In addition to iPhones and iPads, the manufacturer also produces game systems for Nintendo , electronics for Sony , computers for Dell and select items for Nokia .
Sony Ericsson is also working on tying its phones to Sony TVs and computers via user interface software that would look the same on each device.
In the early 1980s, with Frog Design in West Germany, he worked on projects including Sony Walkmans and Apple computers.
Quanta already builds tablet computers for RIM and Sony.
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In 1996 he defied strong internal opposition to successfully market Vaio computers, which integrate with Sony's audiovisual equipment.
This game and others can be played on computers, wireless devices and Sony consoles--but not on rival console systems from Nintendo or Microsoft.
The demure Tam, however, has gone on to be embraced by the corporate world, not just Disney but also Hewlett-Packard (notebook computers for women) and Sony (animated film).
Sony wants the retail effort to set its computers and televisions apart in the minds of buyers.
Sony has made an attempt to jump start sales of its tablet computers at Berlin's IFA consumer electronics show.
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When Sony insisted that its single-sided disc was superior for personal computers, Matsushita came up with a single-sided, dual-layered disc that the Toshiba consortium immediately adopted for computer use. (Matsushita had been working on its own DVD format before joining forces with Toshiba.) At the Berlin Electronics Show last month, executives from Sony and Philips confirmed that they had resumed talks aborted earlier with the Toshiba alliance.
Last summer the company suffered an embarrassing setback as overheated computers erupted in flames, with the blame placed squarely on Sony batteries.
Nordberg said Sony Ericsson is interested in mobile Internet devices, but wants to create something distinct from the tablet computers other electronics companies are making.
With the launch of the PS4, Sony is looking to attract people who may have shifted their attention to games on Facebook, tablet computers and mobile phones.
Last month, Japan's Sony, probably the best- known consumer electronics company in the world, announced that it would soon manufacture computers.
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