

The Sony Connect service was formerly used to purchase recordings online, and could be accessed from within the SonicStage program. SonicStage was required to transfer and manage music on all network-enabled Walkman digital audio players and MiniDisc players, before the software was dropped in 2007. Version 2 was found on 2004 model products, and Version 3 on 2005 model products (Sony introduced native MP3 support on its music players in 2005). It was first used in VAIO PCs put on the Japanese market in October 2001, and superseded OpenMG Jukebox. It is used to manage the library of ATRAC OMG/OMA and MP3 recordings on a PC. It comprises a music player and library manager, similar to iTunes, Windows Media Player and RealPlayer. SonicStage is a discontinued software from Sony that is used for managing portable devices when they are plugged into a computer running Microsoft Windows.
