Sony to Suspend Clie Handheld Line?

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http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=6866

Clie Line will be replaced by new VAIO Pocket?

[sebset]

An interview of Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman and CEO of Sony was published last year. If you didn't read it, I suggest to do it as soon as possible. Very interesting interview :)

http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=246_0_2_0_C

At the 2003 edition of World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland), Nobuyuki Idei said:
"In terms of our OS strategy, it is not clear whether Symbian, which we share with the Nokia phones, is the right way to go for the mobile phone. And I can't tell you why Sony has a Symbian OS on its phones and Palm OS on its PDAs. [Laughs.] Even Bill Gates asked me if I was crazy. But this is our history. I really want to own either Symbian or Palm?I want to buy them. Three years ago the Palm was so simple, but it is getting better and better. My problem now is that as Palm licensee we have to pay them lots of money. Palm is like Apple?we don't know if they are a software company or a hardware company. But they have now split in two."

[draak 1]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5318892


Quote:
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"Sony aims to fill the Clie void with new advanced handsets from Sony Ericsson, its cell phone venture with Sweden's Ericsson, and a new handheld game machine, the PlayStation Portable (PSP)"

:eek: :D