Sony Corp has created a buzz with the unveiling of a new digital music player, but analysts say it has a long way to go before it challenges the industry dominance of Apple's iPod.
Sony unveiled the new portable music player on Monday along with a slew of new VAIO-brand computers.
Dubbed “Vaio pocket,” it features a hard-disk drive capable of storing 13,000 songs and can store digital camera images too.
The “VAIO pocket” will be the first portable music player with an embedded hard-disk drive to be sold under the Sony brand name when it hits stores in Japan next month.
Sony said that overseas launch dates have not been set.
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