spex Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Sony UK has officially announced the new Walkman MP3 player series that was leaked on this site and others last week. Official Press releaseAlso, there are some exclusive pictures of the new Sony MP3 players on the Silva Bokis blog.Pictures taken by me this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ascariss Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 what's the 3.3 on it?SS 3.3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spex Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 It's a label that advertises "3 minutes charge = 3 hours play". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EZero Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Why is Sony going along with this one instead of the CE-P? I will never understand Sony... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kamil Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 my fucking god.....When will they make ALL portables with REMOVABLE BATTERIES?!?!The simplest concept and one that makes a portable product TRULY portable, is OVERLOOKED!!!!I swear to god, my head is going to explode if this idiotic decision keeps happening across sony daps and others. Virtually every walkman, discman, and early flash mp3 players had a removable battery, what the hell makes them think THIS crap is better??!IM TIRED OF THIS!!!!!!!! GRRRRRR!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bogon07 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 "If this wasn’t enough to make you rush out and buy your E Series WALKMAN, it’s also worth noting that it comes fully equipped with stop watch and a clock and calendar function too. And if you are a radio fan the 512 MB and 1 GB versions have the option of an *FM tuner. *FM tuner versions not available from all retailers."-SonyUKI can't understand why a clock & radio couldn't have been included with the A1000/A3000 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MZ-1 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 One-line OLED like the "Bean". Three would have been nicer.Maybe the A608 wont make to the USA....Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 madleet3 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 (edited) hmm US still donthave the A600 serires?if compare to the new tube size and the CE-p seriesand the old E500 and A600 seriesi give a booo rating to its now tube size dapE500 and A600 series still wins the dayfor the flashbaseCE-p series no idea too is it battery life as good as its older brother E500 and A600 series?i was one a MD too using 2 AA battery and is the longest lasting audio player for me doh 10yrs+ and still going strongin the end i swtich to E500 series due to its size and mp3bean shape from sony is kinda selling like crap in my county most shop is kinda dumping it awaymaybe due to its EOLand its HD5 toonow is just only E500 and A600 series and A1000 and A3000 still sellingbut i noticed my country the E500 and A600 series or actually E500 series is selling better maybe due to its size and more colors avaiable Edited April 4, 2006 by madleet3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Stuge Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Site doesn`t suggest that they are USB2 ..Blog page need`s to be updated as 512mb &1gb has optional FM ..Battery life is not good as E400/500/A600(series)..too bad ..I hope the USb plug of this Netwrok walkman is not delicate as Bean USB plug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spex Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Site doesn`t suggest that they are USB2 ..Blog page need`s to be updated as 512mb &1gb has optional FM ..Battery life is not good as E400/500/A600(series)..too bad ..I hope the USb plug of this Netwrok walkman is not delicate as Bean USB plugHi Stuge, To answer 2 of your points:- They are USB2. - The 512Mb and 1GB versions both have an FM variant. In the UK the 512MB FM version will most likely be an exclusive to a single store chain. In other countries I don't know whether both 512MB & 1GB FM versions will both be available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 madleet3 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 yea optional got FMstrange doh why they dont give all model got FM'syea E500/A600 still wins in term of functions, style, and battery lifeover this new tube modelsony should have standardise all its new DAP to be 50hrs same as its E500/A600 seriesand maybe improve on its A600 series with more functions and more storage but i hope this new model the price range should be cheaper then E500/A600 since its got lower specs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spex Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 sony should have standardise all its new DAP to be 50hrs same as its E500/A600 seriesThe 28 hours for the new players are based on ATRAC @ 132kbps. Wasn't the estimated battery life for E500 series based on ATRAC @ 64kbps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 madleet3 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 in the catalogue it mentioned A600 is atrac3plus @ 132kps is 50hrs max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Stuge Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Hi Stuge, To answer 2 of your points:- They are USB2. - The 512Mb and 1GB versions both have an FM variant. In the UK the 512MB FM version will most likely be an exclusive to a single store chain. In other countries I don't know whether both 512MB & 1GB FM versions will both be available.Hi Spex,Thanks for Answering but i was rather confused with USB 2 & USB fast tranfer ..b`coz they should indicate USB2 Clearly .The 28 hours for the new players are based on ATRAC @ 132kbps. Wasn't the estimated battery life for E500 series based on ATRAC @ 64kbps?50 hour battery life was estimated with Atrac3plus 48kpbs for A500(series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 madleet3 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 (edited) oh really? stuge 50hrs is at 48kps?hmm.. maybe i read wronglyi normally transfer convert my mp3 to atrac to 105kps48kps seem to be super low bitrate doh Edited April 5, 2006 by madleet3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Stuge Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 oh really? stuge 50hrs is at 48kps?hmm.. maybe i read wronglyi normally transfer convert my mp3 to atrac to 105kps48kps seem to be super low bitrate dohSorry ,I was worng in stating that s pdf manual & Box of E500(series) states that battery life of 45 hours with Atrac 3 Plus 48kpbs & 50hrs with Atrac 3 105kpbs .. Sorry Guy `s I must be sleeping somwhere .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sony UK has officially announced the new Walkman MP3 player series that was leaked on this site and others last week.
Official Press release
Also, there are some exclusive pictures of the new Sony MP3 players on the Silva Bokis blog.
Pictures taken by me this morning.
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