NW-A800 PMX-M70 PMX-U50 Sony MP4

[gotthat]

Sony will release NW-A800 PMX-M70 PMX-U50 MP4 players in china during June. I read this from offical Sony China, pardon my translation accuracy, but i will try to summarize the three articles regarding these three new MP4 players. Sony officals announced in Beijing on 15/05/2007 that Sony is ready to enter the MP4 market with its three new brand players (yes about time). the NW-A800 series will not be strange to people in this forum since some of us already have purchased it. The other two Mp4 players are the P series, which are designed by Chinese Sony team, they used the concept of oriental visual design to make the player slim, small with big functions (like how the NW-A800 is).They also made the BRAVIA T series and the previous P series (P series is only released in China, cause Sony said P series is customized portable devices designed especially for Chinese market). i just translate what i read, I will attach these pictures as well, also the photos of officals meeting in Beijing.

In the report, Sony explained the NW-A800 is a player which is designed in a small and compact style and also it has video streaming and photo storage functions. I won't go talking about this player anymore, cause we already have too many reviews on this

For the PMX-M70 player, it has 4.3 inches sreen (twice the size of the NW-A800), on the front of the player, it doesn't have any buttons, just purely a large and pleasurable screen ready to show u whatever that u wanna play. Buttons are along the sides. It supports MP3, WMA and ACC formats etc. It has TFT screen to compete with the clarity and the picture of DVD quality. 16：9(480×272), U can watch just about anything on this even AVC(H.264/AVC)Baseline Profile. For the music need, (Normal/Pop/Rock/Classic/Jazz/Bass) are some choices, also some other new sound technologies which i don't know how to translate into offical terms, hopefully when they update the info, they can provide the english terms. It can also record movies, tv shows, drama. It has microphone, u can record cds straight into the player via cable, just fully drag and drop for music and other files. Also it has hidden stand behind the player, so u can put it on the table and enjoy with the stero sound built in the player. Memory stick can be used with this player to expand more possibilities (Memory Stick Pro Duo, Memory Stick Duo), u can read the files which are saved on the MS and also use MS to increase the storage of the device, u can upgrade the player urself. It has three different storage sizes, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, two colors are red and black. 16.7 x 74.4 x 12.7 mm, 129 grams in weight. 20 hours of the music play and 5 hours video playback. Prices will be shown soon

For the PMX-U50 Sony made it so that it is the slimmest player yet to be sold in the market (6.9mm VS 8.3mm of NW-A800). u can view pictures, slide shows, listen to fm radio, u can use the in built microphone, notepad function and read documents or novels. It has 2.4 inches TFTT screen. Fully drag and drop for all files. This player is designed by emphasising on the comfort and easy of use. Sound quality and the technologies are all pretty same with other two players. 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB are the storage sizes with three different colors. 68.3 x 86.4 x 6.8 mm 68 grams in weight. 12 hours battery life for music play and 5 hours for video playback

Along with the three MP4 players which will be released in China at the same time, also four different types of bluetooth devices will also be released to go along with the MP4, two new types of noise cancelling earphones will also be out in the market.

Edited May 16, 2007 by gotthat

[gotthat]

http://www.sony.com.cn/electronics/P_audio/mp4/listxl.asp

this is the site which Sony china will release A and P series together at June. Japan Sony said this is a historical event because they put two series together and sale three of them together in the same time. While they waited until June to do this. So it's like Japan and China's effort and design together built their first try in the MP4 market. They now put China as their first target market, while Chinese market is not so taken by Ipod yet, because of 13 billions people in the country, therefore the Mp3/MP4 market is very diverse and ipod has not taken the percentage yet. good luck to Sony and also hopefully they can at least keep asia market strong

M70 http://www.sony.com.cn/electronics/P_audio/M70/outward.asp

U50 http://www.sony.com.cn/electronics/P_audio/u50/moving.asp

Edited May 16, 2007 by gotthat

[wcahyono]

This definitely is going to be my next SONY MP3 player : PMX-M70 !!

Amazing. Only I need to know if soon someone own one, pls share your review about its sound & video quality.

Also if someone knows if it has clear bass, etc........

REALLY GREAT NEWS !! Thanks gotthat for sharing the info.

