Sony Launches Vending Machines

San Diego - Sony Electronics will bring its chairman Howard Stringer's "Sony United" directive to airports and shopping malls as it tests a new Sony vending kiosk to sell products from many of the company's disparate operations.

The vending kiosks, which will be maintained and operated by Zoom Systems, will showcase and sell multiple formats of Sony recordable media, batteries, headphones, Walkman MP3 players and CD players, Sony digital cameras, Sony Pictures DVD and UMD videos, Sony music CDs, Vaio PC accessories and PlayStation games and PSP players.

Sony is calling the new retailing approach "Sony Access," and will use it to both sell Sony goods and promote its brand name and products, said Joe Stinziano, Sony Electronics media and applications solutions division senior VP.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Someone is going to try to shake this thing and get 2 for the price of one.

[BubblesDAVERAGE]

They are copying the ipod machines...I got my first ipod from one of thoes..good idea to copy sony

[Merovee]

Has had vending machines in Japan for a few years now, google it.

[boi]

lol shake these things out huh...if u want to get cuffed by the police lol

how i missed the old days...u can do that without alarming the police lol

[bIadestar]

nice but someone gona mash it up for real,homeless dude gona try rob it for booze money lol

[Ghoul]

should only work with plastic money (visa etc.),
wont be standing in dark corners :D,
and probably indestructable too.

[ReconHope]

i dont think anybody is stupid enough 2 try 2 rob a vending machine at an airport. they would get arrested so fast. shopping malls im not so sure.

[darkdoom3000]

next up sony branded cola!

intresting idea, UMD movies is a good idea.
I do wonder if the stuff will break when it falls down.

go sony

[hikikimori]

Can I get laundry detergent from this thing?
........$hit! It took my quarter! Help!?

[erosevaporator]

Too many times have I left for the airport without my cd player, or brought my psp and forgot to grab my games. This is pretty cool, although I suppose that the mp3 player wouldn't help any in that situation unless I had a laptop. Next up: Vending machines for bravia televisions! Imagine having to get one of those out of that annoying little slot!

[Bloodmask]

or a cherry coke. Not electronics :(

[Omegasyde]

Yea but if you are going on a 13 hour flight to Japan or Eastern Europe? This is the closest thing to a Best Buy in the airport. I take psp when I fly, so the option of picking up some movies is pretty cool.

I bet they cost an arm and leg for one though.

[monoknacker]

and not sweets and fizzy drinks.

[MaximusPrime]

I can see PSP in that vending machine. Will PSP be fully working after dropping?

btw: not a bad idea, but will it be successful?

[Violater]

Are the PSN prepaid cards. though technically makes no sense if you are using a credit card to buy it.
Though if the items in there are cheaper than they are in the store that would make sense also.

[Bullseye]

it uses four cell CPU's working in parallel to; almost instantaneously, calculate which buttons the consumer has pressed and furthermore,two rsx chips working in sli mode for the lcd number display!...

Erm, in case you are in any doubt,i'm joking, of course.

[SIX]

Cousin Frankie..........Get the pickup truck. We are going shopping!!!

[Premonition]

Looks good, I doubt someone will easly smash it that glass has to be bullet proof or hard fiber or something, probably cameras will be located on it kinda like a ATM machine.

[caffman]

All it takes is someone with a copy of two universal keys and they would have a great day! However it is a good idea. And everyone asking if things will break, there has been in the UK for a few years now a system where the floor of the catcher moves up to the shelf, meaning the drop is a centimetre at most.

[solidt12]

I want to buy a Porsche via a vending machine.

[Vip3r]

Good idea.