Sony NW-A1000/1200/3000 get WMA support

By Evan Blass

Sony likes to play it cool. While everyone and his/her mom was releasing digital audio players that rocked MP3 and WMA playback, Sony said, "Nah,
not us, we know people really want to get down ATRAC-style." But as we've seen over the last few months, Sony has gone from playing it cool to playing catch-up, first offering native MP3 support in some of their newer devices,
and recently adding WMA support
to the latest PSP firmware upgrade. Well now another set of devices has gotten WMA support with a just-released firmware upgrade for the NW-A1000, NW-A1200, and NW-A3000 Network Walkmen. The question remains, though, as to whether the new firmware supports PlaysForSure tracks–if it does, this could be a sign that Sony is gearing up to offer their own subscription service ala Rhapsody and Napster To Go. If it doesn't, well, at least you may save a little time converting your tunes to one of the few Sony-friendly formats.

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