Sony's new Walkman hands-ons
By Ryan Block 
posted Feb 26th 2008 2:15PM
posted Feb 26th 2008 2:15PM
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Purple rain....purple rain....
hands ons?
You there! Hands-offs!
WoOoOT!! Prince is the *hit.
I wish they would come back out with the yellow water-proof(resistant) ones...
Just wondering, I really like sony products but I got drawn on the concept/technology of Samsung's YP2 bluetooth player having the ability to have two headsets and can connect to your mobile phone. Can this thing do it?
i had an old sony (the later version of this one A808 think it was) and i decided to change for YP-P2 and would NEVER go back! amazing device
Cool!
I take it that Sony gave up on forcing a conversion of everything to ATRAC3 before tranferring to the device...that did wonders for the USB MiniDisc players
I have had the S616F for almost a month. NO ATRAC!
What about FLAC? Any FLAC? No FLAC == no buy
I like it, I like it a lot!
Where does the cassette go in?
In your mum.
You see it ain't just you who can make shitty and pointless jokes.
@aahatimy
That's what SHE said!
OLED? Looks nice, but it's a Sony so I'm sure it'll be way overpriced.
Hmmmm, sounds like certain fruit company we all love (and for some of us, to hate).
Seriously tho, Sony usually makes awsome hardware (PSP, PS3) and crap software support (PSP, PS3).
…and a new easy to remember model name!!!
That is pretty damn fugly.
i own one of these, 4 gb model w/o bluetooth.
do apple fan boys know tht other manufacturers let their users drag n drop files using jus explorer to transfer files :) oh and add to tht an fm transmitter, and 10 pounds off price - sheep-honestly :)
You sir, are an ass… honestly.
Oh man I had to reply to this one.
So you like to drag and drop your music from Explorer onto a device? Great. Let's say you have a modest library, 3000+ tracks. How do you choose which tracks to drag and drop onto your device? Do you usually have a few "favorite" albums you throw on there? Maybe you drag and drop your latest downloads or purchases? That's awesome. So you do a lot of work to get your music onto your player.
I use a piece of software that intelligently updates my playlists with songs I haven't listened to in a while, songs that are marked as favorites, and songs that have been recently purchased. But I don't drag and drop shit because computers are made to help with efficiency. I took 15 minutes setting up these Smart Playlists and now all I do is plug in my device, it auto-updates with everything I need, and I unplug it.
How is drag and drop any different than filling your 10-disc CD changer with CDs?
you can also sync the newer sony walkmans with WMP 11 or some other software if you don't want to drag and drop.
Yup.. options. I like deciding for myself what works best for me and in which situations.
Its hilarious. I remember when the same asshole comments were coming out of the mouths of Apple customers. Now being ANTI apple is the counter-culture teen thing to do. Love it.
Yeah okay, guess what bud. You're all sheep.
2.4" LCD is just way too small when even the Chinese players have 2.8" and 3" wide screens.
Part of the appeal of flash players is that they are smaller.
At this point, I would really like to see Sony come out with a competent movie downloading service (think about how big their movie library is) and a nice HD (160 GB anyone?) based PMP with a 3 or 4 inch screen. O and to repent for many years of ATRAC, perhaps a wide range of video codec support to try and beat out Cowon, the king of codec support.
Ah, tactile buttons we can actually operate and use without even looking at the unit. That's one of the reasons why I love Sony units. OLED is another. Ability to change batteries another and the ability to delete things on the fly is yet another.
Eh... both NWZ-S710 and NWZ-S820 series are using LCD... so I am not following why there are some comments about OLED.
meh, looks slick enough... I used to be a loyal sony fanboy back when the standard for memory cards was still up in the air. Now, it's "give me micro SD or give your gadget death!" Being married to a manufacter makes me feel too dirty and icky.
I bought my mom the non bt/4GB version this past x-mas, she loves it.
Oh & it did blend BTW, w/Shure SE 310s' very well.
Looks like a Zune 2.0
ok @ chris, what if ur at ur friends place and listen to this oh so awsome song?
a) u tell his to install itunes or other software so tht u can get one song onto ur system?
b)drag and drop
c)realise u were sheeped by a fruit company
and 3monkies- get another one and chew on ur internet connection
ok @ chris, what if ur at ur friends place and listen to this oh so awsome song?
a) u tell him to install itunes or other software so tht u can get one song onto ur system?
b)drag and drop
c)realise u were sheeped by a fruit company
and 3monkies- get another one and chew on ur internet connection