(Reuters) - A Sony staff member demonstrates the Nex 5 3D panorama camera during press day of the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) consumer electronics fair at "Messe Berlin" exhibition centre in Berlin, September 2, 2010. The IFA opens its doors to the public on September 3-8. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS)
(AFP/File) - A Sony employee poses with the company's digital audio player "Walkman S-series", engraved with designs of Disney characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse at the company's showroom in Tokyo in March. In a rare victory for Sony over arch-rival Apple, the Walkman portable music player outsold the iPod in Japan in monthly sales for the first time in August, a survey showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
(AFP/File) - A journalist checks out a Sony e-reader device in 2008. Sony, battling Amazon and Apple in the electronic book reader race, unveiled its latest devices on Wednesday and expanded their availability to Australia, China, Italy, Japan and Spain.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)


