After making Sony Pictures a few jillion dollars, Tom Hanks can get away with sassing Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer. Stringer's keynote Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show began with a clip of Hanks in the upcoming Sony movie "Angels & Demons."
Then the actor appeared on stage, parodying the opening remarks by CES boss Gary Shapiro, mocking prepared remarks on the teleprompter and needling Stringer. Hanks said his first Sony purchase was a used Trinitron bought from his girlfriend. He said he now has a towering pile of obsolete Sony products in his living room, topped by a "Bluetooth" video player 8 feet up in the air.Apparently, Hanks was supposed to mention seeing Sony's name on the cameras on movie sets, but he said, "Really, I have yet to see that."
Describing his electronic book, Hanks pretended to call out Amazon.com's Kindle instead of Sony's product, saying he's using "The Ki ... Sony Digital Reader, which is a fine product in its own right." Said Stringer when Hanks was done: "I took a risk, it failed, but we'll still be friends, at least until after the movie."
On a more serious note, Stringer talked about how the consumer-electronics giant will continue to develop new products and services despite the downturn, and he presented a new set of principles guiding the company. Latest Nokia E71 Grey on three deals.
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