As explained by the author of a note referring to the memoirs of the former head Sony Kunitake Ando , one of the founders Akio Morita Corporation maintained friendly relations with Steve Jobs, who stood at the origins of Apple. In fact, the founder of Sony had two freind in North America: Steve Jobs and Michael Jackson. Both he often invited to the headquarters of Sony, but with Jobs while constantly discussed technical issues. For example, it was Steve Jobs's idea to equip the camcorder receivers GPS, which Sony has implemented in their products.
Apple and Sony Developers have worked together on some projects. For example, the authors QuickTime helped develop Sony audio format ATRAC, and one of them even went to work at Sony, where he led the creation of a family of cameras Cybershot. As participants recall events, Jobs was even willing to make an exception for Sony, allowing the company to produce laptops running Mac OS X. A prototype of the laptop was prepared in just a few hours: the production model to just install the operating system Apple. Sony has decided not to mess with this stunt in order to save resources and time, as Apple does not formally prevented the creation of such a product.
Jobs often visited Sony headquarters , has studied the development of the company, shared his thoughts and ask for advice from experts. For example, when it was introduced a gaming console Sony PlayStation, he wondered why Sony uses optical discs that have become obsolete, according to Jobs himself. As we have seen, later Apple refuses to necessarily lead to work with optical drives in their computers, offering them only for a fee. Related Products :
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