The iWorld

If ever there was a company that could challenge Apple Computer for the dominant position in the still-young digital music space, it should be Sony. Sony is mounting a new attack from an unlikely direction: video games. Sony's forthcoming Playstation Portable (PSP)–a handheld gaming platform–will be primarily a gaming device. But, its use of a new Sony-created storage disc format–the Universal Media Disc, which stores nearly 2 gigabytes–can't help but become an easy method for selling music.

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