SI: Sony Walkman A-Series Gets 64GB Capacity Bump And White Color In Europe

[Christopher]

Sony Europe has stated that the latest A-Series Walkman will be getting a refresh this August. The A-Series initially had a Japan-only debut in late 2009 and has been available there in black and brown and up to 64GB. The 64GB model was exclusive to Japan all the way up to this point, but now Europe soon be able to purchase the 32GB NWZ-A846 and 64GB NWZ-A847 Walkman portable music players. Sony Europe also announced a cosmetic and great addition to the NW-A840 series OLED Walkman series. The variant is white and has a blue Walkman symbol on the front and back of the device, and originally launched in Japan last April.

If you have forgotten, the latest A-Series simply is the most brilliant Walkman offering from Sony to date – at only 7.2mm thin, it has all of the features people have been asking for in previous Walkmans while shedding what it needed to. In my opinion, this is the most stylish appearance I’ve seen in a personal media player – and it has a jaw-dropping 2.8 inch WQVGA OLED screen.

Of course, the A-Series is drag n’ drop, which also includes for the first time auto-converting video transfer! Additional features to round out this sweet package include a S-Master digital amplifier, FM radio, digital noise canceling (which we really think is incredible) and comes with premium MDR-EX300SL earphones. That is a really nice pair of stock buds to come with a Walkman – I am glad to see they didn’t skimp out. Other premium features to color your sound include DSEE, Clear Stereo, and Clear bass. Compatible codecs include MP3, AAC, WMA(DRM), L-PCM, H264/AVC, MP4, WMV(DRM). You can also achieve up to 30 hour battery life at 128kbps MP3′s, or 9 hours of video playback with MPEG4 files set to 384kbps.

It also has a TV-out function, that can output at 720

[DanteSS3]

I'd like to be the first to sale:

Well done Sony!

It looked as if they weren't going to bring anything other than 16GB model to Europe, but glad that the 64GB is heading our way.

Now just to decide between white or black....

[tds101]

I just hope this makes it to the USA/Canada,...................it'll be a huge hit - especially w/ME!!!