(photo from sony's site)
Sony is about to come out with a new line of flash based MP3 Walkmans. (the E505 comes with 512MB; E507 with 1GB)They have an incredible playtime of 50hr, supports not only sony's ATRAC3 but also MP3 files and doubles as a FM radio. And it also has a beautiful OLED screen that shows 3 lines of text; now that's what the ipod shuffle lacks.
Not only is it packed with functions you'd expect from a modern MP3 player(except that it doesn't record stuff), it looks good. (IMHO, much better then that white stick) Now, just give it a competitive price, and it will force Apple designers back to the drawing board. Actually, I think the ipod shuffle is the worst looking product that Apple ever came up with. (lack of function and just a plain white plastic stick) Come on, let's have better products to go with your good brand.
site on sony japan (of E507) | review of E505 on cnet
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
News: Sony finally got the flash MP3s right
4 comments:
Wow, 50 hrs! It seems that we could restlessly enjoy music for 2 days.
uh, still I'm verrry satisfied with my iriver, it has everything i want, especially the quality of voice.
maybe the news again taught me about the means of computer sales: the company offers ONE "NEW" function in their new product each time, and they wom't come up with a fine package of functions until you buy the prevoius products.
Actually this taught me to wait for the better ^^
When Sony rapidly releases new products, it means you get to see new stuff maybe every 2 months...
So the moment you pull out the money to buy one, you know you might regret the move in less then 2 months.
Now, I'm waiting for their next harddisk player. Since they're trying to take back market share from Apple, I'm sure they'll come out with a new one soon.
By the way, if you want long play hours, they even have an E100 series that can go for 70hrs, on one AAA alkaline battery. But they didn't look as cool as the E500 series
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