Sony's new Network Walkman flash players
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Engadget is carrying an article concerning the latest SONY flash players. It's been a while since a Sony product has impressed me. However these look very sleak, small, handy and very useful. 1GB with FM tuner, jog dial and 50 hours battery life makes this an iPod shuffle beater. Slightly more costly though it seems. I finally see Sony getting back on track, their new stance towards their crippled music codec is refreshing. Oh and this: three-line organic electroluminescence displays!!!Engadget: "Sony finally busted out all those new flash-based Network Walkman digital audio players they accidentally (or "accidentally") leaked out last month. First up: their new 400 and 500 series. It's pretty inevitable that the 512MB NW-E505 (pictured above), 1GB NW-E507, 512MB NW-E405, and 1GB NW-E407 are going to get compared to the iPod shuffle, so we'll just get that out of the way right quick.. All four players have three-line organic electroluminescence displays, up to 50 hours of battery life (if you connect directly to your PC via USB you can score a quick hit of three hours of playback time after just three minutes of charging), jog dial navigation, and native support for playback of MP3 files, as well as ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, WMA, and WAV. The only real difference between the 400 and the 500 series is that the NW-E505 and NW-507 have built-in FM tuners. None of these'll be out for a couple more months, but the NW-E405 will sell for $130, the NW-407 for $180, the NW-E505 for $150, while the NW-E507 rounds things out at $200."
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March 17, 2005
I am liking what I am hearing. I can't wait to get a hold of one of those sexy players. I still cannot believe I spent $89 dollars two years ago on a 64 MB IRiver Mp3 player with no FM Tuner. I should have known that Sony would come out with these sick players.
What really grabs my attention is the design and color used. I just want to hold it and show it off in school. The FM Tuner is a good feature because many people like myself may get tired of listening to the same music over and over and want to hear other stuff like Latin Pop, classical, and the latest Hip-Hop hits. I must get one of these slick devices!!