mp3fan

When i was 18, i couldn't afford something like this, i had to save my own money, technology improves so fast, back then it was only cd player and at best MD for us, good player it's the Japan only color NW-A808

Great to see the result, it is certainly different from the 05 CE-P thingy. The Sony price in China has always been high and expensive, it will continue in the future, they have no intention to lower it. Take those US fastfood companies, Chinese people wait in line for 30 mins, a hour or even come back at 2 hours later just to try it, i have seen it myself. To have a cup of coffee, u need to wait in line for freaky long time, it's more expensive than good quality tea, but hey that's ok, US starbucks has already opened 200 coffee shops in China. It doesn't matter what people say about MACs and KFC health issue, Chinese consumers will go for it like crazy, they think expensive=best, foreign brands=cooler and better. There are plenty of people who can afford it and low income people strive to earn more money, therefore the market for the high premium product in China is also very intense, Korean brands such as LG and Samsung and Japan Panasonic, they have also tried to establish a secure base in China like what Sony has done. Not to mention you have got different brands from North America and Europe coming strongly too. One interesting thing about ipod+itunes, Chinese people don't like to pay money to download, they like illegal download, their local music artists are forced to find other ways to survive, why pay money for a song when u can download them for free, they don't even buy real version cd, as long as u don't force them to pay for the song, then they will get to know ur product and company, so they will have a second thought about itunes. China is a different place for many companies, they usual modify strategies to suit the operation in China, then they can count the profit.

Great work from Sony Japan for NW-S705 and PSP, that's why u shouldn't put that ipod thingy next to them, they just don't look good together, true designs come from Japan. u can say it's the value problem in China, or u can say from another perspective.......like if Chinese people don't buy things from Japan, US and European brands, then they have no choice. For example some Chinese local brand DAP look like a 100% ipod, some look like a PSP, some even try to copy iphone, some try to copy samsung, product quality is unreliable. There is no authentic and individuality for Chinese local brand, from low price product to expensive ones, look at their own DAP brand Meizu, one word hopeless. So for Chinese people who can afford alot, then they will go for Foreign brands (this is market for example all of the companies from Japan, US and Europe try to sell their product to), for people who can't take the price, they go for the local brands (foreign companies do also have cheaper entry level standard products to sell, trying to expand the share).

They worked hard for the product, great effort from Japan as always, Japan has the best electronic products all these time, they look so proud and confident, once again a perfect product from Japan, keep it up and walkman is still the best no matter what. Btw i feel it's easier to read Japanese than English, would it be possible for u to provide the link?

there will be an ipod killer, because no brand can be forever always ruling the portable audio kingdom. Who would have thought that Sony walkman can even lose to Apple. When people were using Sony back all those 10 yrs 20 yrs 30 yrs, we all thought that this Sony giant would never lose, it was impossible to think of a Walkman killer until the ipod, same thing for apple, it can rule for few years or many years, but eventually something else will replace it However disappointed for the fact that it is the ipod which took over the market from Sony, because Sony for all these years have brought us top sound quality, such as cd walkman and MD, ipod is nothing but flat music. U can take it as fashion and playful toy item but not serious for listening to ur music, i am sure at least we can tell the SQ from Sony and Apple's comparison. Though Sony has started late in the DAP game, but the NW-A, S, E, HD are all very powerful lines of production