Comments on: Sony retuning to pick up MP3s

Hammered by iPod, Sony will retool, adding native MP3 support to some digital music players by next summer.

Not a chance

ipod will dominate music players, xobox will eventuall crush the
playstation. sony are in deep water...

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"ipod will dominate music players, xobox will eventuall crush the
playstation. sony are in deep water..."

There isn't any guarantee that the lead Apple enjoys with the iPod will last. What is an "xobox"? Shouldn't that be Sony is in deep water?

Sony's "Not Invented Here" Attitude is Killing Their Business

Numerous (hundreds?) of companies with great technology solutions to Sony's digital music problems have tried and failed to help Sony be more competitive. Sony's attitude to these companies is derisive at best, "we will crush you" is the usual response.

Sony wasn't sleeping, they were doing what they have always done, trying to impose their malformed vision of what the consumer wants without actually asking the consumer/market.

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They should throw in Ogg, too

Now they're embracing a nice, fairly open format MP3, they could easily move on and support the completely free Ogg Vorbis. The effort to do so would be minimal, as the standard is published with complete source code. Has better sound quality for the same size, like Atrac. Would be a very appealing move to hardcore geeks, not annoying anyone in the process.