The History of Sony

The History of SONY Formerly the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, Sony has come a long way since its founding in post-World War II Japan. Starting out with just $530 in capital and eight employees, the company now has over 162,700 people to its name and is one of the biggest multinational business giants of today. 1946 Sony founded by engineer Massaru Ibuka and physicist Akio Morita in Tokyo, Japan. 1950 Sonilape Soni-Tape, Japan's first magnetite-coated paper-based recording tape, launched. TR-55 1955 Launches Japan's first all-transistor radio. 1960 Sony Corporation of America founded by Akio Morita. 1968 First Trinitron colour television developed. KV-1310 | SONY I By 1994, Sony had shipped its 100 millionth Trinitron screen 1971 1975 First colour video Betamax VCR released. cassette player made. VP-1100 1979 Walkman first sold. TPS-L2 The last cassette Walkmans were shipped in April 2010 220 million units were sold CDP-101 1982 The world's first CD player launched. 1983 1985 Introduced 3.5" floppy disks. Developed the 8mm camcorder based on a universal standard. CCD-VB The inventors of the 3.5'drive recommend only one floppy disk. Theirs. mot demendng ted mang d pecesary to appmthe o hat on ce dek e Ad the Sony mcrcopie pection a mal .000.000ofammete Video 8 SONY. SCPH-1000 1994 PlayStation launched. 1999 AIBO robot went on sale. ERS-110 I In total, about 175,000 AIBOS were sold 2000 2001 PlayStation 2 launched. Sony and telecommunications company Ericsson join forces as Sony Ericsson. SCPH-30000 MAGICGATE MEMORY CAND The PS2 sold over 150 million units as of January 2011, making it the best-selling console of all time BDZ-S77 2003 Developed the next generation Blu-ray recorder. 2005 The Walkman-branded W series of music-focused phones launched. W-800 By 2006, over 3 million Walkman phones had been sold CECH-2001 2006 PlayStation 3 launched. K-800 2006 The Cyber-shot line of phones, focusing on camera quality, launched. XPERIA X1 2008 Xperia" X1, the first phone in the range, released. XPERIA PLAY 2011 Xperia" Play, the first PlayStation Certified mobile device, released. 2012 The birth of Sony Mobile: Sony buys out Ericsson's share in Sony Ericsson. SONY XPERIA Z 2013 Xperia" Z smartphone released. 10:35 XPERIA The Xperia" Z: the best of Sony in a smartphone and water resistant in up to one metre of water* The Xperia" Zavailable from Vodafone To find out more visit Vodafone.com.au Available at SONY Vodafone Sources en wikpeda orgweny nwiipeda.orgw ystaton enwipeda.orgl ton tt en wkpeda.orgl o plen wkpeda.orglvku/Walmar wwwony.co ulaiea 176718725 wwwony.caukhurpengade-programma www.bbc.co.momgaone-1161880 www.techonunch .com/201o22an-eraend-sony-stepemenutactuning-cosette-walmans www.techcnunch.com/20104inanyta-stop-manufacturng-foppy-disater-30year "Xpata Ziwater rositant in up to one mete of water tor up to thiny minutes-ingress Protection Ratngs of IPS5 and IPS7 infographie by FreshEggoom