Walkman Beats iPod in Japan

You’d better sit down for this although by the time I finished explaining you’ll see how this isn’t such a big deal after all. Sony’s Walkman players have beaten the Apple ’s iPod lineup in sales. According to BCN Inc, a research company from Tokyo, the Walkman series had 43% market share for the week ending on August 30 while iPod came second with 42.1%. It’s the first time in four years that Sony beats Apple in the music player business but here’s why this isn’t such a big deal. It looks

Apple iPod Outsold By Walkman In Japan For The First Time In Four Years

Sony's (SNE) Walkman digital music player outsold Apple's (AAPL) iPod in Japan for the first time since 2005, Bloomberg reports , citing numbers by electronics research firm BCN Inc. The Walkman's market share was 43% in the last week of August 2009, and the iPod's was 42.1%. It's worth nothing, though, that the study did not take into account iPhone sales figures, as it is a wireless handset, in addition to being a music player. Also worth noting, the iPhone 3GS was the top selling mobile

Sony Intros 2 New Portable DVD Players

I’m not sure if this gadget is still necessary for us, but Sony has just introduced two more Portable DVD Players which I thought it has been overwhelmed by Netbook or Laptop with internal dvd drive. The two models are DVP-FX730 and DVP-FX740DT, both has been revealed in Japan and they have 7-inch screen to be able to display 480×234 resolution. The Portable DVD players will support all DVD format such as DVD+R/RW/R DL, DVD-R/RW/R DL, 8cm DVD+/-R/RW as well as VCD, CD CD-R/RW, and they a

Emerging Chinese Electronic Item Industry

Over past few decades, the Chinese electronic market has witnessed some great innovations and drastic increase in the demand of electronic items. Emerging as a multi-billion dollar industry, it is expected that in next few years China may likely to equal South Korea and even Japan as a key force in the world electronic consumer goods market. The country has emerged as the world’s major producer of consumer electronics and high tech products than any other country. Starting from MP3 players ,

Miffy 2GB MP3 Player

GeekStuff4U has started to sell the 2GB Miffy MP3 player from Mobiblu. The player will be available next month in Japan. For your info, Miffy is a small female rabbit in a picture book drawn by Dick Bruna. Her original Dutch name is Nijntje which stems from a toddler’s pronunciation of the word “konijntje” meaning “little rabbit”. If you are interested, you can pre-order this gadget right now for 8,300 Yen ($88). [ GeekStuff4U ]

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