The iPod can download music only from iTunes, while the Network Walkman can take songs from the Sony Connect service, but not from iTunes.
Ando also announced a product called Roomlink that will connect Sony's Vaio-branded PCs to its Wega TV screens.
Sir Howard Stringer himself boasted on stage at the CES 2009 electronics event that 90% of Sony devices would connect wirelessly by 2011.
No mention of whether Connect, Sony's much-unloved online music store will be involved, but there was something or other last year about video being added to the mix over there.
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The company made no ambitious efforts to set up its own online music store to rival Apple's iTunes Store, as Microsoft did with its Zune Marketplace and Sony tried with its Connect Music Service, scheduled to be shuttered next year.
Also mentioned are the new software features, which include long-awaited additions like cross-game chat, and PSN Sony Entertainment Network accounts can now connect to Facebook.
Furthermore, users can connect their Facebook account with Sony Entertainment Network account.
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The service will connect to existing social networks, Sony said, as well as to mobile devices that will tap into many of the features offered on the PlayStation 4.
Speaking of which, in addition to the DirecTV C31 set-top box and 2012 Samsung HDTVs, the new 2013 Samsung and Sony HDTVs -- as well as the PS3 -- can also connect directly to the HR44 (and older HR34) and deliver the entire DirecTV Genie experience.
Like its biggest competitor at the time, Sony s PlayStation 2, the Xbox offered high-powered graphics, a DVD player and the ability to connect to the Internet.
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