Sony Walkman returns.

[hoob]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000680057883/#c437312

Here's an article on the new Sony MP3 Walkman. It's looking rather sexy with it's OLED screen and whatnot. Still sucks that you have to use the Connect/Sonicstage softwarae, but whatever. Maybe people will start to call them walkmans again. Nah.

http://a.1asphost.com/kaikenult/20GB_HeadphonesNEW_hires2.jpg

[Nova_442]

Oh my god that's hot. Seamless screen...

[davinp]

Looks cool, but I don't know about those headphones, they look similar to Dells.

[Nova_442]

Noone uses stock headphones anyway :)

[DM.]

I like how Sony makes the displays on their players. Seemless, and that makes it look great!

[Wuyui2c2]

The actual images of it don't look too nice, but I have yet to see an image of it powered on (I'm sure it looks cooler) and I'd also have to see it myself to pass judgement.
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050908/sony2_07.jpg
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050908/sony2_04.jpg

Also it seems that they're ditching Sonic Stage for the Connect Player.
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050908/sony1_4.jpg
Look familiar?

[_SLY_]

Noone uses stock headphones anyway :)

i use those pieces of shit at school...and school only

[eagle87311]

,.......
(jaw drops open) hottttt
too bad its 317 for a 20 gig

[comfortablyNUMB]

Looks really nice, but still ships with crappy software. Sony doesn't realize that looks isn't their problem. But did they need to come out with another 20 gig player? They should have just put this out with 6 gigs.

[Wuyui2c2]

It ships with Sony iTun...err Connect Player. Whether its as good as iTunes (which its a clear knock off of) or not has yet to be seen but it already looks better than Sonic Stage.

The player itself supposedly supports wma also. :eek:

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8546/sony141wt.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sony141wt.jpg)

EDIT: Some specs if anyone has yet to view them.

NW-A3000/1000 Series | Features & Specifications
- New (2" for NW-A3000 and 1.5" for NW-A1000) gorgeous OLED display
- Automatic Japanese syllabary conversion
- features "Artist link"
- new "Intelligent shuffle" feature
- 6 EQ mode: Heavy/Pop/Jazz/Unique/Custom 1/Custom 2
- utilize new "CONNECT Player" software
- support MP3 (VBR & CBR) ~ 32-320 kbps, ATRAC3 ~ 66/105/132 kbps and ATRAC3plus ~ 48/64/96/128/160/192/256/320 kbps. *WMA support will be enabled via a firmware update this December 2005.
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0
- Color matching stylish headphone
- Power supply: Built-in lithium ion chargeable battery
- utilize either USB charge/AC adaptor charge.
- Equipped with G protection
- Size: 65.2 × 104.2 × 21.4mm (depth, height, width)
- Mass: approx. 182g

http://www.atraclife.com/index.php?showtopic=179

"Sony WALKMAN is a true extension of the user’s personal taste and musical preferences. At the press of a button, the ‘Artist Link’ function will search every artist, album and song stored on the device and offer suggestions of artists and bands closely linked to the genre of music being played at the time."

very promising.

[DM.]

So it'll support WMA.... But will it support WMA DRM (aka PlaysForSure)?

After all, wasn't it Sony BMG who is making all their CD's with the WMA encryption?

[MystkLp]

looks pretty good to me ^_^

[comfortablyNUMB]

Actually I take back what I said about the software, the screenshot makes me think the software is much similar ...and it looks like iTunes, so maybe it's not half bad but you never know. The only things that's bad about this type of display, is that...it's near impossible to see it in direct sunlight...I'm mean just from the glare from the finger prints in the pictures it's hard to see the display. It does look really cool though.

[hoob]

So, at least it looks that Sony is doing some things right. I mean, all the complaints that were made are, even if slowly, being rectified. No more Sonicstage software, yay. WMA support, and whatnot. So, who knows..this could be Sony's time. Maybe.

[LeIRa]

love the seamless look to the screen... used to use a sony walkman all throughout highschool...

my dear friend now rests in peace :(

but now i got my pocket dj :bounce:

[Wuyui2c2]

Found some more pics over at ATRACLife. (http://www.atraclife.com/index.php?showtopic=179&view=findpost&p=998) Looks really cool.