Tokyo, Japan-based consumer electronics giant. Its very first consumer product, in the late 1940s, was a rice boiler. |
Tokyo, Japan-based consumer electronics giant. Its very first consumer product, in the late 1940s, was a rice boiler. |
Name coined by founder Akio Morita to convey "sound" and "sonny" for youth and energy. See http://www.snopes2.com/business/names/sony.htm
Also see PlayStation and Walkman.