Reuters reports that Sony is releasing a line of hard drive and flash memory based Walkman players to compete with the Apple iPod line.
The announcement comes hours after Apple unveiled the pencil-thin “iPod nano” digital player and a long-anticipated mobile phone that plays music in a bid to extend its domination of the market.
“Our previous models have been well accepted by customers in Japan and the United Kingdom. But we are not at all satisfied with where we are now,” said Koichiro Tsujino, co-President of Connect, a Sony unit which makes portable music players and offers online music distribution services.
“I understand a certain company made an announcement earlier today. We will accelerate our challenge with these new models,” he told a news conference.
Source: Reuters
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