Sony's OLED Walkman priced and dated... in the UK
By Darren Murph 
posted February 25th 2009 9:43AM
posted February 25th 2009 9:43AM
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Sorry Mr Murph (murf lol!) but you're talking drivel, the UK price is always inflated and significantly more than the US price. Before you start recommending the S9 over this, you might want to revisit your S9 review, where you panned it. Oh and maybe have a hands on with the Sony? (which you haven't) But seeing as its the same price as the iTouch, why don't you just go and recommend people buy that, because after all, it is made by Apple - who you seem to adore.
ZING! If it's the same cost as the iPod Touch everywhere around the world then it makes it a lot more enticing.
That S9 "review" was a complete joke.
I like how SONY thinks that the Walkman brand is still worth a damn.
couldn't the same have been said about the macintosh brand or the palm brand? I suppose there is no point looking at the big picture is there?
I am guessing this still makes money for them (via sony ericsson as well) so why chuck it in?
wow, price is kind of steep, but it is to be expected...first gen, plus it's sony!
but at least it is a true competitor to the iTouch, with proper wi-fi, sexiness, and touch-screen goodness (it might not have multi-touch, but really on the iTouch it's not needed AS much as one would think...)
hell, I might get it to replace my first gen iTouch...can't wait!
That is expensive, but not THAT expensive. I was expecting higher. Just for reference, the US price will not be a direct £->$ conversion, it never is. And don't forget the UK price includes 15% tax.
I have worked in a SonyStore for over 4 years and have also owned an iPod shuffle/4G/iPhone and have to say that I have found the relative quality from the two companies pretty much on par with each other. As for the price, I would gladly carry this around with me to handle all of my media seeing that it has a much better screen and probably sound quality than my iPhone has. Open your minds past brand names and look at functionality before hype.
hmmm... tough choice audio quality (sony) or apps (apple).
i might get me one of these.
The price isn't that bad, with it's noise canceling and crazy expensive OLED touchscreen tech. In the USA it will probably be $300 for the 16GB and $400 for the 32GB. And if we're lucky and sony likes to screw over the UK, it will be $250 for the 16GB and $350 for the 32GB in the USA :D
I know you say you can't glean much from the pricing but you could at least give some comparisons from Amazon to go on:
Cowon S9 16gb £199: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cowon-iAudio-16GB-MP3-Player/dp/B001NQXCUA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235577735&sr=1-1
Apple iPod Touch 16gb £205: http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Apple-iPod-touch-16GB/dp/B001FB5FSU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235577943&sr=1-2
It'd have to be decided on performance if I was choosing out of them, the prices are pretty much the same IMO.
(ie if I wanted that capacity and type of player, £20 between the most expensive and least expensive player isn't going to be much of a concern)
im sure its great, but whats with the polystyrene look?
Browser??apple caliber???
Hmmm OLED *Drools* Would be good, if it supported FLAC..., but hey looks nice, and wouldn't mind getting it.
o_O did they make it out of recycled plastic or something? Coz that's what it looks like, like one of those benches you find in parks that were made from soda bottles and whatnot
Who cares? That recycled plastic you're talking about is some tough shit, able to take abuse like nothing else I've ever seen (hence why its used for park benches!). It wouldn't surprise me if they use that stuff to make automobile body panels out of. Ugly? Who cares? It'll spend most of its time in your pocket or enveloped in your hand anyway. Nobody is going to care.
Looks ATRACtive...
I see what you did there.
How can a device cancel noise when its muffled by your pocket?
The mic for NC is embedded in each earbud.
So you're stuck using the earbuds that come with the unit? I sure hope they sound good!
as far as I understand, the noise-cancelling is built into the player itself...I may be wrong though...
Looks nice. Who knows, the pricing might be similar to that OLED XEL -11. So the US price would actually be $300. Not that bad a price. :)
$400+?! Are you kidding me? Does Sony know that the world's economy is crumbling and they're not helping?
oh geez...sorry man, no offense, but that is a dumb remark...the economy is crumbing because idiots bought when they didn't have the cash to cover their ass...so if you don't have the dough, don't buy it!
Utterly agreed. The single biggest reason for our economic collapse is that goods were purchased using promises to pay (e.g., debt), and not cash. Like a carefully erected set of dominoes, it only takes *one* person to collect on that debt before the whole debt-chain goes into default.
Wow...the bias is sickening. It's the SAME price as the competing iPod Touch at both capacities and on top of that the earphones are a premium pair. I own a 32gb iPod touch and had to shell out another £60 for decent Shure earphones. Even then, there's no way it could touch the sound quality from a Sony player.
What? An overpriced Sony product? Surely you jest.
Damn, commenters are so shortsighted...
I'm sure it's gonna come in other color as well as most of Sony Walkman series.
WAKE USA ! in the uk the Cowon S9 16 Gb is £199, so £15 more or £15 isn't that big difference
(Doesn't mean i'm gonna buy a Sony... but At least They understood we NEED 32GB contrary to Cowon and Samsung ! )
32gb S9 please please come to me !
i really like the finish/type of plastic on the phone. imo, miles ahead of shiny black/chrome on any other phone. btw i have an lg shine and i hate it.
Cowon S9 FTW
:)
What I don't understand is how are they putting OLED screens in phones right now, when they claim the tech isn't stable enough for TVs? Do they just assume everyone's going to buy a new phone after a year?
Don't take the comment the wrong way, OLED makes me tickle in the pants, and I can't wait for the day that I can sell my LCD for an OLED. Just curious though.
maybe (just maybe) it is not the same to make a 2'' screen that a 32'' one...
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can a company other than apple make an mp3 player >64GB. I am about to throw my 80GB ipod at the wall, but there is nothing else available!
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