Sony Walkman NW-A805 2GB MP3 Player Reviews

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“The mp3 was ok” sandra, shoeburyness View all 13 real customer reviews

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13 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
86% of people recommend it.

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Battery life	8.2
Design	8.3
Ease of use	8.7
Portability	8.4
Range of features	7.5
Sound quality	9.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.4
Overall rating	8.5

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sandra, shoeburyness

Score 5.0/10

+ the mp3 was ok

- it was a night mare to down load it lost a lot of settings on my computer i am trying to sell it ,i have wiped it off my computer because it slowed everything down
would,nt by another gone back to ipod much easier to work.
sandy

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Jul 2007

wayne , worksop notts

Score 7.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The headphones cable is only about 10 inches long so you have to carry it around!!! Too short headphone cable so doesnt reach your jean pockets etc............

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Aug 2007

Jigme , Llantwit Major , “I love music.”

Score 9.0/10

+ I like the quality of the product...and the battery life.

- it's very time consuming to convert songs and It cannot play MP3 music which is put directly from the computer without using the software.
It should at least have a recorder and FM tuner...

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purchased 11 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “:) Smiling-Doesnt-count-as-a-word-intrestingly-boring-heh ?”

Score 9.0/10

+ Small, reliable, durable qaulity sound, and although alot of people dislike the headphones, I love them.

- putting the hold button on the back :(

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purchased 20 Oct 2008

Sarah, Sheffield

Score 9.0/10

+ the sound qualitys very good
the battery life

- none

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purchased 21 Oct 2007

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Expert reviews for Sony Walkman NW-A805 2GB

TechRadar expert review

Saying that Sony dropped the ball doesn't begin to describe quite how catastrophic the past five years have been for the company's forays into the post-Minidisc, portable music player market. The creator of the Walkman just didn't seem to understand menus, software and codecs.At last, sanity has returned. This flash player (like all the others, available in 2, 4 or 8GB capacities) isn't quite the iPod Nano beater it hopes to be, but it has the normality and simplicity lacking for so long.It's well constructed, it's small, its menus (based heavily upon the minimal, tried and tested…

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reviewed 18 Jan 2008

PC Advisor expert review - by Rosemary Haworth

The Sony NW-A805 is an inexpensive, stylish and intuitive portable media player. Sony's NW-A805 Walkman could make Sony MP3 players as big a success as Sony's Walkman phones.

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reviewed 14 May 2007

Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB	2
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
MP4 Playback	Yes
MP4 is a video format, a bit like MP3 for video. Simply speaking, an MP4 player is an MP3 player that can play common video formats like MP4.
Built-In Radio	FM Radio
Some devices have analogue radio recievers built in so you can listen to the news or the sport on the move.
Colour	Multi
The main colour of the product.
Touchscreen	No
Touchscreen technology allows you to move and click things directly on the screen using your finger or a stylus pen.
Music Playtime (hours)	30
How long the device’s battery will last when playing music. The number is usually provided by the manufacturer, and should be used as a guide only.
Video Playtime (hours)	8
How long the device’s battery will last when playing video. The number is usually provided by the manufacturer, and should be used as a guide only.
Screen Size in Inches	2
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	240x320
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Weight (g)	53
The weight of the product in grams.
Colour Screen	Yes
If you’re into watching video or viewing photos on your mobile phone, MP3 player or iPod you’ll want to make sure it has a colour screen.
Photo Viewer	Yes
Ability to display your photographs and jpegs so you can show them off to your friends.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Built-In Microphone	Yes
A microphone will allow you to record notes or musical ideas on your device. You’d have no need for that voice recorder or dictaphone!
Memory Type	Built-In Memory
WMA Playback	Yes
Windows Media Audio is a popular compressed music format, like MP3. If you’re planning to play WMA files, you’ll need to check that WMA playback is supported.
WAV Playback	Yes
WAV files are Microsoft’s standard uncompressed music file format. If you like listening to high quality audio files and use Windows, make sure your device supports WAV playback.
OGG Playback	No
DivX Playback	No
A yes means this device is able to play video compressed using the popular ‘DivX format.’:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divx
Dimensions (mm)	44x88x9
The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
Release Date	24 Apr 2007
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.
Bluetooth	No
Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia

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Manufacturer's Description

2GB WALKMAN MP3 & Video compatible with large 2 inch colour LCD

2GB with capacity of upto 1300 tracks or 7 hours of videofiles
Very easy to operate with mobile phone-like interface and menu’s
Lithium-ion rechargeable battery with great Stamina of 30 for music and 8 hours for video
Clear Stereo, Clear Bass & DSEE sound enhancement systems and EX-type headphones for superb sound quality
2.0 inch QVGA colour LCD with high resolution (240×320). Can be used horizontally & vertically.
Compatible with popular video formats MPEG4 & AVC baseline by simple Drag&Drop operation
JPEG viewer with slideshow mode
ATRAC, MP3, AAC (non DRM) and WMA (non DRM) compatible
SonicStage 4.3 software for easy music management and transfers of your favourite tracks
*This player is designed to seamlessly work with the Sony Connect Europe Music store only, which will close after March 2008. Use with any source of legitimate download offerings in compatible, non-protected formats (eg. MP3) remains unaffected.

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