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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Thursday, July 01, 2004Sony Debuts 20 Gigabyte Walkman to Silence IPodReuters: "Sony said on Thursday it is launching a Walkman digital music player capable of storing far more songs than Apple Computer's market-leading iPod, while also undercutting iPod's price. The Japanese consumer electronics maker said the 20-gigabyte device, which is its second hard-disk drive gadget aimed at unseating Apple and can store 13,000 songs, will be launched on July 10 in Japan, by mid-August in the United States and in September in Europe. Dubbed the Network Walkman NW-HD1, it marks a major upgrade to the legendary Walkman brand and the announcement comes on the 25th anniversary of the introduction of Sony's groundbreaking portable music player -- July 1, 1979 ... Sony said it packed more songs [than the 40 GB iPod] in a smaller storage space by using advanced compression technology ... 'I don't know if we can take this market back in a year ... But this launch is our message that we will work hard to put an end to the dominance by just one company,' Sony President Kunitake Ando said."Ah yes, there's nothing like Sony's naming conventions. The name "Network Walkman NW-HD1" just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? Kind of makes your forget there ever was an iPod, doesn't it? LOL. On the other hand, Sony has sold 340 million Walkman devices over the years. Presumably, it knows something about this market. [ Posted at 11:10 AM | Permalink ]
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