Originally called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo ( Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company), the company was built as a electrical repairing and building business, the first product that they created was a magnetite-coated paper based recording tape,which was soon followed by Japan's first magnetic tape recorder,the G-Type.
In 1954 they won a licence to make transistors that had been invented in America.
The companies name soon changed to 'Sony', as a mix of two words.One was the latin word "Sonus",which is the root of sonic and sound and the other was "Sonny" a terms which was used in 1950's America to call a boy, effectively calling the company "Sound Boys", the first product launched as Sony was the TR-55 transistor radio.
Officially the companies name did not change until January 1958.
At the time of the name change it was unusual for a Japanese company to use Roman letters to spell it's name instead of the traditional Japanese Kanji.
An interesting quote I came across while reading.
"University of Arizona professor Michael Brian Schiffer, PhD, says, "Sony was not first, but its transistor radio was the most successful"
Over the following years Sony produced lots of electronic standards such as the Betamax,3.5 inch Floppy Disk,MiniDisc's,Memory Sticks,Blu-ray Discs.
Sony soon became very successful in it's electronic's market and then soon started to move into other industries and sectors , currently it stands at -
Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation,Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Mobile Communications (formerly Sony Ericsson), and Sony Financial.
For the purpose of this blog I will be specifically looking at the Sony Computer Entertainments arm of Sony Corporation.
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