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Sony is dusting off the name "Walkman" to compete with Apple�s iPod. In the eighties and nineties the Sony Walkmans and Discmans were a part of everyday life. But these days the MP3 player has market dominance and the Japanese company has faded. Apple and its iPod is now number one. Just last week both companies introduced new MP3 players which will be in direct competition with each other. Sony introduced two players under the name "The New Walkman", while Apple released the iPod Nano. Sony is using the name "Walkman" in the hope that 26 years after the first introduction of the famous cassette player that name still has competitive value. However, we must conclude that however great Sony�s past accomplishments they have missed the boat in the MP3 revolution in a major way. The main cause for Sony�s failure is their stubborn refusal to give up the Attrac3 music format. While the whole world was exchanging MP3 files it was only last year that Sony introduced players that can handle this format. By that time Apple was just releasing its seventh generation of iPod-type players. Sony now markets the NWA-1000 and NWA-3000. These music players can directly communicate with the Sony music store "Connect". It is also possible to copy files from the computer directly to the players. Sony is well known for their activity in the music and film business. They must use their position in this field to regain market share and prestige in this interconnected industry. Interconnected because it seems that it is both Sony�s and Apple�s strategy to heavily interconnect music player, software and music store. Apple�s iTunes was the first Internet music store offered large-scale legal downloads of MP3 files. Sony won�t give us any figures about their sales and market share. Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) has no problem with figures. Perhaps the major reason for this is how good they are. Apple claims about half a billion downloads in a heavily growing market. The iTunes store is heavily focused on its cooperation with the iPod. This player is definitely the market leader among the more expensive MP3 players which have their own hard disk. In the cheaper segment, MP3 players with the so called flash memory, the leaders are Creative, LG and iRiver. The iPod Shuffle with its flash memory couldn�t do much about that. The negative sentiment about the shuffle was mainly due to its lack of an LCD screen and relatively high price. With the iPod Nano Steve Jobs� Apple has a twofold challenge on its hands. Firstly there is the above-mentioned competition with Sony. Secondly, the new Apple player has a storage space of 4Gb of flash memory and no hard disk. The iPod Nano is the successor to the iPod Mini. Apple is constantly reducing the physical size and the prize of their players.

The Sony PSP is the most powerful handheld gaming platform currently on the market. But it is not only capable of running games. Its wide screen is very well suited for movie playback and it has the capabilities of playing audio with outstanding quality. Here are a couple of utilities which will help you bring your favourite songs and movies to you PSP. ImTOO DVD to PSP Suite ImTOO DVD to PSP Suite is a powerful DVD to PSP converter, extremely easy to use. This software succeeds in converting so many formats as a breeze. It can help you finishing all the tasks with the fastest speed and the best quality. ImTOO DVD to PSP Suite includes ImTOO DVD Ripper and ImTOO PSP Video Converter. It supports converting video file formats including DVD, VCD, AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, 3GP, animated GIF, RM, ASF and audio file formats like MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, M4A, WAV, AC3 and so on. The primary function of the PSP Video Converter is to convert video file to MP4 and MP3 which can be played in SONY PSP. There are so many functions designed for your multimedia life. ImTOO DVD to PSP Suite provides you excellent image/sound quality and smaller file size just in a few clicks. Easily and quickly! Download and enjoy it now! ImTOO PSP Music Suite ImTOO PSP Music Suite can convert various audio/video formats like audio CD, WMA, M4A, AAC, MPEG, AVI, MOV, and WMV to PSP music file MP3. The suite includes ImTOO CD Ripper and ImTOO PSP Video Converter. With ImTOO CD Ripper, you can convert audio CDs to PSP MP3 files. With ImTOO PSP Video Converter, you can convert popular video formats like MPEG, WMV, AVI, VOB, and MOV to PSP MP3/MPEG4 files. The product supports batch conversion, after selecting all files you want to convert, ImTOO PSP Music Suite will automatically encode them one by one even if these files use different settings. Video size and frame rate are adjustable. In short, using ImTOO PSP Music Suite, it is easy to obtain PSP MP3/MPEG4 files with excellent quality. Xilisoft PSP Video Converter Xilisoft PSP Video Converter can convert almost of all popular video files such as DVD, VCD, SVCD, MOV, RM, MPEG, 3GP, AVI to PSP video format with ease. The software allows you to adjust video size such as 160×112, 324×248 and 368×208 (16:9 full screen on PSP). Support 15 and 29.97 frame rate. Also, Xilisoft PSP Video Converter can convert all popular audio files including MP2, AC3, AAC, M4A, OGG, WMA to MP3. All Encoders and decoders are built-in. You can convert multiple files at the same time because of multithreading supported. Software produces very good output quality which is combined with extremely easy-to-use interface. Enjoy movies/music on PSP from now! For More Information: ImTOO DVD to PSP Suite ImTOO PSP Music Suite Xilisoft PSP Video Converter