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Sony's iPod?

Like Sony's other digital music players, it will only play songs encoded in the company's own ATRAC 3 format.

:thumbsdown:
 
I had expected Sony, the inventor of the famous Walkman, to come out with an iPod killer well over a year ago. They missed the boat on this and now have to play catch-up. Personally speaking, I think their entry looks like crap.
 
Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Cool. What's the price going to be? High, I expect for that screen.
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¥63,000 ($563/£310).

and to correct "GTaudiophile" The Creative Zen and Rio Karma are both better alternatives to the iPod then this thing, hell the karma is just better IMO
 
Originally posted by: SubZero
Like Sony's other digital music players, it will only play songs encoded in the company's own ATRAC 3 format.

:thumbsdown:
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did you read the page?

this one finally plays normal mp3s, not craptrac 3
 
Nice. Their $465 music player supports only ATRAC. Less than $100 more and you get one that supports MP3 and plays video. It looks huge compared to a standard Pocket PC though.
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Cool. What's the price going to be? High, I expect for that screen.
Click to expand...

¥63,000 ($563/£310).

and to correct "GTaudiophile" The Creative Zen and Rio Karma are both better alternatives to the iPod then this thing, hell the karma is just better IMO
Click to expand...

I have been considering the Karma and the Dell DJ but was reading that the Karma was having quality issues with the hard drive dying after a couple of weeks use and the buttons becoming recessed in the case.
 
Originally posted by: SubZero
Like Sony's other digital music players, it will only play songs encoded in the company's own ATRAC 3 format.

:thumbsdown:
Click to expand...

LOL.. then no matter what, it's a complete piece of sh!t. Screw Sony. Every time they come up with something neat, they gimp it in some proprietary way. What a worthless company..
 
like Sony's other digital music players, it will only play songs encoded in the company's own ATRAC 3 format.
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No this one plays mp3s instead....but from what I can tell, that's it.

iRiver, OTOH, has had this kind of player in the works for a small while now (I think working with M$ on it) and will probably also plays wavs, wma, asf and ogg (considering their iHPs do), in addition to mpeg4 stuff.

linky
 
Originally posted by: Rudee
I had expected Sony, the inventor of the famous Walkman, to come out with an iPod killer well over a year ago. They missed the boat on this and now have to play catch-up. Personally speaking, I think their entry looks like crap.
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Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Cool. What's the price going to be? High, I expect for that screen.
Click to expand...

¥63,000 ($563/£310).

and to correct "GTaudiophile" The Creative Zen and Rio Karma are both better alternatives to the iPod then this thing, hell the karma is just better IMO
Click to expand...

I have been considering the Karma and the Dell DJ but was reading that the Karma was having quality issues with the hard drive dying after a couple of weeks use and the buttons becoming recessed in the case.
Click to expand...
6 months and my Karma is still as good as new.

Originally posted by: brxndxn
Originally posted by: SubZero
Like Sony's other digital music players, it will only play songs encoded in the company's own ATRAC 3 format.

:thumbsdown:
Click to expand...

LOL.. then no matter what, it's a complete piece of sh!t. Screw Sony. Every time they come up with something neat, they gimp it in some proprietary way. What a worthless company..
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Didn't read the article or the thread. Doubly stupid.




That said, I don't really want a portable video player. I don't have the time to reencode all my movies to an optimal resolution for the player on top of ripping cds as I buy them. Plus 20gb wouldn't go very far...I've already filled up my 20gb karma, and that's just with music.

What I did like about the previous Vaio Pocket (VGF-AP1 -- the one that does only support atrac and no video capabilities) was the color screen that displayed album art. I thought that was really cool.
 
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