Before smartphones there were iPods and other portable media players. But before all of them, there was the Sony Walkman, a portable cassette player that let you take your music with you. Sony’s continued releasing Walkman-branded products in recent years, but for the most part they’re high-end digital music players… and the new 40th-anniversary Walkman […]
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Sony’s smallest HiFi Walkman is coming in November for $300
Looking for a better portable music player than your smartphone? A handful of companies offer high-end devices for audiophiles who aren’t happy with compressed MP3 music and cheap audio hardware. Sony has a long history in the space. At one point the company’s Walkman brand was pretty much synonymous with the idea of a portable […]
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Android alternatives to the iPod touch
Modern smartphones let you do much more than make phone calls: You can play games, surf the web, listen to music, watch videos and run thousands of apps that let you do everything from creating artwork to monitoring your fitness. But you don’t necessarily need to sign a contract with a phone company to do […]
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Sony introduces Android-powered Walkman ZX1, F-Series
Sony is rolling out a few new Android-powered portable media players. The new Sony NW-F880 series models are due out in Japan in October, and they’re basically variations of the F886 we saw earlier this month, but with 16GB to 64GB of stroage and pink, blue, black and white color options. The Sony Walkman ZX1 […]
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Sony’s latest Walkman runs Android
Once upon a time the Sony Walkman was the portable music player of choice. But that was back when it seemed like a good idea to store 12 songs on a long strip of electromagnetic tape surrounded by a big plastic case. The company’s digital music players have never been as popular as Sony’s cassette players […]