disc recorder in Japan in December with an expected price tag   of around 300,000 yen ($2,550) for a model with a 500-gigabyte   hard disk drive.
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Sony on Tuesday showed a smaller, book-sized PlayStation 2 that will go on sale worldwide next month and help the Japanese electronics giant cut costs as video-game consoles continue to drop in price.
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Sony Corp. said Thursday it will release the PlayStation Portable in North America on March 24 and have 1 million units ready for sale in the first week.
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(InfoWorld) - Sony plans to launch an online video download service next year, according to reports in both the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal newspapers. The service has been developed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and will allow users to download movies via a computer and store them on MemoryStick memory cards for viewing on the PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld games device, said the Financial Times. Amazon.com and existing movie download sites like Movielink and CinemaNow are in talks with Sony to use the service, which will launch in the first quarter of 2007, the newspaper reported in its online edition. Sony is also working on a service that would allow downloads directly to the PSP, said The Wall Street Journal's online edition. Spokespersons for both Sony and Sony Computer Entertainment in Tokyo deferred requests for comment to the company's U.S. offices, which were closed. Sony has already tried to expand the PlayStation Portable's uses beyond gaming to movies. It began offering movies on the small discs used by the PSP but sales have been low and the movies never caught on among many users. The PlayStation Portable was launched in late 2004 and initially enjoyed strong sales. By the end of March 2005 shipments had reached 3 million units and jumped to over 14 million units in the year from April 2005. But things soon started going wrong for the new device and sales began dropping. In the current year, from April 2006 to March 2007, Sony initially expected sales to drop to 12 million units but in October revised its forecast to 9 million units. The successful launch of a movie download service could help flagging sales of PSP hardware and give Sony something to begin to challenge Apple Computer's iTunes Store, where iPod owners can download video clips, TV shows and some movies. Sony doesn't offer a video version of its Walkman music player leaving it unable to compete with Apple on the video front.
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Sony Corp. 6758.T said on Wednesday it   will launch a DVD recorder using Blu-ray technology by the end   of the year in Japan, fortifying its lineup of high-definition   optical disc products.
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A quarter century after Sony Corp. first shipped the legendary Walkman personal stereo, the electronics giant is launching a high-tech model that aims to topple Apple Computer Inc.
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Sony Corp 6758.T launched its first  MP3-compatible flash memory digital music players under the  Walkman name on Monday in the latest bid to reclaim the lead in  a market it has lost to Apple Computer's iPod.
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CULVER CITY, California  - Sony Corp  will  launch a lighter, slimmer model of its PlayStation Portable  handheld video game console in September for about $170, the  company said on Wednesday.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sony Corp. says it will introduce its first HD Radio products in July, joining the growing group of companies seeking to make the next-generation digital radio technology a standard feature in audio products over the next several years.
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Sony is broadening support for the MP3 file format in its portable music player range. It will introduce a new hard disk-based MP3 player in December, and will produce
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According to various news reports, Sony is likely to enter the movie-download market soon, putting the company in competition with Apple's iTunes, Microsoft's Xbox Live, and several other movie-download services.