Sony's iPod clone is coming

This isn't going to surprise anyone, but Jay Samit, the general manager of Sony's new online music store, Sony Connect, says that the sleeping giant is finally going to come out with a hard drive based MP3 player to compete with the iPod later this year and that it should sell for at most $300. It's gonna be tough to wrest away market share from Apple, but if Sony does something smart, like give away $500 worth of tunes by Sony Music recording artists with each purchase, they might actually have a shot at it.