RIP Sony Connect<< Blockbuster goes Blu-Ray, but it's not game over - First Take | Main | YouTube on Apple TV and surprise, the iPhone as well >> Michael Gartenberg | June 18, 2007, 05:01 PM It doesn't come as much of a surprise but Sony is basically closing down the Connect music service. (the eBook version will still live for now to service the Reader product). It's a slightly bittersweet note for the company that once was synonymous for portable music. As we predicted, the market will simply not bear five different closed eco-systems for digital music distribution (especially when one player holds 70%+ share of the market). We've said it before, the devices still drive the stores and services and unless there's a credible iPod and soon iPhone challenger, it's going to be hard to compete here. |
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