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| Thursday, February 17, 2005 |
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Sony to release product to rival Apple's iPod by year-end
NewsStand - Thursday, February 17, 2005
TOKYO (AFX) - Sony Corp said it will release a product by the end of the year to compete with Apple Computer Inc's popular portable digital music player iPod.
"We are confident of being able to offer by the end of the year a product that is much more competitive than the iPod," president Kunitake Ando said.
Ando said Apple's success was in developing a product that is simple to use.
"We have to develop software that makes use of our products more intuitive and simple," he told reporters.
Ando also dismissed rumours the company will buy Apple, saying it "has become too expensive because of the success of iPod."
Chairman and chief executive Nobuyuki Idei added: "We have put in place a very aggressive plan to become number one again" in portable music. |
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