Engadget sez-Sony NW-A800 now loose in USA!

[Bazooka]

I assume it will be WMP 11 compatible. Great news, even though this walkman is coming ashore here in the states with no advertising noise whatsoever.

The only thing is, I wish engadget would state their source for this info.

Check the article here.

Edited August 29, 2007 by Bazooka

[Guest Stuge]

it is WMP compatible .

[Shinji Ikeda]

  Stuge said:

it is WMP compatible .

Yes, this can be deduced from the pictures taken of both units. However, this is the NWZ-A810.

[Bazooka]

Here is the official site!

[Bazooka]

I was just looking at the specs for format---no ATRAC?!?!

[aznbro85]

  Bazooka said:

Here is the official site!

quick come, quick go

engadget seemed to have posted a link to the specs on sonystyle's website as well, and now when you go to that link (at least for me @ 10:15am PST) the link brings you back to the home page, and you can't locate any MP3 players on the drop down menu under "MP3 & Portable Electronics"

hopefully the specs come back up soon!

[Guest Stuge]

  Bazooka said:

I was just looking at the specs for format---no ATRAC?!?!

No Atrac=Freedom from SonicStage

[socom1]

Just when I bought a damn NW-S706FV... oh well, probably out of my price range.

[Weaves_]

Scroll down this link:

http://crave.cnet.com/?tag=cnetfd.blogs

This unit does nothing for me. I have my HD5 until it breaks. Hopefully. by then, there will larger flash players (32gb). Here is my summary (FWIW):

1. I can't justify paying anywhere over $200 US when I paid @ $250 for my HD5 two years ago.
2. The funny thing is that Sony always claimed more battery life because of ATRAC. If that was true, we should see decreased battery life. If no decreased battery life, they were probably lying for ATRAC's sake.
3. If no gapless- why shouldn't I buy another player? Sony is just daring me to buy an iPod next, and I've supported Sony since early minidisc days. September 5th may be a big day for me now.

[Old skool D]

For all those people who hate SS, this may be a winner, but with the 8GB being the most you can hold in this series, many may feel short changed!

[ceres]

  Weaves said:

Scroll down this link:

http://crave.cnet.com/?tag=cnetfd.blogs

This unit does nothing for me. I have my HD5 until it breaks. Hopefully. by then, there will larger flash players (32gb). Here is my summary (FWIW):

1. I can't justify paying anywhere over $200 US when I paid @ $250 for my HD5 two years ago.
2. The funny thing is that Sony always claimed more battery life because of ATRAC. If that was true, we should see decreased battery life. If no decreased battery life, they were probably lying for ATRAC's sake.
3. If no gapless- why shouldn't I buy another player? Sony is just daring me to buy an iPod next, and I've supported Sony since early minidisc days. September 5th may be a big day for me now.

They always lied about the superiority in the sq department. That has been evident for a few yrs now. As far as battery life in concerned Sony might have had a valid argument as it is

rumored that the decoding of atrac material is less cpu intensive. But that, of course, depends on the cpu and software. Today AAC has strong cpu support. In the past Atrac might have been more efficient, especially at low bitrates. The past is the past, though.