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SI: Sixteen Thousand Is Enough For Sony

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Sony has commited to the original reorganization it announced several weeks ago and expects no additional job cuts and plant closures on top of what it unveiled in December. Sony stocks have seen moderate gains as of late, and will eventually return to a better status as Apple has been swimming in a sea of mystery. The fate of Steve Jobs has been perplexing bloggers, analysts and other tech-savvy consumers as of late. A shift of power in the consumer electronics industry could signal better performance for Sony, especially with future products like the Walkman Touch. However, with the Apple iPhone and iTouch platform grabbing the interest of geeks everywhere, will Sony regain ground in its desired areas like personal audio?

There is still opportunity for growth in the Playstation front, especially with games like MAG (256 player in one server warfare), and other massive multiplayer environments. Televisions have somewhat reached a temporary plateau for Sony as LCD has matured greatly, and OLED is starting to rear its head in with FED right around the corner. The latest improvements to LCD TV’s, like higher refresh rates (hz) and other picture optimizations and colorations, are grabbing the interest of consumers. However, are these things a necessary upgrade in the minds of most consumers? We could keep going on here.

“We announced the restructuring of the electronics business last month,” Atsuo Omagari, a Tokyo-based spokesman at Sony, said by phone today. “We are not planning to announce further restructuring at this time.”

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