Sony Ericsson promises to change things forever on September 21
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 15th 2009 6:13AM
posted Sep 15th 2009 6:13AM
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This is going to completely change the way we listen to music, they're giving us til the 21st just so we can contemplate for a few days and allow this to sink in.
Otherwise our minds would be too blown.
minidisc?
NASALPLAY by SonyEricsson
Listen through your nose.
@ Pontro!
I won't be happy till we have ANALPLAY.Tthen I can tell my wife to stick her shitty music up her arse.
Digital Cassette Player
@ChazClout
Really? Did you have to go there?
MiniDisc with unlimited check out!!!
Sony branded zune HD's?
Sony's next X-Series Walkman has been confirmed to be based on Android. Could be a phone version of the same.
Sorry Sony, Sorry Ericsson, but Apple beat you to the punch years ago when the WALKMAN died...
Please stop trying to grab attention like a washed up movie star or model that has turned old and nasty...
@iClap, Agreed.
@iClap
Your name refers to an STD you caught from Steve Jobs?
This line is big from Sony Ericsson but sadly i believe they are using it just to hold people from buying the new ipod touch until they can reveal their new walkman or so.
Overstating something is absolutely the most horrible, outrageous, and immorally wrong thing anyone can ever do.
Hopefully this change doesn't make you look like the guy in that picture.
while i'm looking forward to this, it will be dead in the water if it has that stupid propietary headphone jack in most SE W series phones and uses Sony's Memory Stick expandable storage. 3.5mm and MicroSD is the industry standard (finally); it would be a shame if SE hasn't gotten the memo.
Sony... Apple...
You know, if I had a Death Note, the first name I would be writing would "Steve Jobs".
@iClap your fail!
Look ploedman.pl.funpic.de/w995.jpg
"Really Sony Ericsson, forever?"
...couldn't be any worse than "Fastest, most powerful iPhone yet", could it? Fastest, most powerful in a class of one. Someone give them a cookie, will ya?
Let's not even get started on "All parts of the internet", shall we?
At least that statement is completely factually correct.
...so you're agreeing it's bothersome, then. OK.
I'm saying exactly what I said and I could do without the interpretation, thanks.
Like most readers, I'm jaded about the double standards situation here, but once in a while, you gotta let your thoughts be known.
@synn
Your argument doesn't even make any sense, nor does it apply to Sony's recent claim. The iPhone 3GS that you are referring to would be the "Fastest, most powerful iPhone yet" because it's the most recent iPhone released by Apple.
I don't even know why you're bringing up the iPhone. Even if you hate it's success or popularity just stay on topic wouldja.
@Kyleomusic : I brought it up because Mr. Ricker here is painting a picture that suggests that this is the most far-fetched claim ever made by a phone manufacturer. Just showed an example that had even more exaggerated claims in them. Just so happnes that the example mentioned is one that Engadget turns a blind eye to.
If you're upset at the iPhone hate, I'll mention another one: the latest 3-city event that Samsung conducted for launching the "Jet" was almost as bad too.
Hey, don't bring me into this. While Apple's made some egregious claims before (calling the PowerMac G5 "world's fastest personal computer" being one) the quote you used is indeed, factual.
Thomas
don't know why this comment is 'Highest Ranked'. I really don't see Ricker's comment as taking some sort of anti-SE, pro-Apple shot at the slogan.
@synn:
+1
"... the way you listen to music changes forever."
My guess ... we'll listen to music ... via our noses?
Oh, wait ... that cartoon figure has no nose.
Hmmm....
Oh wow, I'm sure this "witty" double post you engineered on purpose to get a "highly ranked" status will be a rousing success.
Wow neoufo (are you by any chance a tasty italian dessert?), thanks for uncovering the conspiracy to make people laugh. It's like trolling with punchlines.
@ neoufo51
I felt the urge to rank him up further in the hopes of raising him to 'Highest Ranked' status; thus rendering your comment even more redundant and stupid.
It was also funny.
Wiggle your ears to change songs?
We are going to drink our music? That Kanye sure tastes disgusting.
That's aural sir, not oral. Please take the rapper out of your mouth.
(wonders how we went from the promise of "College Dropout" to this...)
(feels embarrassed, sorry for wondering off-topic)
Hmmm, Sony Ericsson? Maybe it's just another overpriced "feature" walkman-phone. Either that, or they're just releasing Aino and Satio officially. Remember, those phones are supposed to be released this month anyway. I'm not too excited over this.
I presume the picture is how we listen to music now?
Bare-footed and as bald as a bandicoot?
I think they're trying to tell us that listening to anything other than Sony Ericsson devices will turn us into brits?
Bald, sickly skinny and drinking kool-aid(?)...is that Steve?
