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Sony dock clock radio for ipod series#

The EX85 series earbuds are included in the US retail package. In some regions the package will contain a pair of Sony In-Ear Earbuds with sound-reduction technology. This also includes the popular 8 GB version. The upgraded A820 and A720 had a 2.4' LCD display and a selection of memory from 4 gigabytes to 16 gigabyte.

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The A820 was the first Walkman equipped with a Bluetooth module which can be used to connect wireless headphones - the A720 lacks Bluetooth. In March 2008, Sony debuted A820 and A720 series. The 2 GB model was released on 13 June 2007. As of, Sony Canada has released the 8 GB and 4 GB models. The NW-A800 has been released in the European Union, Asia, New Zealand, and North America. It also introduced the new 22-pin WM-PORT dock connector, replacing the 42-pin connector found on the predecessing A Series (A1000/1200/3000). For photo and video management it uses Sony's Image Converter. This player is an ATRAC Audio Device which relies on SonicStage to manage music. The Lithium-ion rechargeable battery can last up to 30 hours for music and 8 hours for video. The screen is a 2.0-inch (51 mm) QVGA (240×320) colour LCD and can be used either horizontally or vertically. The interface is similar to that of a mobile phone. It features a QVGA display with ID3 tag and album art support. A chrome-like strip surrounds the edge of the device, and accenting of the same style surrounds the buttons and makes up the logos on the front. Announced on March 1, 2007, this series has a metallic build. The Sony NW-A800 series was the first video-enabled Network Walkman. Future players in this style would be released under E Series (until 2008) and S Series (until 2007). It is a small thumb drive design and successor to the global E Series NW-E500/E400. In Japan and some territories, the NW-A600 series were released alongside the NW-A3000/A1000. The NW-A3000 and NW-A1000 series were the final HDD Walkman devices when it was discontinued in 2007 after this all Walkman digital audio players would be solely flash memory.

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In January 2006, Sony acknowledged 'serious problems' with the software and advised customers to use SonicStage instead. However, a significant number of customers had a negative experienced with the bundled Connect Player software, making them unable to transfer music, and reports of the software crashing their computers. īilled as Sony's much-anticipated answer to the iPod, the NW-A3000 and NW-A1000 series became a quick sales success in Japan and Europe and a big seller during the Christmas 2005 period. The means of putting music on this device (as with previous models) is to use Sony's SonicStage software, though originally at release it was a new piece of software called Connect Player which tied in with the Sony Connect online music store, or with mora in Japan.

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A recent firmware update (V3.00) added the 'Artist Link Shuffle' function to the list of Intelligent Shuffle modes, along with a clock and calendar.

On the left side is an 'Artist Link' button. The 'Time Machine Shuffle' function randomly selects a year and plays all of the songs from that particular year currently held on the device. By selecting 'My Favourite Shuffle', the device automatically selects the 100 most listened to songs and plays them at random. The 'Artist link' function prompts the Walkman to search, find and display similar artists in that genre. There are a number of features to select music according to a variety of criteria, which Sony advertized as adapting to the listener's 'individual tastes'. The player supports ATRAC3, MP3, WMA and from firmware version 3.00 it also supports AAC. īattery life can reach 20 and 35 hours respectively. It was available in black, silver, purple, pink and blue, Koichiro Tsujino, a Sony executive, said that the goal of the A Series was to revive the Walkman brand which had been struggling both domestically and internationally. The player is pebble-shaped and has a highly reflective front, build with a metallic back, and a generally minimalist style. The NW-A3000 and NW-A1000 series feature an electroluminescent screen. Its release date in Japan was Novemwith a retail price of 28,800 JPY while in the UK it retailed for about £190. The A Series was Sony's 'rebirth' of the Walkman, and in its press release Sony said the series is 'Simply called 'WALKMAN'' thereby dropping the Network name from all its future digital audio player (DAP) products. They were the replacement of the NW-HD5 in the Network Walkman line and remained a hard disk player.

It was available initially in 6 gigabyte (NW-A1000) and a larger sized 20 gigabyte (NW-3000) versions, while an 8 gigabyte version (NW-A1200) was also released. The A Series digital music player was introduced on September 8, 2005.