http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/ Engadget Comments for Sony's OLED Walkman specs revealed, QVGA rears its ugly head http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Nice screen though]]>Mar 9th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
I'll do it for everyone... "groan...sign...groan again"]]>Mar 9th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/>Specs seem very ATRACtive

Except it plays MP3, WMA, AAC, MPEG-4, H.264, and WMV; and has no support for ATRAC]]>Mar 9th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
Let me tell you that is sucks!

The dam thing is my hand and I am in the middle of NO WHERE and the stupid skips for no reason! ( the sound cuts off for a fraction of a second )

It some time good when you don't move or your in the house. I can have it in my pocket while walking and will work good put it can skip.I get it out of my pocket and it does not skip.

When I am in the middle of the street it goes 40feets no more. But it has problem when it is in my pocket! WTF
The only advantage would be the day I buy a car stereo player, I might get it with bluetooth.

I hate the most is that there is NO way to bookmark your songs!! You fav song. You can not do that with the player.

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When u bring this over stateside, make sure to unlock all that OLED rez. goodness and please for the love of GOD, if you're releasing it with that built-in-digital-noise cancellation, make sure to include FLAC support. 320kbs is pretty good, don't get me wrong, but FLAC with Sony's noise cancellation paired with some Dr.Dre Beats headphones that i just stole [sorry can't afford 'em], should be utter music Bliss. also, love the hardware, but make sure the software is intuitive and responsive if you're going to do touch. If this thing has got a better GUI than the iTouch and the hardware of the Cowon S9, i might actually make the plunge. Make me proud Sony. ]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/This cuts out pretty much every live concert I have.

Also, I think Dr. Dre would have wanted those headphones to be stolen. ]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 19th 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
No deal]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
why do those manufacturers now assume that they won't get a sale if they don't implement it in exactly the same apple way? this is pathetic]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
weird.]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/]]>Mar 9th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Apr 15th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/26880 is 26% of 103680 - that's *more* than a quarter wasted.

I'm not saying anyone has to care about this, mind.]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
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There are not enough audiophiles in the universe for Sony to make money from people buying PMPs in this price range purely because of audio quality. They are paying for an OLED screen to see album covers? No. If they buy this, they buy it for video playback. Or at least every person who buys this type of thing that I know thinks that way.

As for buggy Sony software/firmware, I refer to my ebook reader PRS505, and to my UX280 (cuz I am a Sony fanboy....believe it or not).

Great hardware though expensive, but joy of use degraded by crappy installed software in both cases. I am not referring to this device. The impression I have had is that Sony makes a good hardware product, and then sees the software/firmware as an afterthought. Maybe that's acceptable for Chinese PMP makes like Ainol or Onda. It's not acceptable for Sony. ]]>Mar 9th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
plus, if you are a sony fanboy and named only two products with firmware problems, that seems to show that sony did a pretty job overall...]]>Mar 9th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
As for the comparison to Apple, not having one I cannot say, but my impression is that the overwhelming majority of owners of iPhone and ipod Touch devices are very happy with their toys (the entry point being that they are willing to put up with iTunes, which I will never understand).

With tons of games games, a bigger and higher res screen, infinitely more choices of software through the App Store, and a huge hacker community that is coming up with new stuff every day, comparison Apple to Sony is like comparing apples to... well... (...tries to think of expensive fruit that is hard to get fresh or ripe and has very limited appeal....... I know!) Jackfruit !

Yes, Apple audio will suck compared to the Sony, but very few people will buy this device just because of the supposedly great audio. In my opinion, there will not be enough buyers for this product to allow Sony to significantly influence the market or make a profit. Another loss for Sony in a market they invented. ]]>Mar 9th 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://tinyurl.com/au9bmw

Also I was told review units should be available from around April so yeah a may release would sound likely.
]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/We are going backwards here ...... that was what I liked the most from previous models. A2DP is a must nowadays like someone said earlier....]]>Mar 9th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
On a sidenote: What? No wav support? :( ]]>Mar 9th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/Mar 9th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
example :
look at the sound quality rating

Sony Walkman NWZ-S639F: Sound quality: 9/10

http://www.trustedreviews.com/mp3/review/2008/11/09/Sony-Walkman-NWZ-S639F-16GB/p1



Apple iPod nano: Sound quality: 7/10

http://www.trustedreviews.com/mp3/review/2008/10/05/Apple-iPod-nano-8GB-4th-Gen/p1
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Why do the headphones suck so bad? They sucked 8+ years ago when they started to make portable music players, and still suck now.
With all the bitching seen here on Engadget why havent all you fanbois gathered and done anything about this? And dont say it's cause you all buy aftermarkets afterwards... Cause I see you with your tell-tale, I-have-an-apple, white headphones all the time.]]>Mar 9th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/sonys-oled-walkman-specs-revealed-qvga-rears-its-ugly-head/
I have the Touch and have also owned other players. The Touch has large screen space for video playback, web viewing and apps. But other players have better sound quality for music and Sony is one of the best. If I hadn't started watching lots of videos on the go, I would have stayed with Sony. The current players have too small a screen for me.

But if music is your main focus, the Touch really isn't the player for you. The Touch is a jack of all trades, but excels mainly in video and web viewing IMO.]]>Mar 9th 2009 7:10PM