[gotthat]

hi mate i really like the PMX-M70 player, the prices for P series Sony said it will be moderate level, not very expensive (still don't know how much if they don't give a figure), they released three articles on these players today, so i got them from the China offical site, hopefully more news and info. On the note of sound quality, it seems from the descriptions, they put something else into the P series to suit the fact that it is highly powerful for watching videos, but at the same time offering u the quality that Sony is famous for, those terms i just couldn't get around. But with each link u can press and at least check the players out, they did it well, P series will be released soon, who knows there should be sites which sell stuff from China, that's one way of buying it

[STAN☆STAN]

These PMX series MP4 player don't need to use the Sonicstage.And it doesn't support ATRAC3plus.

Besides,there's no WALKMAN logo on these two players,so it's not the WALKMAN player.

Personally,I don't like this kind of MP4 player,for I don't think its SQ will be as good as the A800series.And the PMX series is released in China only,so it seems to be difficult to buy one aboard.

As for video player,I prefer PSP.

STAN☆STAN

[rocklegend_]

MMMM another player that doesn´t support Atrac.One is starting to get suspicious and worried.I hope Sony improves mp3 and AAC support to the standard of Atrac which I think has the best audio quality....Also so with no Atrac does this mean it ain´t Gapless...

I love the Drag & Drop feature and what´s also interesting is the removable media idea....Memory stick....This seems more of a Mini-disc replacement.Removable Flash Memory....I hope they sell this in Europe

Edited May 16, 2007 by rocklegend

[gotthat]

fair comment rocklegend, certainly with a player it has plus and minus. I found out many reviews on Sony HD5, A series, S series and E series ect in Chinese review sites. It seems that their reviews favour Sony products over Ipod definitely. So if they did write about these long reviews about products' quality, appearance and comparison with other brands, they will write it on the P series as well, so that once they do talk about it, i can translate and add it onto the review section of the forum. China definitely said NW-A800 is more of a music player and will not disappoint u with all those three technologies put in. They do show the P series as a visual+music player, well it's kind of messy in China right now for the portable audio, people still look for a good player, different brands still try to convice the market that they are the one, there is no real leader yet. So it's a good chance for Sony to gain the profit through A and P series. I will wait to see what their workshop says about P series

[Zizone_]

PMX-M70 looks like more of a video player, which looks nice though.

Personally, I don't like PMX-U50 design... And somehow I can sense that PMX-U50 is only for China. Also, why top and bottom are skip and right and left are fast forward/reverse? In my opinion, they should be all under right and left direction, where click is skip and holding key down is fast forward.

Anyways, these two players do not seem to be Walkman.

Edited May 17, 2007 by Zizone

[gotthat]

well these two players are actually only for China, i think we should conclude this post with comments like such: A series is definitely about music, it has all of ur expected sony features, which u will not find in other players on the market. The P series is for China only, since that's the plan made by Sony that they will invest a customize line of devices just for China. People from this forum to be honest are much more smarter and insightful than people who work in Sony shops, if u come here and read something, u will know what to buy. Therefore i think P series is really just a additional reading articles for us to enjoy, it doesn't mean anything cause nobody can really buy it and alot of people have their other favourite as well. So P series will be trying hard to win China over, money to be more precise is what Sony after, they try to convice China don't go for ipod, hopefully Taiwan and Hongkong will support Sony more than ipod as Sony does promote in those areas too. P series is really for video, they were designed after Sony did survey in China, cause they really have a MP4 war going on there right now, if they can't win in Western countries (miss the boat)....well may as well try to earn some money with other possible markets.

[Guest Stuge]

So another China release.grrrrrr :sad:

I really like the Design of this player .

[ceres]

Actually a smart move by Sony. Mp4 suggests an improvement over mp3 per se. Apart from the technological foundation, it´s good marketing.

stressing that this is a china/japan collaboration will satisfy patriot feelings in asia, also emphasizing cultural dominance in apple´s ipod product. make no mistake about it.

if sony really dropped sonic stage I would be really amazed at this intelligent move. I don´t think it will hold true for audio. Why should it be the case for the new video players but not the 800 which is also listed on the quoted page?I figure Sony is fighting a lost battle in Europe and North America right now even with superior hardware. The most they will be able to claim there is 10% market share. The situation in these market places is bad to dismal with dynamics clearly in favor of apple. Again, make no mistake about it itunes is a huge part of that situation. it´s the best audo management tool and people know this. From itunes to ipod ain´t that far.

Personally. the new players don´t mean anything to me. They don´t strike me as anything special. I don´t care about video. If I did I´d get a psp. To be fair The 808 is a great piece of hardware, though only an evolutionary step over the nano.