No, it doesn't have a big,
beautiful OLED on the front, isn't running a
trendy OS, and lacks any need for
Morse code. It's a pretty standard USB-based MP3 player, with a few niceties. For one, it sports 18 hours of battery life, and three minutes of charging will keep you rocking for an hour and a half. For another, it'll do voice recording and tune FM. But, Sony's really talking up its ZAPPIN function, which helps you find music by playing five-second clips from the middle of tracks, a little like the scan mode your car's radio -- you know, the thing with dials and buttons that you plug your MP3 player into. We've seen this mode on Sony's
screenless players in the past, where it makes sense, but we're not sure why anyone wouldn't just look down and use the LCD here. It's only three lines, but with 2GB of storage on tap there won't be that many tunes to scroll through. No price or availability have yet been set.
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Akihabara News]
posted June 16th 2009 7:34AM
No, it's the new Sorny Walman.
first
OH no attack of the wal*mart* man ahhhhhhh....
ps. needs a SCROLL WHEEL.
This Walkman will beaten the shuffle hands down.
What display is this? If it's the same unreadable white/silver type found on recent SonyEricsson's BT headsets, FORGET IT.
windows 7's media player has this sample a song while playing another built in...
I don't think sony was first (but i could be wrong)
ZAP???
What, it's Sony's equivalent of a Taser, as well?
Or does this dildo-shaped player have electric BDSM features?
thats cool, i dont like to look at the screen every time, thats the reason why i dont like touch screen mp3s.
in my walkman i press every button from outside my pocket, it would be very uncomfortable to take it out every time
oh, i forgot... people with ipod touch/iphone LOVE to take it out and show off
Actually, the iPod Touch and iPhone users have to pull them out to use them because there are no physical buttons to navigate with. Without taking it out of your pocket, most of the time you'd be fumbling around to get from Song A to Song G, making people think you are some kind of perv, then probably launching the fart app by mistake.
Sony's little walkmans always seem to be under rated. If I were to buy a tiny mp3 player this would be the one.
Only people with bigger nano-sized players seem to say that though. To the type of person that buys one of the these the £5 one from ASDA with 1GB memory seems a far better deal.
It looks like a pregnancy test.
add a BT function, and we'll have the old BT headset that doesn't need the phone to play music.
but will it zap my spots ?
@mirakutea
No, that is your gf job, IF you had one.
As long as it doesn't require Sony headphones to use and doesn't cost more then $30 it could be okay enough, but it's Sony so one of those is a laughable figure
Don't quite get that 2GB remark, was that sarcasm on the 5sec function or the tiny display or both? Or were you seriously saying 330 songs are easy to manage? Nah it must have been sarcasm.
Excuse my confusion.
I actually almost considered saying this would be awesome.
Until I saw the 2GB only thing.
D: Yeeaaaah. Uh. If it's upgradable by microUSB, then, maybe I'd consider it.
MICROUSB? Damn morning, I mean MicroSD.
Ugh.
Don't mind me, I haven't had coffee yet.
Cool, this definitely better than the new shuffle since it has controls and what that thing the shuffle doesn't have and this does, oh yeah a screen so you know what songs are playing.
The B142 is already listed on Sony UK's website:
http://www.sony.co.uk/product/nws-b-series/nwz-b142
At least you're free to use any earphones and is drag and drop you like with the B series, unlike the the iPod shuffle.
No word on a US release though.
Does it support 8-Track (A-TRAC)?
Grandpa sez fixed storage and fixed, non-removable batteries are old hat.
And you know when Grandpa sez it, it is really time to move on!
Even grandpa has turned onto lossless tunes: "MP3s and AACs are fine for kids and those living in the early 2000s when flash storage was expensive", he says. "You can buy 8GB MicroSD with pocket money these days".
"why no FLAC support?", he asks. "Only dinosaurs insist on lossless tunes with untaggable WAV. In fact, that's the true measure of a real dinosaur", he says.
http://flac.sourceforge.net
http://www.walkman.sony.co.jp/