13 Responses for "Sony Walkman goes Shuffle"

1. Jonathan Horak

   March 27th, 2006 at 6:45 pm

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   Don’t count on this new Walkman eating up a significant chunk of the iPod Shuffle’s market, though, for the fundamental reason that it’s not an iPod!

   And because it costs $180. Might as well by a 1GB iPod nano for $149 or the 2GB model for $199.

2. Jonathan Horak

   March 27th, 2006 at 6:47 pm

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   Argh, that’s supposed to be: “…buy a 1GB…”

3. Sarah

   March 27th, 2006 at 9:31 pm

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   At least it comes in colors, but that’s about all it has going for it.

4. Griffith

   March 28th, 2006 at 5:32 am

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   I found this funny on the ATRACLife site:

   “Pricing will be below the rival iPod Nano”

   I bought Sony’s NW walkman from last that competed with the Shuffle at the time and won with a fairly good advantage.

   Apple upgraded their flash-based iPod to the Nano and what Sony brings out in order to compete with them is a downgrade compared to their previous flash player?

5. jangelo

   March 28th, 2006 at 6:19 am

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   Maybe the OLED’s going to feature a full display. Perhaps then, they can say they’re competing with the Nano.

6. Griffith

   March 29th, 2006 at 8:48 am

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   No, the OLEDs are exactly the same as my old MP3, actually I think that this is exactly the same as my old MP3 player (NW-E407) except that is has less buttons (which is always a plus for Sony anyway) and perhaps a simpler software (which is also a big plus) and much uglier than their older flash player (which is exactly the opposite direction Apple took from the Shuffle to the Nano).

   Basically it’s like those one of those Nokias in which they fit the same hardware in a dozen different shells and sell the cheaper models with more “blocked” features in the software than the expensive ones.

7. evilKat

   March 29th, 2006 at 10:52 pm

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   It all depends on what they do with the OLED. If it’s cool and displays song titles and allow s for some kind of navigation then I think it’ll rock.

   If it’s just the plastic casing, then it’s kind of meh. But since everyone has an ipod it makes for a nice change.

8. Griffith

   March 30th, 2006 at 8:13 am

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   Hmmm it displays song titles and artist name I guess. But Sony has had a player out like that for quite a while and no one bothered with them.

9. jangelo

   March 30th, 2006 at 9:20 am

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   “But Sony has had a player out like that for quite a while and no one bothered with them.”

   Again, because they weren’t iPods, methinks!

   In the portable media player market, brand is everything.

10. Matt Hoffman

    March 30th, 2006 at 11:03 am

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    Cd players all the way

11. Griffith

    March 30th, 2006 at 3:19 pm

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    You don’t understand j angelo, this player is a downgrade from Sony’s previous player which failed to meet success against the controversial iPod Shuffle.

    How does Sony expect to win more market share with a worse player than before against a device much superior to the Shuffle? (Nano)

12. jangelo

    April 1st, 2006 at 5:23 am

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    My apologies for the misunderstanding. Perhaps it’s a marketing ploy. You know how these tech companies are. They come out with a new product, which could be inferior to an old model, but a bit smaller and better marketed, hoping more people would buy it. It’s the same with some digital camera models I’ve encountered. They know most people aren’t out for the features, but for the coolness factor.

13. colbert

    April 2nd, 2006 at 8:40 am

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    darn, i prefer those with FM radios