Sony Connect Big PSP Push This Fall; Internal Politics Rule
So here's some news from the fabled land called
Sony Connect...the
music/video service from Sony Connect will launch on the PSP by
September, according to sources, and will have extensive music and
video downloads to the handheld devices. Among the companies its has
tied up with includes Vongo, the online movie service from Starz.
This is in keeping with Sony's earlier statements about opening up the PSP and enabling Wi-Fi. It has done some
piecemeal efforts, but this is supposed to be the big push against the likes of say iTunes (well, there is only iTunes as competition, for now).
But what might trip up the effort for this undeniably logical push
from Sony? Internal politics. If only various Sony divisions and even
the Sony Connect division can get their act together. I have heard
through my sources that Jay Samit, the GM for Sony Connect, has
effectively been sidelined by Phil Wiser, and that his fate within the
company is a bit of an unknown for now.
So while things are being done within Sony Connect (and the
general feeling within the company is that there is still a window of
opportunity to compete genuinely against iPod and iTunes), the
infighting continues...
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