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Darth Tigris on 02 September 2010
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joeorc said:
Darth Tigris said:
joeorc said:
Darth Tigris said:
superchunk said:

Sonys is stupid sometimes.

Apple has one service for all its content. iTunes. its simple and easy to remember and its accross all their platforms.

MS has started to do the samething with Live. At first they were more fractured when Zune launched, but now its coming down to one single service in Live and it ties all their platforms including the new mobile OS.

Sony has made a brilliant move with Android that is said to become the backend of all their devices. So, why not just upgrade PSN to become their single offering for content of all types. It makes FAR more sense and also keeps things simple and comfortable for their users. Having all these branches is just confusing and creates additional costs for the company as a whole.

Again another case of left hand ignoring what the right hand is doing.


MS hasn't done it as cleanly as most people would like, though.  Windows Live is full of features and services that, if ever properly integrated, would be second to none.  In fact, they are the closest of all of these giant corps to getting it right.  But they are not there.

Sony had to do something because of ITunes and Zune, but they really don't have a mobile platform that it can be fully integrated into outside of the PSP.  That's not good enough, unfortunately, and will make it harder for this to find mainstream success unless they do.

As for Android, that is all just a one source rumor that, at this point, is pure fanfic.  Its rumored that Google will launch its own music service later this year.  In all honesty, why would they need Sony for this?

if you call Sony CEO's putting further investment for Android os Fanfic than that's your opinion , but from the Sony CEO's themselves to the head of Sony software and development Android OS is a software that sony is backing company wide.

If I'm wrong, I'm wrong and I'll admit it.  Do you have a reliable source (link) for this commitment to Android?  Thanks.

sure thing:

Tim Schaaff Appointed last December as Sony's (SNE) new senior vice-president for software development, Schaaff has control over design, intellectual property, licensing, and product planning and engineering.

Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg says will focus on Android

http://seinsider.com/?p=2542

Bert who is the Head over at Sony E:

In the past, there was no tie-up between us [Sony Ericsson], the PSP platform and Sony, but you can expect to hear much more about that. Sir Howard Stringer’s [chairman of Sony] presence here is no coincidence.”

http://mobilementalism.com/2010/02/17/sony-ericsson-ceo-hints-at-psp-phone-at-mwc-2010/

plese note :sir. Howard also sits on the chair over at Sony Ericsson also

Sir Howard is also Chairman of the Board of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a 50/50 joint venture of Sony Corporation and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. He joined Sony Corporation in May 1997.

http://www.sony.com/SCA/bios/stringer.shtml

i could post more but the key factor is that Sony through their TV's and other CE electronics are gearing up an have been right now for a couple of years now to support the Android OS company Wide.


Ahh, thanks for all of that.  I wasn't aware of a lot of that and it gives some more weight to the rumored PSP-Phone.

That said, what exactly they are doing with Android (outside of using it in Sony Ericsson phones) is purely speculative because they haven't announced anything . . . substantive.  

It'll be interesting to see exactly how this plays out, as Google definitely has their own plans for music and gaming.  I sure hope somebody pulls off the integrated services and device dream soon, as that will set the standard that everyone can aim for AND give consumers and especially gadget geeks a dream come true.