Tag: Sony

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Can Sony be a prime player in mobile music?

Published: January 24, 2012

Tech giant Sony has announced that it will roll out its Music Unlimited service to Apple devices in 2012, proving that it wants a piece of the mobile music pie. But with the swarm of music streaming services already on the market, can Sony compete with the big dogs?

Sony races Apple to deliver integrated TV-mobile experiences

Published: October 28, 2011

Sony said this week that it is acquiring Ericsson’s stake in the 10-year-old Sony Ericsson mobile handset business for $1.47 billion. The move could boost Sony’s role in mobile by allowing it to create content-driven smartphones that integrate across multiple screens.

Miscalculations in pricing, distribution spell trouble for Android tablets: analyst

Published: March 14, 2011

IPad challengers that have been announced so far—in particular Google’s Android Honeycomb tablets—are solid products with fatally flawed product strategies.

Android to become No. 1 mobile OS in 2011: Flurry

Published: January 7, 2011

Handset manufacturers such as HTC, Motorola, Samsung and LG have all adopted Google’s Android operating system, and sometime this year it will become the No. 1 mobile OS worldwide, per Flurry.

11 trends for mobile apps in 2011

Published: December 15, 2010

By Kunal Gupta

What are the key trends with mobile applications and what will Apple, Google, Microsoft, Research In Motion and others do that will affect brands in their marketing and commerce?

EBook reader market will expand globally in 2013: ABI Research

Published: December 8, 2010

The market for eBook readers has until now been largely restricted to the United States, and has been led by Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Sony’s Reader. That is all about to change.

Sony Pictures to let mobile users watch movies across multiple platforms

Published: December 1, 2010

MIAMI - A Sony Pictures Home Entertainment executive at the MEF Americas 2010 Mobile Content and Commerce conference said that the company will use Ultraviolet to let consumers watch their favorite movies across multiple platforms.

OS wars: Who is challenging Apple for smartphone dominance?

Published: November 2, 2010

While Apple has had plenty of good news lately, many other competing handset manufacturers and operating systems are coming on strong. Who has the best chance to be No. 1?

Mobile ad network InMobi raises $8M to fund global expansion

Published: July 13, 2010

Independent mobile ad network InMobi has secured $8 million in its Series B funding round to further its global expansion with an emphasis on North America, Europe and Japan.

Sony Pictures, HSN multichannel campaign blurs lines between marketing, commerce

Published: July 7, 2010

Sony Pictures and multichannel retailer HSN have formed a strategic marketing alliance for an ambitious multichannel campaign to support the studio's motion picture "Eat Pray Love."