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There, I did it for you all. Now you all don't have to. ]]>Dec 12th 2008 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
What about every other device that has an LCD screen, or the plethora of other touchscreen PDAs that came out years before Apple shat out the iphone/ipod touch.

Get a clue seriously.]]>Dec 12th 2008 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
While I use and love the iPod for it's ease of use and interface (on both the player and iTunes), I really miss the audio fidelity and quality Sony's Walkmans (and MiniDisc mans for those of you 4 others who used them) had. The iPod, especially when you use the EQs, leaves much to be desired in terms of audio fidelity and quality. ]]>Dec 12th 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
No, Apple is not the standard. It's just a marketing hype. I am an audio/recording engineer and I use Apple products too. I just returned my iPod for a Sony Walkman despite I have purchased a lot of music from iTunes Store. The reason? AUDIO QUALITY.

Ever noticed that when you crank up the volume on an iPod the audio gets all distorted even though the source never hit 0db to begin with? And no matter HOW you adjust the EQ it's not going to help.

Let's face it, Apple has failed in terms of audio quality and signal processing. Crank the volume (gain) up high and it starts the distortion; totally useless and pointless equalizer that will cause the distortion at first place, let along the customization.

It simply sickens me when I walk by and get blasted with completely distorted waveform they call "music" that comes out of the crappy headphones they wear. Sony includes a high quality set of in-ear buds that produces great audio, compare to the standard ear buds Apple included in their products, Sony's earbuds simply out performs Apple's "trash" if you will.

On the other hand, Sony's signal processing is way superior. Dynamic normalizer (compressor/limiter/expender, or the "Dynamic Trio"); fully customizable equalizer that will not produce a SINGLE distortion no matter how high you crank the gain up with the same source file compare to iPod; among with many other audio signal processing. It is simply superior.

If Apple fixes and enhances the audio quality and signal processing with their iPod and includes at least better headphones, then I will go back to iPod so I don't have to strip the DRMs off the tracks I bought.]]>Dec 12th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
Best on the market? Even in Japan, they'd rather carry an iPod than a Walkman. OMFGWTFROFL. A Walkman, puhleeeese and photoshopped, at that. No wonder Sony sales are dropping. Walkman =ごみ]]>Dec 12th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
Just replace "Amazon's Mp3" with "iTunes' AAC" and that list would be word for word what was available on the Touch exactly over one year ago. Is that a bad thing? I don't think so, but it could use a touch of originality (forgive the pun).
]]>Dec 12th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/your comments are just stupid and not needed.
why don't you go join that traveling homo circus?
i guess it's because your neither gay nor hos enough to do it.
your a loser.

as for the sony product, i know from actually using it at a demo it is a solid piece of gear.
that being said, it will indeed forever be a me-too product with a couple of new features.

everyone knows iPod set the standard for MP3 players, just as iPhone set the standard for smart-ish, touch-screen phones.
that's does not mean others can't or wont follow suit, but does indeed prove Charles' point.

so, CJ go suck on yourself or do you need a teet to cry on?]]>Dec 12th 2008 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
That's was she also said.]]>Dec 12th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
bittorrent, gnutella, and other p2p

who needs itunes store when you have everything-free store]]>Dec 12th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
IP and home address logged. A patty wagon will soon arrive are your residence, please do not leave while we attempt to arrest you. Thank you.]]>Dec 12th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
Mobile beef service, now that's the wave of the future.

Why in the hell didn't anyone tell me there were patty-wagons? now i never have to leave my cubicle!!

]]>Dec 12th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
"The literal and figurative centerpiece is to be a 3-inch OLED display (possibly that 3.3-inch panel making the rounds, or something more Sony specific), running a touch interface with many similarities to the current Walkman players. Also slated for inclusion is WiFi, enabling a YouTube app, over the air podcast downloads, built-in access to Amazon's MP3 store and an unspecified web browser."

I bought a Cowon D2 recently after using a Sony S series for a while because I wanted to try out the touch interface. I still miss the Sony interface a lot though. It just had so many useful design features that made it such an awesome UI. I just hope they implement the web browser well. I've been looking for an ipod alternative in terms of a good media player with wifi, and this just might be the answer.
]]>Dec 12th 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 13th 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
/sarcasm]]>Dec 12th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/The MP3 player was great, actually. It had a feature like Genius long before Apple had it, and it looked nicer than any iPod. It's just the iTunes-equivalent software (known as CONNECT Player), really sucked big time. From what I hear, Sony have dumped it and gone to just drag-and-drop.]]>Dec 12th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
If they're making the above device as a direct iPod Touch competitor, which is what it sounds like from the description, the timing is ripe to invent a new product name. ]]>Dec 12th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
Its too bad too, because their MP3 players are some of the best on the market IMO. Now that they've ditched SonicStage and lowered their prices, they should be doing a lot better than they are. However, per Sony's usual MO, the touch screen Walkman will probably be awesome, but double the price of an iPod touch, guaranteeing that no one but die-hard Sony fans will buy it.]]>Dec 12th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/
Why do you think this will cost double the price of their competitor. I have a S639 16GB which is easily the most value for money DAP. £88 for 16GB S639. On the other hand the iPod Nano 16GB costs £145 here.]]>Dec 12th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/

Those names have all been in continuous use with regular product updates every year or so since they came out. Sony ditched the Walkman brand in the 90's in favor of "Discman," which immediately made everybody think of Walkman as outdated technology. It feels old because it skipped a generation.]]>Dec 12th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/sonys-long-awaited-touchscreen-walkman-finally-revealed/Dec 12th 2008 12:50PM