[gloco]

http://news.com.com/Samsung+is+now+w...ml?tag=st.next

Enjoy! I liked it a lot. I can see Sony becoming the comeback kid, that is if they can squash all the beaucracy and make some killer products for us, the consumers.

 

[BigD]

Last week Sony appointed a new CEO. For the first time, non Japanese born and bloodline was elected to hold the chairman position. It could prove the world again like how Nissan came back with non Japanese CEO, Mr.Gosn. I think that's how you spell his name???Many Japanese companies are very global now. No more Japanese boss like the old days.

 

[wallijonn]

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I am from Sony, whose reputation is very bad.

That's what they get for not selling the CD3000 in America.

 

[gloco]

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Originally Posted by BigD Last week Sony appointed a new CEO. For the first time, non Japanese born and bloodline was elected to hold the chairman position. It could prove the world again like how Nissan came back with non Japanese CEO, Mr.Gosn. I think that's how you spell his name???Many Japanese companies are very global now. No more Japanese boss like the old days.

Let's hope they make some drastic changes (ie. dump sonicstage and atrac in favor of mp3, ogg, flac, wma support). Sony has a lot to learn and i'm glad their on the ropes right now, because their actions alone got them there.

 

[Edwood]

I love Samsung products.

Now if only they'd make a decent pair of headphones......

-Ed

 

[Takashi]

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Originally Posted by BigD Mr.Gosn. I think that's how you spell his name???

It's Mr.Ghosn.

 

[BigD]

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Originally Posted by gloco Let's hope they make some drastic changes (ie. dump sonicstage and atrac in favor of mp3, ogg, flac, wma support). Sony has a lot to learn and i'm glad their on the ropes right now, because their actions alone got them there.

Yes, Sony is the old stubborn dragon. We can name so many formats which Sony tried to push us. Such mediums have really ruined this company starting with Beta, MiniDisc, Memory Stick, Atrac, etc. If they get over this big-headed attitude, they can come back.

 

[Takashi]

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Originally Posted by gloco Let's hope they make some drastic changes (ie. dump sonicstage and atrac in favor of mp3, ogg, flac, wma support). Sony has a lot to learn and i'm glad their on the ropes right now, because their actions alone got them there.

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Originally Posted by BigD Yes, Sony is the old stubborn dragon. We can name so many formats which Sony tried to push us. Such mediums have really ruined this company starting with Beta, MiniDisc, Memory Stick, Atrac, etc. If they get over this big-headed attitude, they can come back.

Beta actually had better audio/video quality over VHS but Sony lost marketing war against Panasonic, costed them almost entire consumer VCR market.
Being innovative and successful is two different things, it seems to me like Sony fell into a cleek in-between --- so-so innovative and so-so successful.

 

[uzziah]

**** sony. ridiculously proprietary. they tried to be the MS of electronics. when a company lives on brand recognition and advertising alone, it's soon to die.

 

[stevesurf]

The end of this year should prove interesting as larger capacity flash-only players and content-delivery hybrid portables become more popular. We at head-fi are what the Japan and Asian manufacturers worry they may base their business plans on - a niche market. As music lovers move from portable CD players to HDD units to flash players and ultimately to flash/subscription-based players, SQ seems to be secondary compared to ease of content acquisition. In other words, easy to rip to; easy to download to.

Sony and Panasonic have been introducing very interesting DAPs for several years now, with Sony pushing SonicStage and Panasonic Realplayer. Like broadband, music player sftware seems to pull sales of these devices through, even when you have a proprietary DRM like iTunes.

All I can say is I am happy to be part of a niche market...

 

[Takashi]

OK, my previous post was ingnorant. I forgot how you guys love to bash Sony as well as Bose and MS.

Then that's where Samsung is heading. Heh.