Sony annouce new MP3 players
Sony have announced details of their forthcoming new NWZ-A820 range of Walkmans. According to Engaget, the press release has been on and offline over the past couple of days, but we have a copy, and some pictures:
These all models all feature a pretty nice 2.4" screen, which compares well with the Ipod nano (2") and is about the same as Ipod classics and the Creative Zen (2.5"). In combination with 16GB flash memory, these Walkmans will probably compete directly with the Zen, filling the same gap between the Nano and the Touch. Pricing hasn’t been announced but I’d expect them to be around the £100 mark. The edge the NWZ-A820 will claim is battery life: 10 hours of video playback and 36 hours of music compares favourably to the Zen’s 5 hours of video and 25 hours of music.
Also included is support for Bluetooth headsets, so you can avoid strangling yourself as you get off the bus.
I’m not sure about the styling and colour choices though. It just seems like any non-Apple mp3 player manufacturer has no idea how to design a pretty device. What do you think?
Blog posted on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am under MP3 Players. Leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.
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