Sony said today that is working to add native MP3 support to its portable music players. "The shift from reliance on its proprietary Atrac format will begin with flash memory-based players, but plans are still being finalized on how and when products will add MP3 support," reports CNET News.com. "Sony is revisiting its MP3 strategy at a time when competition in the digital music market is heating up--and threatening to leave the company behind. The surprise move could portend a major strategy reversal for the consumer electronics giant, with important ramifications for the fledgling online music market."
Source: C|Net News.com via MacMinute
Holy Toledo Batman! Sony is going to embrace a standard! This is unheard of.
Call me when I can play a MP3 on that new 20 GB HD model, you know the NW-HD1 Such a catchy name isn't it?
I am really floored though. I thought I would never see the day that Sony would use a standard format.
They will never catch the iPod, but its fun to watch them try. Maybe Sony should pull a HP and just license the real deal.
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Hello Ken,
Nice site.
Connie
Posted by CM Miller | October 15, 2004 12:26 PM
Posted on October 15, 2004 12:26