Sony unveils Walkman NWZ-X1000 OLED touchscreen player
By Paul Miller 
posted Jan 7th 2009 10:49AM
posted Jan 7th 2009 10:49AM
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posted Jan 7th 2009 10:49AM
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I'm sure this will get completely flushed down the toilet when the price is announced.
Bingo.
As always, Sony will make this thing impossible to justify purchasing.
You do realise that the S639 16GB costs far less than the equivalent iPod Nano? I got mine for £86, where as the iPod Nano costs £145.
As long as it costs less than a comparable touch and can work with a Mac I'm in. I REALLY miss the audio fidelity and EQs Sony has. I dunno if it's the amplifier or what, but the iPod doesn't quite cut it when you turn up the volume/use the EQs, which is a damn shame because I really love simple and seamless it is.
I agree prateeko. I use an iPod Nano 4th gen (with Windows), rip all my CDs to lossless, but there is lacking a fundamental audio quality. I like Apple's interface and don't even mind iTunes (save for certain things you can't customize), but I don't understand why they can't focus on the audio quality. My little 2 year old 1 gig Cowon bests it easily.
Have they improved the software for Sony pmps yet? or are they still crippled by Sony Connect :@
bk7, SonicStage is no worse than iTunes.
But in case you didn't know, Sony DAPs outside Japan has been UMS/MTP (drag and drop) for at least two generations.
I'm guessing around £300-350, the Creative Zen X-Fi 32GB can be gotten for around £199. The touch screen, OLED as well as proper web connectivity is going to rocket that price up.
Wonder if it supports widgets of some sort?
i'm hoping nearer £150, these components should be fairly cheap now, to add a wifi chip is peanuts, oled screens have been used since before the vision:M, the touchscreen aspect obviosuly places this above the S639 et al and it's the flagship player, but sony have been doing some good prices on high end mp3 for a while as mentioned
Sooo getting one.
I know! It's been forever since I could find a PMP that went with my kitchen counter.
Uhh. It looks as if it were peed on.
Erm, really? Maybe you need to see a doctor if that's what your pee looks like.......just sayin'.....
Maybe hes...uh...colorblind?
lol no iPods are peed on by steve jobs
-simpsons reference
That thing looks sick...literally.
*Barf*
My Walkman's sick!
Don't you dare hurl on my motherf*cking granite counter top....errr...Walkman
That looks awesome.
It's the Yabba Dabba Pod
Yeah, its corian or something rock like... I like it.
Funny that Engadget posted this and referred to Gizmodo, which has now pulled the story :D
Anyway, not feeling that fauxgranitewhatever finish - but knowing Sony, there will be at least a few color variations. Otherwise, sounds good. The screen should have been a bit bigger though...
Actually looks decent, just hope it has Bluetooth. But it is pretty sad that company as large as Sony takes 2 years to catch up with Apple :(
Here we go..........
That's an interesting conclusion to arrive at...
The iTouch doesn't have bluetooth, unless I missed something.
I personally love my Samsung P2. Bluetooth, great sound (though Sony takes the cake on that one), cheaper than the touch, bluetooth, and the ability to sync it with my phone! I can keep my phone in my bag and not dig everywhere for it, my P2 beeps, music stops, and I have a mic on the device itself, great for when I'm walking around the city or between classes and I don't want to shuffle everywhere, and when I'm driving.
I'm seriously considering this, if the price doesn't kill me, and if they get rid of the granite design there. It's Sony though, they'll offer a different color I'm sure. 4GB is the only thing holding me back from keeping my P2.
Not a fan of the shell design.
it looks like its made from recycled tyres
Looks pretty slick. I like the A...Z slider and the dedicated volume/play/track buttons. I'm sure it will be prohibitively expensive, though.
second the dedicated buttons and also Gorgeous Screen
i recently bought the Cowon s9 Curve. i'm really liking it so far. i knew that Sony was coming out with a new mp3 player at CES. i think i made the right choice by not waiting.
Have to agree and glad I didn't wait base on those pictures/brief details.
- Props to the hardware buttons, but prefer my volume controls to be around the buttons for easier in pocket use
- Don't like the case
- Bigger screen on the S9
- If that's a slider thing at the top where you press on a part of it to take you to the relevant list section then it's a bit on the small side
- Personal usage thing - the headphone jack is in the wrong place, my left pocket is my dedicated DAP pocket and so having it on the right would be a pain for my wire and i'm not going to switch pockets.
On the other hand, the Home button will be a bit easier to use than the on screen M button/holding down the play/pause hardware button on the S9 and there's also in menu album art which the S9 doesn't have.
ilh,
i agree with most of what you posted. the headphone jack position doesn't matter that much to me though. i didn't read if this Sony Walkman had an accelerometer so that it switches to landscape mode or portrait mode automatically.
glitter and marble? wtf? who designs these things
same people who make those 'port-a-potties'
Return of the early 90's speckle-stone paint. Would have matched perfectly in the dash of my old 89 GTi.
Way to ruin a product. Looks like the front foyer from Lydia's house in Beetlejuice.
Props sir for the 'Lydia from Beetlejuice' reference.
SOLD! This thing is hot, hot, hot!
And check the scale ratio of the headphone jack. This thing is mad thin.
Oh, it also could be a precursor to PSP2 (or PSP Phone) tech.
Just Sayin...
Be good to see the spec of that OLED, I've never had a good look at these screens up close, be interesting. One thing that hits me straight away is how sony seem to love writing all over the case, Vol, Reset, and so on, get rid of all that crap and the walkman blob make it rich black and your in business.
This is everything the yp-p3 should've been.
The marble finish is interesting, but a nice matte black would be appreciated. Sony does that quite well. Also, props on the headphone-independent noise cancellation...I've been waiting for that forever.
iMarble?
So when you're attending an funeral, blasting Psychostick in your ears won't be as tacky.
Must not be fingerprint prone and white enough for the Apple fanbois. This looks really great. Throw FLAC and OGG support on there and you've really got something.
The interface looks like Zune. The rest looks like crap. WTF is up with that spackled finish?
If its 1 cent lower than an iPod with the same capacity, I'm sold.
Touchscreen? Et tu Sony? :(
can this be the "touchkiller".,???does it have enuff balls 8gb,widescreen browser sensors,speaker.,will it dethrone touch.,?
I don't think it ever said it was trying to....what a dee dee deee....
nice looking media player, the buttons on the top are a nice feature the ipod touch lacks, some in pocket control is always handy. mac compatibility would be nice if unlikely feature. not all mac users want ipods and sony could maybe offer us a rival
Pretty much all recent Sony Walkmans support Drag&Drop, so they should work with a Mac just fine...