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July 01, 2004
Sony Debuts Another New Network Walkman
To coincide with the original Walkman's 25th Anniversary, Sony launched a new harddrive-based player today, the NW-HD1. It looks like it has a 20GB capacity, a remote and a cradle, but unlike the Pocket Vaio (VGF-AP1), also recently announced, it has a monochrome LCD. What the NW-HD1 has going for it is size, as in not a lot of it. Reportedly it measures only 3.5"x2.4"x0.55", compared with the iPod at 4.1"x2.4"x0.62".
There does, however, seem to be a cloud hanging over the NW-HD1's debut. It may not natively play MP3 and WMA music. Sony has its own DRM format, ATRAC3, which could be the only format the device plays. If this is the case, then MP3s you wanted to put on the player would have to be converted to ATRAC3 format, degrading the quality of the sound in the process. Let's hope that this isn't the case, otherwise no one will remember the Network Walkman's first birthday, much less the 25th.
More Japanese Flash goodness (with more photos!) on the NW-HD1 here. More bits at Engadget, Gizmodo and Google News.
orderd my Sony NW-HD3 2 days ago, it arrived today. i must admit im very impressed by the feal/look of the thing. i think better than the iPod/Zen design. the only thing that has really really really annoyed me is the software, thats the only moan i have. u would expect the software to be good, from Sony, but no. I used it to put 3albums on. then it crashed so i started again. Except this time i would get the error message saying, "Unable to convert copyright protected content". this happens with near enough all my songs, (i have 4000 on my pc, 67 of which the Sony SonicStage 2.3 lets me put on) if anyone knows of a good program to use PLEASE let me know b4 i put it on eBay :)
Posted by: Ryan at June 18, 2005 08:23 AMorderd my Sony NW-HD3 2 days ago, it arrived today. i must admit im very impressed by the feal/look of the thing. i think better than the iPod/Zen design. the only thing that has really really really annoyed me is the software, thats the only moan i have. u would expect the software to be good, from Sony, but no. I used it to put 3albums on. then it crashed so i started again. Except this time i would get the error message saying, "Unable to convert copyright protected content". this happens with near enough all my songs, (i have 4000 on my pc, 67 of which the Sony SonicStage 2.3 lets me put on) if anyone knows of a good program to use PLEASE let me know b4 i put it on eBay :)
Posted by: Ryan at June 18, 2005 08:24 AM