日本因何丧失电子业霸主地位?_BEC初级作文

日本因何丧失电子业霸主地位?

后来，索尼在2007年停售Librie，也就是在这一年，亚马逊公司(Amazon.com Inc.)凭借Kindle引发了电子阅读器热潮。Kindle具有无线上网功能，有一大批电子书可供选择，而且其下载服务也简便易用。如今，索尼正凭借其电子阅读器Reader追赶竞争对手。据国际数据公司(IDC)统计, Reader在全球市场的份额位列第三，远远落后于前两名，其在2011年的全球市场份额只有5%。

'Even though the first device definitely pointed the way to the future, it's a market that got away from Sony,' said Mr. Gartenberg, research director at technology research firm Gartner Inc. 'Others have far more successfully capitalized.'

身为科技行业研究公司Gartner研究总监的加滕伯格称，尽管（索尼的）第一部电子书阅读器明确指明了通向未来的发展道路，但如今这个市场却不是由索尼主导，其他企业从中所获得的利益已经远远超过了它。

It is a story that has played out repeatedly over the last 20 years for Japan's once-world-dominant electronics firms. During that period, Japanese companies have beaten rivals to the market with hardware breakthroughs - from flat-panel televisions to advanced mobile phones. But in each case, foreign rivals have cashed in by delivering faster improvements, integrating the products with intuitive software and online services, cutting costs more deftly, and delivering a smarter marketing message.