Can Sony Finally Succeed with Online Music?

It’s easy to take potshots at all of the various Apple iTunes Store competitors out there, such as Yahoo, Rhapsody, Napster, the now-defunct Urge, and the so-far-unimpressive Microsoft Zune Store. Various reports indicate that they’re fighting for about 25 percent of the market, give or take a few points, while Apple scoops up the rest.

Perhaps no one feels this pain more than Sony, who essentially handed its fabled Walkman market to Apple in a long series of company and product missteps.

But

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