Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget 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/<![CDATA[Sony NWZ-S745 on sale in Canada, US given cold shoulder]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/sony-nwz-s745-on-sale-in-canada-us-given-cold-shoulder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/sony-nwz-s745-on-sale-in-canada-us-given-cold-shoulder/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/sony-nwz-s745-on-sale-in-canada-us-given-cold-shoulder/#commentsWe don't know about you, but every time we hear of a Walkman, we think of the old school cassette players, and are left strangely disappointed by the slinky modern variants and their tons of storage. The 16GB S745, which has absolutely nothing to do with Mickey Mouse we assure you, has entered North American retail channels, only it seems to have skipped the US for its more peace-loving neighbor up north. Eagle-eyed Canadian shoppers have spotted the more advanced version of the S740 on sale in Sony Style stores (for 200 CAD or 188 in real American currency), replete with a 2-inch screen, noise-canceling earphones, and an unhealthily thin case. Still, suspicions abound that Sony is merely waiting for CES to roll around to make its big US unveiling, but if you really can't wait it's not like driving up to Canadia would be that terrible anyway.

Sony NWZ-S745 on sale in Canada, US given cold shoulder originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony has a new Walkman S-series device in the chute as demonstrated by this S740 model seen hanging out at the Sony Dealer Convention in Japan. Hard data is scarce but visually we can see a slightly tweaked industrial design with beefier earbuds and a lack of stereo speakers -- at least on the front. Otherwise, we're told that these will ship in 8GB and 16GB capacities.

Update: Looks like a few more images have leaked out -- it must be true, right? Thanks, Glenn!

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Sony Walkman S740 spied in Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: Video hands-on: Sony's Walkman S-series is no Mickey Mouse audio player

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Video hands-on: Sony's Walkman S-series is no Mickey Mouse audio player originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: Sony S-Series Walkman

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Sony S and E Series Walkman players start officially rocking the tunes next month originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via Sony Insider]

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Sony S-Series Walkman lists itself on French retail site, just wants to be noticed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Revamped Sony S-Series Walkman pops up in leaked press photos originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony's IFA press event isn't for another couple of hours, but we managed to sneak these shots of Sony's minor refresh to its Walkman lineup. Everything is looking nice and sleek, and the screens on the S-series players we saw that were on looked sharp and bright, but we're still waiting to see the fruit of Stringer's talk last year about not suffering at the hands of Apple as badly in portable video as they did with portable audio -- these Walkmans just aren't doing it. Stand by for official news as we get it.

Gallery: New Sony Walkmans surface at IFA booth

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New Sony Walkmans surface at IFA booth originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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