Missteps cost electronics giant $100 billion in market value…Almost two and a half years after Appleunveiled its iPod music player, Sony announced its first iPod competitor, called the Vaio pocket, this month. The delay – and a yearlong lag in starting the Connect online music service after Apple’s iTunes set up shop – reflects how hard it is for the 58-year-old electronics behemoth to adjust to new rivals.
Idei is struggling to deliver on Sony’s long-standing promise of melding the hardware and content from its disparate divisions to create digital entertainment devices.
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