Sony Walkman with Video Coming Soon
Sony announced today that it has begun development of a new Walkman with video capabilities. In classically vague fashion, Senior VP Hiroshi Yoshioka divulged that the upcoming device will "handle images" but pleaded the fifth when asked to reveal specific details. He also alluded to doubling Walkman's share in the global DAP market (from its currently measly 10 percent to a more respectable 20 percent) but again declined to elaborate.
Not much to go on here, but at least Sony will abandon, if only temporarily, its love of the monochrome and OLED display.
[Reuters]
Comments
salty on October 12, 2006 8:19 PM
All I can say is 'monkey see monkey do'. Seems like everyone is hooping on the Ipod bandwagon. Microsoft followed and now its Sony. I wonder who else will be next.
Utew on October 13, 2006 1:57 AM
Talk about late to the game... Oh Sony of Olde, where are Yee?
Well it's bound to be a good looking device... bet we gag on the codec support though...
gumjo on October 13, 2006 12:09 PM
"All I can say is 'monkey see monkey do'. Seems like everyone is hooping on the Ipod bandwagon."
You do you know that ipod wasn't the first portable video player, right? ipod was also one of the players to hop onto the bandwagon.
wry_one on October 15, 2006 2:20 PM
"You do you know that ipod wasn't the first portable video player, right? "
Right you are. We Windows people were playing mp3s on our Rio PMP300e in 1998, while it took Apple until Oct 23, 2001 to even announce the first IPOD. Same with portable video players. I bought an Archos Gmini 400 photo/audio/video player in 2004 after my MSI portable audio video player crapped out in 2003. Now that viral video is the new big thing, there will be hundreds of new Portable Digital Audio Video devices which will take a sizeable chunk out of all Apple sales.
Danielle on November 26, 2006 5:04 PM
I was thinking of buying a MP3 player for a VERY good friend of mine, but with all of the choices the cons seems to out weigh the Pros. What is a good cheap MP3 player?
Mike on June 21, 2007 6:48 AM
How about a Walkman PSP that plays videos and can make cell phone calls? When I first saw the PSP I was a little disappointed that it wasn't a cell phone as well.
Henry Ford didn't invent the Car but he made it available and convient for EVERYONE. I bought a Sony/Ericsson w800i about 2-3 months before the iPhone was announced by Apple. After some reading and research, I want to throw my w800 in the garbage.