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For the first time ever, Sony Walkman has gone visual, and on this occasion, in complete style. Its slimline and stylish design comes in violet, black, white and pink, and are completely pocketable or handbag-friendly, keeping both genders happy in terms of colour and size.
A Sony Spokesperson at the product launch said: The new WALKMAN Video MP3 player combines the best visual experience with the ultimate in Sony sound technology. The new WALKMAN is compact, stylish and affordable without compromising on screen size which is incredibly important for consumers. Were confident that this is a great-looking product with the technology to match. Once downloaded with music, TV clips, photos and videos taken with Cyber-shot digital still cameras and Handycam camcorders the Walkman Video MP3 player will entertain and delight our consumers, anytime, anyplace. |
Stylish Black with Enhanced Earphones |
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Housing a colour-rich QVGA TFT LCD screen, the Sony NW-A800 provides users the chance to view video footage, photo slideshows, and the interactive menu system both horizontally and vertically. Expert audio technology has also been included, with the newly developed digital sound enhancement engine (DSEE), this restores the quality of audio and video files often lost through compression. DSEE technology is one of Sonys three new clear enhancements; the other two include clear stereo and clear bass. Sonys new headphones also offer enhanced quality to improve the whole audio performance. Optional music sound effects, also known as equaliser settings, include heavy, pop, jazz, unique and an extra customisable setting. |
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Why such small memory sizes how can they expect to compete with Archos and Ipod with 8Gb. |
Average file compatibility includes support for MPEG4, high quality codec of AVC baseline profile formats, and JPEG files. Sony has included an ImageConverter Software CD which allows users to convert files, making them more compatible with the NW-A800 series. Photos can be stored and viewed via a slideshow with various fun settings to choose from. The interactive and extensive menu system provides search options via genre, song title, or artist. Alternatively the intelligent shuffle mechanism can be used for searching. To get music off the computer and onto the NW-A800 series, the SonicStage CP software is supported, which offers music management and downloads. Sonys online music store Connect offers 1.5 millions tracks for the taking too. |
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Sony claims an impressive 30-hours continuous audio playback time, and an 8-hour video playback time provided by the rechargeable Lithium-ion battery. The proof is in the pudding, so as soon as we get it in for review well let you know. Extra accessories are also on sale, including an in-car charger and stereo jack device (DCC-NWC1), a Bluetooth Transmitter (WLA-NWB1) and a synch and charge cradle with 25 watt speakers (CPF-NW001).
Get the Sony NW-A800 series from next month (April) onwards. The different memory sizes come under various model numbers. For the NW-A805 (2GB) youll pay £120, £150 for the NW-A806 (4GB), and £200 for the NW-A808 (8GB).
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By Lisa Malyon