Sony is giving way to AAC

Edvarcl Heng | May 17, 2006

Sony's new music management software is going to play AAC. That's a big turnaround for the music behemoth which once defined and ruled the portable music space. Because AAC is the audio format adopted by Apple, Sony's move is seen as an acknowledgement of the latter's dominance.

This follows the Japanese company's's recent unbridled support for the MP3 format in its new players. Previously, MP3 files were not given equalizer support in Sony's portable music players. So will the Atrac format, popularized in Sony's MD players, fall by the wayside? According to our in-house soothsayer, the odds are short. More info here