Sony's newest portable is an electronic book

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Sony Corp is developing a number of products for future release, including a device that fits in the palm of the hand and can search for data from a three-inch CD-ROM. Data Discman, billed as an electronic book, weighs one-pound and can store up to 100,000 pages of data. The device could revolutionize the uses of CD-ROM technology by making data as portable as music. Sony is also developing a digital audio tape (DAT) recorder that uses a tape cassette the size of a postage stamp to record for up to two hours. It is intended primarily for dictation use. Other Sony product developments include a pair of headphones that electronically cancel out environmental noise and an electronic navigation system that gives drivers their exact location on a dashboard television screen and can also display the telephone numbers of neighborhood restaurants, gas stations and stores.

New products, Product introduction, New Product, Computer Industry, CD-ROM

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A CD advance starts a new battle; the MD, or mini disk, can record as well as play

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Sony Corp is working on a new compact-disk technology called MD, or mini disk. The MD, which is 2.5 inches in diameter, is not only portable but is 'rewritable' as well; that is, data written onto an MD can be changed. It means that when Sony's player-recorder is introduced in 1992, the advantage that tapes have had over compact disks will no longer exist. Sony's product is expected to cost about $400. Sony is expected to attempt a classic Japanese strategy, forcing the new technology into an inexpensive consumer product, hoping that high volume and low production costs will result in a commanding position for the company.

Prerecorded records and tapes, Innovations, Compact disc industry, Compact disk industry, Optical disks (Storage media), International competition (Economics), Optical disk drives, Optical disks, Japanese Competition, Optical Disk Drive, CD-ROM Technology

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Call it Format Wars, Part 3. Sony and its allies battle 200 companies over the next generation of digital videodiscs

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A battle exists between the consumer electronics industry, led by Sony, and the computer industry, led by Toshiba and NEC, to establish the dominant standard for digital videodiscs.

United States, Electronic computers, Product development, Japan, Product standards, safety, & recalls, ELECTRONIC & OTHER ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT, Household audio and video equipment, Standards, Toshiba Corp., Microcomputer industry, Digital video disk, DVDs (Digital videodisks), Electronics industry, NEC Corp., SNE

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