DisConnecting Sony's iPod killer
Ok, Sony just opened Connect, their new online music store, so where's their iPod killer? Despite it being the perfect time to come out with one (remember that Apple came out with the iTunes Music Store after they came out with the iPod, not before), the Sony execs quoted in this Reuters article sound increasingly pessimistic about the whole thing, with one admitting that right now they are only "aggressively looking into a hard-drive device" and another saying that they hadn't "ruled out" doing one. Neither statement inspires much confidence that we can expect to see a Sony hard-drive player anytime soon. They've been hinting about this for way too long now, and it doesn't sound like they're even close. Maybe they're just waiting for everyone to stop caring. We know we're getting close to that point.
