Would you pay for a hardware upgrade to your Walkman?

[C3POwen]

I have the NW-A808 and, as much as I would never want to swap it for another MP3 player, I'm starting to feel that 8GB is nowhere near enough memory for the amount of music that I'd like to carry around with me. However, I'd rather have a flash-based player rather than one with a hard drive - it keeps the size and weight down, while keeping the battery life up.

Now, I've seen the new 16GB player that Sony are releasing in Japan and, since I don't particularly like its styling, it makes me want a 16GB version of my NW-A808. An NW-A809, if you will.

I'm also aware that Creative will be releasing a 32GB version of their flash-based Zen which would be ideal for someone like me who wants their whole music/video collection with them all at once. But the trouble is that I REALLY like my Sony player, specifically its ATRAC capabilities.

So, the question is: if Sony (or a third party) did a hardware-upgrade service, where you could have your flash player's memory doubled or quarupled, would you be willing to pay for it? And how much?

[l'ange]

I would sell my old NW-A808 and get the NW-A809 if it would exist (no support for Atrac is also a pain for me).

A hardware-upgrade from a third party company is (technically) impossible, maybe in a dream (in this case, I won't pay more than $100 for this) .

Edited January 21, 2008 by l'ange

[kino170878]

Obviously the upgrade would have to be less than the price of a new model. As long as that were true then I would be willing to pay whatever cost it took.

But I don't see the point of the thread (apart from dreaming that is). Nobody yet has found the ability to crack open the Sony safe. And since Sony themselves would rather go to hell and back before offering any type of upgrade, there really is no hope for us.

Edited January 22, 2008 by kino170878