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[Christopher]

I'm very pleased to announce that ATRACLife, a division of the Sony Voice Network, will be at the largest consumer electronics expo in the world - CES (2006). This expo has seen the debut of many technologies, including the Minidisc, CD, DVD, Blue-Ray, etc. The majority of Sony's products for FY2006 will be on display, Sir Howard Stringer (CEO of Sony) will be holding a keynote, and much more.

In recent weeks, Sony’s management team has outlined a new vision of the company’s future. It is a vision that is streamlined in terms of product lines, manufacturing sites and efficiencies. As a representative of the community, I will seek answers to how the ATRAC codec will evolve and of course, the products that support it. No rumors, no run-around; just the truth.

To keep our true strength and status as a premium website for all things ATRAC, we must deliver truly differentiated, champion news stories that afford our visitors the unique, compelling and personalized experiences they desire. I look forward to visiting CES to ensure that there is no void in regards to information that is relevant to the format, and that together, we have a mature voice that will speak on behalf of the community.

[Ryzir]

Have fun! and hopefully you bring back some good news :ol_biggrin:

[lxrichbirdxl]

COOL!

[Christopher]

We will bring news, pictorials, interviews and much more. :ol_biggrin:

[veezhun]

can i come too??? ;)

haffun chris and take loads of pictures.. where is it being held??

[Christopher]

Las Vegas. This is the largest Electronics expo in the world -- I will be able to sample Connect Player, the new Walkmans, and interview people who have high influence over the format. I may be able to get a word in with Stringer..we'll see. Any interaction with Sony will be recorded by Minidisc, and any photos will be shared. :ol_biggrin:

[veezhun]

stringer is supposed to come down to india sometime this month for inaugrating sony entertainment television's new office followed by a huge party.. could you ask him if a minidisc fan can meeet him in india???

worth a shot i guess ... lol

cheers

[indeego]

Ok Kurisu, just a few days left.
Enjoy your trip and do not come back with bad news for Minidisc :ol_rolleyes:

Happy new year 2006, btw. :ol_smile:

[sif]

With the news that Samsung will be supplying 8GB flash memory to Sony (probably for a new Walkman, the real competitor for the Nano), does anyone know/think that this new flash player will have colour OLED screen/ 30fps video support (using the nVidia GoForce 4800 from the Sony-Ericsson W900i?)? Also any chance of 40/60GB HDD Walkman's?

With the quality of batteries of the Walkman's you would think that Sony could come up with a system that minimised reduction in battery life caused but the colour screen, so there would be no compromise.

If so I might hold off on the NW-A3000 and wait for one of the new Walkmans. What is the usual time between announcement and launch of a new Walkman?

Sorry if the questions seem a little random, but I could not create a new topic.

[Christopher]

It was never specified that a Walkman would recieve this flash memory.

[sif]

It is a pretty educated guess, wouldn't you think? What about colour screen/video, any info on that front?

[EZero]

I would take back everything bad I've said about Sony if they announce a new Walkman at CES (being released soon of course), color screen, video playback, picture functionality, great design (HD5 was so plain if you asked me, I liked the A3000, but it was too large), great battery life, and either 20-30 GBs. Or a Vaio Player with the above functionality. (Honestly, one of the dumbest things Sony did was dropping support for the VP brand. They had Apple beat, had they only marketed it more.)

[Kit]

I would take back everything bad I've said about Sony if they announce a new Walkman at CES (being released soon of course), color screen, video playback, picture functionality, great design (HD5 was so plain if you asked me, I liked the A3000, but it was too large), great battery life, and either 20-30 GBs. Or a Vaio Player with the above functionality. (Honestly, one of the dumbest things Sony did was dropping support for the VP brand. They had Apple beat, had they only marketed it more.)

I agree, but knowing Sony, they wouldn't unleash the full potential of their capability, they'll just keep it and bring into their own graves. Just see what happened to MD. It was out almost 15 years ago, but they never fully optimised its potential. What a waste! Same with the Vaio Pocket, that monster was out 1 1/2 years ago! Nobody in the market has anything like that! Correct me if i'm wrong though...

Anyway, seems like no news from CES...!

[Kit]

Am hoping so. I'm not sure if all there is are being shown at www.sony.com/ces/ coz it's rather disappointing :(

[Christopher]

Be patient..it's coming.

[EZero]

Anybody find it strange that absolutely no Walkman announcements were made? TVs, PCs, Laptops, Blu-Ray players, etc. all had announcements, but no new Walkman.

Sony is realeasing the Connect Video service (In March), but no Walkman to support it?

[Ascariss]

Perhaps sony is plannong more announcments later today or perhaps even on froday.

Oddly enough I went here:

http://www.sony.com/ces/e-entertainment.shtml

and the new walkman is on the site. which means it is at the show and no one is covering it, or the debut for it is yet to come.

So I guess just wait and see.

[nw_lover]

I don't think Sony will announce a new HD Walkman @CES because the A1000/3000 are still to new (1-2 month in the market). Any new player would definitely harm Sony's sales on A1000/3000

[doclloyd]

Agreed with nw_lover. I was perusing sonystyle.com and for now there are no HDD players listed for sale! The HD5 is no more apparently. I would expect a formal announcement for the NW-Axxxx series to come tomorrow perhaps... maybe other personal/portable audio announcements as well, such as more information about the Connect player software? The speculation and suspense is almost too much. Thankfully, I have other things to worry about in the meantime ;-)