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SonyRewards Points of Sony Walkman Touchscreen in U.S.

7. May 2009

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So you’ve decided you wanted a Sony Walkman X1000-yes the one with an OLED touchscreen and WiFi. It’s a good choice but how much will it go for? No official pricing yet but SonyRewards may give us a few good guesses. The 16GB version is pegged at 29,995 points, which is $299.95 in real money [...]

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Hands-On W/ Sony Walkman X1050 W/ OLED Touchscreen

5. May 2009

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Engadget were lucky enough to get a Japanese trial unit of the touchscreen Sony Walkman, the NWZ-X1000. The UI is really good and the OLED screen is even better than the COWON S9 (video), though the X1000 boast a lower-rez 3-inch screen (but that’s probably subjective). Video playback, though, has uffered a demotion in resolution, [...]

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Sony Walkman NW-E040 Kills Shuffle w/ Good Sense

21. April 2009

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With several cute colors available  for the changeable front panel with a cap, Sony is telling Apple they don’t need to be the tiniest to sell. Three versions are available: NW-E042 (2GB), NW-E043 (4GB) and the NW-E044 (8GB). All versions play MP3, WMA, ATRAC, PCM WAV and AAC music files and equipped with an FM [...]

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Touchscreen Sony Walkman X1000 16GB and 32GB for April 25

14. April 2009

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It’s finally gotten official pricing and the touchscreen Sony Walkman X1000 w/ WiFi will be costing consumers a bundle, starting 40,000 yen for the 16GB ($401) and topping at 50,000 yen for the 32G or just over $500. It’s WiFi all right and it’s a touchscreen but to price a PMP at smartphone levels? We [...]

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Touchscreen Sony Walkman NWZ-X1000 Now at Amazon

25. February 2009

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Amazon UK is now selling Sony’s first touchscreen PMP series, the Walkman NWZ-X1000. Both the NWZ-X1050 (16GB) and NWZ-X1060 (32GB) connect to the Internet via WiFi. The NWZ-X1000 seris delivers great music with features like Digital Amplifier ”S-Master” and DSEE (Digital Noise Canceling, Digital Sound Enhancement Engine). You can play YouTube videos, automatically download podcasts [...]

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SE Idou 12.1 Megapixel Cyber-Shot/ Walkman Phone?

17. February 2009

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Sony Ericsson’s Idou touchscreen phone still sounds unbelievable to me, so pardon my rather gratuitous use of the question mark. The Idou (pronounced ee-doo) is both a Walkman phone and a Cyber-Shot phone (similar in some respects to the C905 Cyber-Shot), with respective user interfaces available in one touchscreen model. It will use Symbian Foundation, [...]

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Sony Walkman X-Series Review

5. February 2009

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Journaldugeek has an exclusive on Sony’s touchscreen Walkman, the first of the X series. We were excited when the Sony Walkman NWZ-X1000 was first announce, this being Sony’s first touchscreen PMP. We know as far as design goes, it has ways to go before beating the iPod Touch but performance is another thing altogether. Greg [...]

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Sony Walkman Contrast With Flexible Oled at CES

15. January 2009

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Contrast - A Sony Flex OLED Walkman Concept from Sony Insider on Vimeo. The future of the PMP market could be the Sony Walkman, that is, if  Sony could put the Contrast on retail stores soon enough… before Apple, Nokia, LG etc. get hold of the technology. The technology is a flexible OLED screen wrapped around [...]

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Sony Walkman NWZ-X1000 Touchscreen PMP with WiFi

7. January 2009

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The iPod Touch will have a legitimate competitor when the Walkman X1000 comes out. The touchscreen Walkman is a 3-inch OLED touchscreen PMP that boasts wireless Internet and fancy noise-cancelling technology. The iPod Touch may have the App Store, but the X1000 has a better screen and arguably better media playback features. It plays WMV, [...]

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Touchscreen Sony Walkman is Here!

12. December 2008

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Not entirely a hundred per cent sure that Sony will be diving full-pledged into the PMP market with a touchscreen version of the Walkman. It’s been a long time coming but it’s worth the wait, if the rendered photos can be trusted. Specs include a 3-inch touchscreen OLED, up to 32GB of storage, WiFi, a [...]

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