Oh, SonyEricsson, no one's going back there! tsk tsk
They're probably going to make a fancy packaging (See, Zune HD box) that contains an ice-cream scooper and a worn out pair of headphones for only Ericsson phones and include a two page manual stating to use the ice-cream scooper to remove your eyes from your eye sockets and place the headphones into the sockets. Done, a revolution has started.
I'm sceptic.
I'm septic
I'm... a pet's stick?
No no I'm prittstick!
anyone haptic then?
I'm epic
Anyone Sapphic? I'd pay to see that....
well, possibly we'll also see someone SonyEric?
Sorry this must be done:
COMBO BREAKER!
:-P
whatever, button masher
We will start listening to music though our feet!
Wireless headphones with media player "watchband"
We are going to sing music instead of listening it.
SonyEricsson => Cell phone
Make.Believe => PlayStation tagline
= PSP Walkman Phone?
Make.Believe is the new Sony global tagline, right? Not just playstation.
If it were the PSP phone then why focus on how you listen to music and not on how you make calls or how you play games?
If companies are going to make such bold statements then they better well deliver. The gadget world has its eyes on you now Sony Ericsson!!
When MS said hold off purchasing a new PMP they delivered the ZuneHD. Apple did similar with the iPhone. I wonder what Sony Ericsson will deliver.
anything less will be a non-starter.
No, what Sony is trying to say that they create products which are MAKE BELIEVE successful.
In real life, however, Sony = Fail
BULLSHIT
Maybe they will release some new type of 'phones' that transmit audio via bone vibrations, through your spine and you get totally immersed into your music...until you require bone marrow transplant.
let's call them 'bonephones'
Bonephones, sounds to close to bone-a-phone. Perhaps they'll be playing on skin flutes too.
Well, lets hope it has something to do with this article (originally the source was engadget) translated from norwegian:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=http://www.amobil.no/artikler/sony_vil_bruke_kroppen_din/33343&ei=wnyvSqvHDc3l-QbB19C3Bg&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsony%2Bpatent%2Bp%25C3%25A5%2Bmusikk%2Bi%2Bkroppen%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Den%26hs%3Dn8B
probably the only way i could change the way i listen to music, but i would be relativly sceptic to heavy bass line..
It's an MP3 player attached to a baby grand piano.
And all them music is free, but you have play along to every tune as the device checks the cloud for authorization and zaps you with a taser if you try to play DRM-free music.
There will be a special adapter for the bagpipes, which will attach to your nose for authenticity.
Free music and online streaming TV download, anywhere in the world, -forever
you can't even figure something this easy?
the cartoon figure doesn't use his hand at all.
he drinks, then turn left, drinks, then turn left.
and the theme is "let your ears take control"
so this is what they are going to release:
A music player where you don't need your greasy fingers from touching the LCD/LED touch screen.
all you need to do to change your music is to drink on some soft -drinks while humming the reff of the song you want and turning left.
The soft-drink, along with your humming and willpower, assisted by the momentum created by you turning your neck sideway, will generate some air pressure in your ears which will be transferred to nanobots in the earphone.
The best news is that the music player will be sold for very cheap, $99 with 2 years contract of only drinking pepsi products (the nanobots would kill you if you drink any coke within 2 years).
touchscreen are so last decade,
this is the era of eardrums-generated musics!
I am fully prepared to be underwhelmed.
I enjoy that animation more than I'm prepared to admit.
In a world without eyebrows, nothing will look or sound the same.
I love it when SONY sets itself up for failure.
Sony Ericsson has a huge campus about 2 miles from my house. Perhaps it is time to put my ninja skills to use.
Spotify being installed as standard on all sony products?
Put your ears in control? Maybe we can interact with the player by moving our ears?
stop teasing, already! first the 9,99mm adamo and now this, i mean, how am i supposed to live a normal life when my geek-soul is shaking in excitement 24/7?
did anyone notice where the cable from his earbuds is leading? its leading TO HIS ASS!!! thats the whole story, sony takes on iFart!
They will get rid of Memory sticks and switch over to SD !!! Its like the future man!
As the cartoon clearly demonstrates, we will now be able to listen to music out of our asses.
I already listen to music with headphones (and speakers at home), so I am not sure how "game changing" this is going to be...
FOR. EV. ER.
That would be my guess as well.
The stupid cartoon figure really emphasizes the dangling wires from the earphones.
change tracks with my brian.
The website doesn't show much, who puts these out?
My anticipation just peaked.
Saw the same site about the budsgoblue. be interesting to see what it's about. submitted my info on the website. waiting for some great sounding wireless buds. hope this is case
It will be a patch that you stick to your forehead, which transmits music from your PMP wirelessly directly to your brain.
It will be called the BrainMan XT.
Sony has been around for a long time and we are really excited to see what they have in store for the future.
http://www.ecityvalue.com
If sony is doing something with better sounding bluetooth, it's making these puppies sound even more interesting. waiting for more info to show up on the bluetooth earphones teaser site ... http://budsgoblue.com