The Sony NWZ-X1000 touchscreen Walkman has gone down in price, at least for the 32GB version, which is now only $299 at SonyStyle. That’s a $100 price drop for the X1000, the first touchscreen Walkman that also happens to have an OLED screen like the Zune HD. The X1000 has had a difficult outing with [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Now it’s Stateside with your choice of 16GB or 32GB. The OLED and WiFi-enabled Sony Walkman X1000 PMP starts at $299.95 at Amazon.com. Slacker Radio gives X1000 users access to free music streaming over the built-in WiFi connection. 3-inch touchscreen OLED WiFi WMV, MPEG-4, AVC and MP3, WMA, AAC playback Digital S-Master digital amplifier 13.5 mm Noise Canceling EX [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 7, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 3, 2009
Still curious if you are willing to jump Sony’s way in your next touchscreen PMP purchase? CNET Asia has a brief review of Sony’s X1000 Walkman, the first touchscreen Walkman. One major disappointment is the low-rez 320 x 240 screen. When most new players are going to WVGA, Sony’s Walkman range lags behind in the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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