Sony Unveils First U.S. Walkman Video Players
Posted by gasusan2005 on 08/30/07 in Music Players, Sony
Sony today took the wraps off two new Walkman players that not only support audio — but for the first time in the United States — video. The new NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 series of Walkman digital music players will support an open platform, providing more choices for downloading and managing music and video collections online.
Users can download movie trailers, music videos, podcasts and video clips from the Internet and use readily-available shareware to convert the clips for use with the Walkman video players. Sony Pictures Entertainment has also provided video content for both of the new players, at Sony Style-Walkman.
NWZ-A810 series
- 2-inch QVGA (320 by 240 pixels) LCD screen (measured diagonally)
- comes with higher quality Sony ear-buds (modelMDR-EX082).
- stores up to 1,850 songs on the 8GB models,925 songs on the 4GB models, and 440 songs on the 2GB models, for songs anaverage of four minutes in length at 128kbps in the MP3 format
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 11
- compatible with security-enhanced Windows Media Audio
- support most subscription music services
- Certified for Windows Vista
- battery life allows up to eight hours of video playback or up to 33 hours of music playback
- support Windows Media Audio (WMA), AAC, and MP3 music formats, plus JPEG files for photos, in addition to the AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile and MPEG-4 video codecs.
The NWZ-A810 series of Walkman video music players come in three different capacities and five colors:
- The NWZ-A815 player has a total capacity of 2GB; comes in white, pink, black, blue and silver; and will cost about $140.
- The NWZ-A816 player has a total capacity of 4GB; comes in white, pink, black and silver; and will cost about $180.
- The NWZ-A818 player has a total capacity of 8GB, comes in black and silver, and will cost about $230.
NWZ-S610 series
- 1.8-inch QVGA (320 by 240 pixels) LCD screen (measured diagonally)
- FM tuner with 30 presets
- stores up to 1,850 songs on the 8GB models,925 songs on the 4GB models, and 440 songs on the 2GB models, for songs anaverage of four minutes in length at 128kbps in the MP3 format
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 11
- compatible with security-enhanced Windows Media Audio
- support most subscription music services
- Certified for Windows Vista
- battery life allows up to nine-and-a-half hours or up to 33 hours of music playback
- support Windows Media Audio (WMA), AAC, and MP3 music formats, plus JPEG files for photos, in addition to the AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile and MPEG-4 video codecs.
The NWZ-S610 series of Walkman music players come in three different capacities and four colors:
- The NWZ-S615F player has a total capacity of 2GB; comes in black, pink, red and silver; and costs about $120.
- The NWZ-S616F player has a total capacity of 4GB; comes in black, pink, red and silver; and costs about $160.
- The NWZ-S618F player has a total capacity of 8GB, comes in black, and costs about $210.
NWZ-B100 series
- USB direct connect
- three-line color LCD display
- FM tuner
- up to 12 hours of battery life
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FM recording capability (capture and play back radio programs)
- voice recorder function with a built-in microphone for taking notes or recording sing-alongs to favorite tunes.
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supports easy transfer of non-DRM content via drag and drop
- supports most subscription services
- stores up to 485 songs on the 2GB and 235 songs on the 1GB, for songs an average of four minutes in length at 128kbps in the MP3 format
The NWZ-B100 series of Walkman music players come in two different capacities and colors:
- The NWZ-B103F player has a total capacity of 1GB, comes in black, and costs about $60.
- The NWZ-B105F player has a total capacity of 2GB, comes in black and white, and costs about $80.
Sony offers a range of accessories (sold separately), including a Bluetooth(R) audio transmitter
and peripherals that allow consumers to wirelessly release their music on the move.
With these new Walkman players, Sony has widened its digital music environment to support Windows Media technology. This gives customers greater flexibility in their music software approach. As a result, Sony will be phasing out the CONNECT(TM) Music Services based on Sony’s ATRAC
audio format in North America and Europe. Specific timing will vary by region depending on market demand, but will not be before March 2008. The CONNECT e-book service for the Reader will not be affected.
Presales have begun for the new Walkman models online at Sony Style-Walkman . The players will
be available in September across the country at military base exchanges and at authorized dealers nationwide. The silver players will be sold exclusively at Sony Style retail stores and the online website.
Source:Sony press release
Written by gasusan2005 · Filed Under Music Players, Sony
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