NW-E002F/E003F/E005F AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.?

[spaceways]

Does anyone know when the NW-E002F/E003F/E005F units will be available in the U.S.? If they will not be available here, does anyone know where to get them overseas? I tried ordering from a few sites and they would not ship to the U.S. Thanks in advance.

Jay

[pata2001]

No, they're not available in the US. However, they are available in Canada. I don't think Sony USA is going to release these, especially with the looming rumor of 10GB flash based iPod, and higher capacity nanos.

[Del]

Does anyone know when the NW-E002F/E003F/E005F units will be available in the U.S.? If they will not be available here, does anyone know where to get them overseas? I tried ordering from a few sites and they would not ship to the U.S. Thanks in advance.

Jay

Hey Jay.

I just ordered one from www.advancedmp3players.com. It's a UK based website that ships worldwide. I highly recommend them. They are very quick and courteous and will respond to all emails within just a few hours. The only drawback is the volume crippled UK restrictions. However, it's not as bad as I first thought. They told me that they will have more of the NW-E005's in stock in about 10 days. Good luck!

[lamewing]

No, they're not available in the US. However, they are available in Canada. I don't think Sony USA is going to release these, especially with the looming rumor of 10GB flash based iPod, and higher capacity nanos.

Oh my! So is this Sony's answer for the States? "We can't be number one, so we will just take our toys and go home?"

Seriously, is Sony just going to give up on the U.S. completely? So what if they cannot be the top performer. They could at least sell the units on their website (at a fair price) for the Americans who want them. If they don't want to invest in the brick-and-mortar stores...that is their loss.

It is very clear Apple has won the hearts and minds of the American public, but to basically ignore us (not releasing the A-series HDD and flash players in the U.S.) and possibly ignoring us in the next round of units as well.

If this keeps up, I may just give up on Sony and just buy an iPod myself.

Of course if the PSP was more solidly built, had an internal hard drive, and was marketed as more than a game machine with multimedia capabilities (or is that reversed!?!) then maybe I would at least have a Sony option at this point.