Sony to unplug Connect music service
 

*Source: Yahoo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/...JjcB8BUjtBAF)*
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FRANKFURT, Germany - Acknowledging its proprietary audio technology was a marketplace flop, Sony Corp. is shuttering its Connect digital music store and will open its portable media players to other formats.

The moves were announced Thursday at a Berlin consumer electronics trade fair as the Japanese electronics pioneer unveiled a pair of new digital Walkmans that can play the Windows Media Audio, MP3 and AAC audio formats.

Like rivals' players, including Apple Inc.'s iPods, Sony's NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 can also play video and display photographs. Sony's models include an FM tuner, too.

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