New Sony MP3 Player...

[curtis]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000680057883/

Well, well, well — Sony is officially rebirthing the WALKMAN in this device, which’ll be rolling out in Q4 in sizes of 6GB (NW-A1000) and 20GB (NW-A3000). It features an organic EL display that makes the readout appear fairly seamless with the rest of the player. On the software side it’s got a bunch of bells and whistles to help automagically DJ for you: ‘My Favorite Shuffle’ will randomly play the 100 most listened to songs, ‘Time Machine Shuffle’ picks a year at random and plays all the songs from that timeframe, and other functions are available to search and play songs by a number of parameters such as rating, genre, artist, recently transferred, etc. The 20GB version will be available in violet and silver, with the 6GB coming in pink and blue, and all with matching headphones. As far as codec support goes, don’t expect anything revolutionary — just MP3 and of course, ever-lovin’ ATRAC3plus. Still and all, we must profess excitement at the prospect of this thing.

[CSR]

Too late in the game?

[t_ginuwine]

organic EL display are pretty cool

[thebsharp]

hmm they should focus their energy on making more games for the PSP instead.

[hot_potato]

I've seen this in the stores - looks okay but I still think iPod wins in the looks department. OLED is good though, should give better battery life.

[junglebass]

I've seen this in the stores - looks okay but I still think iPod wins in the looks department. OLED is good though, should give better battery life.
i havent seen one yet, but i dont go to stores much
i love my nwhd5 tho

[Cyber6]

I don't know.... it looks too much "a la Ipod" ..

C.

[gamovafan]

I agree with most of the statements people already made, it's too late and not too revolutionary enough to make people go "whoa!". When the first few mp3 players came out, I was amazed by it's size, and when the iPod came out I was amazed by it's design and features, and now when I see this new Sony thing I just think okay, another mp 3 player.

[hot_potato]

i havent seen one yet, but i dont go to stores much
i love my nwhd5 tho

Yodobashi camera flagship store in Akiba.. :lol: That place owns Futureshop/Best Buy.. ha ha! Can you say SERVICE?

[robieG]

i wonder how big it is

[luked]

I love there organic displays.. too bad I already have this stupid ipod

[derevaun]

Yodobashi camera flagship store in Akiba.. :lol: That place owns Futureshop/Best Buy.. ha ha! Can you say SERVICE?

i LOVE the akihabara yodobashi...! that place is amazing, it has absolutely everything, and the people are totally willing to let you try everything before you buy... full, hands-on!

[mlc2000]

I would much rather have a Nano.
Now thats sleek.

[3-putt]

Sony makes some nice stuff, but my biggest problem with them is that they are a content provider. So they are always going to favor DRM over ease of use. Also, a bit overpriced.

That display does look pretty cool though.

[junglebass]

i LOVE the akihabara yodobashi...! that place is amazing, it has absolutely everything, and the people are totally willing to let you try everything before you buy... full, hands-on!
intresting, will check out sometime
i got my hd5 from this chinese store, they had the cheapest price and i got almost 2thou discount on top of it

[hot_potato]

intresting, will check out sometime
i got my hd5 from this chinese store, they had the cheapest price and i got almost 2thou discount on top of it

That's cool - don't forget your passport, they might have duty free (save yourself 5% on top). Where is this place anyways?

[Anessa]

it's very slick looking but probably 3 years too late into the game.

[Advantage22]

Hmmm.... another iPod killer .... yawn.

[Siefer999]

at least its a better attempt than the dell ditty.

sony's shuffle killers are really nice but way over priced.

maybe these will catch on but i think they should have went with a more mature look. these look too teen-ish.

I'm personally going to wait for a super-multifunction-phone-video/music player-printer-scanner-pocket pc-toaster oven-combo device... these music only players are last generation concepts... video is this gen... only a matter of time before they make one of :arrowu: these babies!

[corrupt123]

at least its a better attempt than the dell ditty.

sony's shuffle killers are really nice but way over priced.

maybe these will catch on but i think they should have went with a more mature look. these look too teen-ish.

I'm personally going to wait for a super-multifunction-phone-video/music player-printer-scanner-pocket pc-toaster oven-combo device... these music only players are last generation concepts... video is this gen... only a matter of time before they make one of :arrowu: these babies!



lol, agreed. although, if you've got the money there are plm pc's and pocket pc's that'll pretty much do it all except the printing, scanning, and toaster oven part :lol: