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galaga Sony in the position of playing catch-up... to MS and Nintendo in the console race, and Apple in phones. They won Blu-ray, but seem to have lost the war.
Sony's long awaited touchscreen Walkman finally revealed?
Engadget —
... Sony's Walkman series of media players has done its best to keep stride, stuffing in new features and design refinements over the years, but touchscreen-dominated players are clearly in vogue, and it looks like the company is finally ready to break down ...
Rumor: Sony's New Walkman to Feature OLED Touchscreen and Wi-Fi [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... Interesting! If this is true, and the OS and touchscreen is usable and responsive, we might have a strong competitor to the Touch. We'll find out soon enough, as CES is less than a month away. [Sony Insider] ...
Sony's New Walkman to Feature OLED Touchscreen and Wi-Fi? [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... Interesting! If this is true, and the OS and touchscreen is usable and responsive, we might have a strong competitor to the Touch. We'll find out soon enough, as CES is less than a month away. [Sony Insider] ...
Rumor: Sony Walkman to Pack OLED Touch-screen
Mobilewhack.com —
[image] Sony officially has plans to unveil its first touch-screen Walkman at CES next month, but so far hasn’t revealed anything about the product. However, rumors are here to save the day: the new Walkman will feature a 3-ich OLED touch-screen, Wi-fi and a built-in browser, among other things. There will be other web-based features, too: While most of the usual menu structure of the current Walkman series will be retained in this new model, there are several new exciting features included. For example, upon listening to an artist, you may click on the artist name and watch ...
Rumores sobre el primer Sony Walkman con pantalla táctil
Celularis —
... siguiendo los pasos adecuados para complementar el Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 y competir mano a mano con el iPod Touch y con el iPhone, para hacer que deje de crecer a nivel mundial como lo está haciendo en Estados Unidos.
Tendría una pantalla WQVGA del tipo OLED brillante de 3 pulgadas con un ratio de contraste de alrededor de 10k, lo que lo pone por encima del iPod Touch y del iPhone. Y sí, viene con WiFi y con un navegador web!
Vía Sony Insider ...
Sony touchscreen OLED Walkman with WiFi rumored for CES 2009
Obsessable News Feed —
... Sony may be planning to introduce a touchscreen, WiFi-enabled addition to its Walkman line of media players at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, according to anonymous sources. From what the rumors have been able to tell us about the potential device, it looks like it will have some very nice specs. The screen should be based on ...
Sony Releases Details About OLED Touchscreen Walkman
GadgetReview —
... the ability to navigate to an artist’s music video on YouTube directly from the MP3 or purchase music via Amazon. The new player will come in 16GB and 32GB sizes and its OLED screen should produce image quality never before seen on a device of this type. Other notables are FM radio, S-Master digital amplifier, a Web browser and I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say they might turn this thing into a phone, but just a guess.
[SonyInsider]
Rumor: Sony to debut an iPod Touch-like Walkman with OLED screen at CES
CrunchGear —
... Take an iPod Touch, swap out the LCD screen with an OLED screen, and you might just have Sony’s next Walkman. Sony Insider is reporting that we’ll apparently see a device with the following specs at CES this year: ...
Sony to Unveil an “iPhone Killer?”*
Technologizer —
... as the launchpad for the first touchscreen Walkman phone . It says that “trusted inside sources” have told it that the phone will have a widescreen OLED display, 16GB or 32GB of memory, Wi-Fi, a Web browser, and YouTube integration, among other features. Oh, and an FM radio. There’s nothing in this description that sounds particularly fanciful, but neither is there anything about the Sony Insider report that rings especially true. Especially since the “product shot” included with the story looks like someone whipped it up in Photoshop in a few minutes: sonyinsidershot I can ...
Touchscreen Sony Walkman? Don't hold your breath.
Crave: The gadget blog —
... According to a post on the Sony Insider blog, Sony is gearing up to release a touchscreen Walkman to contend with Apple's iPod Touch ( ...
Sony Walkman Touch
Anything But iPod —
... rumors? Here is another touch based player, though this time it’s not rumor. Sonyinsider reports on this player with some mock up product shots showing a device like the Cowon S9 or the ...
Sony to debut AMOLED Touchscreen Walkman, says Sony Insider
SlashGear —
... Leak originated from Sony Insider, two touchscreen walkmans, a 16GB and 32GB models featured 3-inch WQVGA AMOLED display with 10k:1 contrast, wide color gamut and viewing angle are set to debut in Vegas CES show. WiFi with WPA and WEP supports will be included as well as favorite artist on Amazon search, Youtube apps to explore artist music videos and over the air podcast downloads are many new features expected to be on the upcoming Walkman. ...
Sony Touchscreen Walkman
Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen —
... Auf der kommenden CES 2009 wird Sony wohl seinen ersten Touchscreen Walkman mit 16 und 32 GB Kapazität vorstellen. Der Touchscreen des W-Lan-fähigen Walkmans wird allerdings kein üblicher LCD, sondern ein 3 Zoll (eventuell 3,3 Zoll) großer OLED mit einem Kontrastverhältnis im Bereich von 10.000:1 sein. Der neue Sony Walkman dürfte also dank des OLED-Displays besonders bei Videos anderen Media Playern deutlich überlegen sein, schließlich bietet das Display nicht nur bessere Kontrastwerte, sondern auch einen weiteren Blickwinkel und ...
Sony heading to CES with a shiny new iPod Touch competitor
Boy Genius Report —
Wait just a second here - it looks like something new and interesting might actually be making its way to CES! According to SonyInsider’s “trusted inside sources”, Sony will be unveiling a brand new Walkman portable media player that sounds like it could make a serious impact on the portable player market. Here’s what we’re looking at according to the rumor:
Two models: 16 GB and 32 GB
3″ touchscreen OLED display with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio (est)
WQVGA resolution
Wi-Fi connectivity ...
sony touchscreen walkman [rumor]
technabob —
... Sony Insider claims that a new, touch screen-equipped Walkman will be unveiled at CES 2009. The player is also rumored to have a 3-in OLED display and will come in 16 GB and 32 GB versions. The big addition to the Walkman will be web browsing via WiFi. ...
CES 2009: Touchscreen Sony Walkman rumored
I4U News —
... . According to SonyInsider Sony is supposed to reveal a new 16 and 32GB "drag and drop" Walkman with a 3 inch OLED touchscreen at the CES. The new Walkman touch would also sport Wi-fi and new features that for instance connect artist information with videos on Youtube. Sony got a bit behind with their music players. Apple, iRiver, Archos and even Microsoft offer better music players that Sony right now. For a short while Sony made some points with ultra long battery life. But today touchscreen, Wi-fi, Internet features, games are becoming more important. The Sony ...
Rumour: Sony launching full touchscreen Walkman
T3.com All —
... information about the artists you re listening to. This could be music videos from YouTube a button will take you straight to appropriate results or simple internet searches. Amazon customers will be able to access to the online shop and make purchases. The rest of the time, an ordinary internet browser and dedicated YouTube application will see you through. Prices are yet to be confirmed, but we ll be keeping a close out at the main event in January. Link: Sony (via SonyInsider ) Related links: [image]
Sony prepping touch screen, wi-fi, 16 and 32GB WALKMAN-brand media player
Tech Digest —
... Sony is preparing to jump on the touchable media player bandwagon, according to sources, with an all singing, all dancing, all touching PMP set to be unveiled at this coming January's Consumer Electronic Show tech binge. The WALKMAN-badged player will, so some bloke on the internet told some other bloke on the internet, have a 3" OLED screen for super-nice colour reproduction and long enough battery life to watch... ...
New Sony PSP Coming After All? Let's Hope For Something Radical (SNE)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Mobile music: Sony, which once owned this market (remember the Walkman?), is set to debut an iPod touch clone at CES we doubt will put much pressure on Apple. Microsoft (MSFT) has tried and failed for years to take on the iPod with its Zune. ...
Rumor: Sony to reveal OLED Walkman at CES
Tech Ticker —
... CES is just a few weeks away and a new pre-CES rumors is doing the rounds. The new rumor to hit the scene is that Sony is prepping an OLED screen based Walkman PMP. The reliable sources of Sony Insider say that the models will come in capacities of 16GB and 32GB and will have a 3-inch OLED display sporting WQVGA resolution and a contrast ratio of 10000:1. ...
Sony "Touch" X-1000 Photos Surface
Anything But iPod —
... as very crude mockups. Real photos have now surfaced. The specs appear to be what we SonyInsider got the scoop on in that first article- Wi-Fi, 16GB, 32GB ect. I will keep you posted as soon as i get some more info on the show floor of CES 2009. ...
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