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Sony's OLED Walkman with web browser gets ready to hit the streets in Japan
You can "ooh" and "ahh" all you want about OLED touchscreens, but until they hit the street, they're just talk. Sony is finally getting ready to release their OLED-equipped Walkmans — street date April 25.
The 3-inch OLED touchscreen has 240 x 432 resolution. The Walkmans will have an audio player, One-Seg TV tuner, and FM tuner for basic use, but the fun really starts when you use the built-in Wi-Fi web browser, including a YouTube interface. The players support MP3 and AAC files, so your unprotected iTunes library might have a new home.
The NW-X1050 is the 16GB, $400 model, and the NW-X1060 is the $500 32GB version; both available in black or red. Unfortunately, Sony's mum on a US and European release date. Physically, it's a bit smaller than the iPhone or iPod touch — the Sonys measure 3.8 x 2.0 x 0.4 inches. Priced about $100 more than comparable iPod touch models, it will be interesting to see if the Sony Walkman can make a comeback.
UPDATE: These products will be available in the U.S. by mid-June. Available only in black, the 16GB NWZ-X1051 will sell for $299, and the 32GB NWZ-X1061 will retail for $399. Worth it?
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By Jason B. at 1:39 PM ON 04/14/09
At $100 more than an iPod touch, the Walkman will be gathering plenty of dust on store shelves. They'll sell a few to the uber-geeks that have to have the latest & greatest or the OLED screen, but I just can't see common users running out to buy these.
By Tony at 5:51 PM ON 04/14/09
The wifi web browsing makes it very interesting for me. Took data off my smart phone to save a few bucks, would be nice to have something small at hand to quick-look something up when needed w/o turning on pc
By hi at 10:56 PM ON 04/14/09
dear
only thing i have to say is that WALKMAN sounds much better than any apple products
By Anthony at 5:43 AM ON 04/15/09
No price has been announced for America, but the price has been announce for Japan at 50000 Yen.
The price for the 16Gb and the 32Gb Ipod Touch are higher in Japan than America when currency conversion is considered.
The 16Gb in Japan is 34800 Yen and 32Gb in Japan is 47800. Which is about 50 and 80 more expensive if the same conversion was used to come to the $500 for the supposed price in American Dollars.
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