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Sony’s First Touchscreen Walkman Revealed

sonyinsider.com — Sony is set to debut a new 16 and 32GB drag and drop Walkman during CES 2009, according to trusted inside sources. This will be the most advanced music, video and photo Walkman music player ever released by Sony to date. While it was revealed before to Wired that Sony’s new Walkman would have Wi-Fi capabilities, we have now learned that Sony’s new

Who dugg this? Made popular Dec 13, 2008

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  • sandman979, on 12/13/2008, -3/+27Holy ***** no ATRAC3? hehehe
  • badqat, on 12/13/2008, -2/+23So, why can't Sony put this into a SE phone?

    Or better yet, why doesn't Sony put this into a SE phone?
  • erasermcfleafly, on 12/13/2008, -3/+17People still use walkmans?
  • Superpoo, on 12/13/2008, -0/+13Walkman is a brand, not a device
  • elitedw, on 12/13/2008, -2/+13You had me at "Drag and Drop".
  • OutlawAdidas, on 12/13/2008, -3/+13I'm stickin with vinyl.
  • usingpond, on 12/13/2008, -3/+11Wow, only two years too late.
  • whazup911, on 12/13/2008, -4/+12Kinda like Apple?
  • iOsiris, on 12/13/2008, -1/+9Hey Sony, why don't you put a ***** 3.5mm headphone jack instead of your RETARDED PROPRIETARY CONVERTER ***** into your Walkman phones?
  • MattBD, on 12/13/2008, -0/+7Walkman is just a brand name nowadays. I've had a Walkman portable CD player and a Walkman HD MP3 player. You could say the same thing about the iPod Touch, Nano and Shuffle because originally iPods were HD-based and now more and more of them use flash memory.
  • skate3214, on 12/13/2008, -1/+8.....This one runs on a battery too.....
  • MacParrot, on 12/13/2008, -0/+7I heard it was 95.12311%. Obviously you're exagerating
  • shimmi147, on 12/13/2008, -2/+7i endorse this question
  • Revovisionary, on 12/13/2008, -0/+5But will I'll be able to listen to my audiobooks from audible.com on it? If I can do that and there is no hidden DRM then I'll buy one.
  • scratend0788, on 12/13/2008, -2/+6mirror?
  • TheWittyMan, on 12/13/2008, -9/+13I'm sure about 95.12312% of the people here have not even listened to Sony's MP3 Walkman. In terms of sound quality it completely blows the iPod out of the water. There's no question about it.

    And I've owned three iPods before my Walkman...but I will never go back. The sound quality is simply too good, which is worth nearly any price in my book.

    Also, first digg comment!
  • pigfister, on 12/13/2008, -3/+7probably 10x what it's worth after they are made by foxconn in the sweatshops and at least twice the cost of the same model by another manufacturer!
  • JigoroKano, on 12/13/2008, -1/+5Oh it's a great player, but good luck with that SonicStage *****. I couldn't even get it to run on my computer last time I tried.

    The device is too crippled to ever take off.
  • ibeetle, on 12/13/2008, -2/+5Sony has always made the most beautiful and incredible hardware; second only to Apple in design in recent years.
    It is the out of focus business practices, and software that ***** things up.
  • Wrangler76, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3They have not been tied to SonicStage outside of Japan for a few years now.
  • ahoyhoy, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3That was sick. When's your first album coming out?
  • inactive, on 12/13/2008, -1/+4If this thing won't be a phone I don't want it.
  • sfacets, on 12/13/2008, -3/+6I'm never again going to buy a Sony product. DRM-riddled, expensive, and bad customer care.
  • inactive, on 12/12/2008, -10/+13I want one! I wonder what the price points will be?
  • GregoryHarbin, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3Now that I might purchase.
  • dentarthurdent1, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3incorrect - might have been true 4 years ago, but they have always played mp3s.
  • cthellis, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3Welcome to Digg. Enjoy your stay.
  • roebeet, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3I can't read it right now, either - but I assume they mean the ability to add songs by simply dragging a file onto the player in whatever file manager tool you use (no software requirement). iPod's / Zune's don't allow that - you need to use their software to add songs.
  • WiseWeasel, on 12/13/2008, -3/+6Looks like a nice hardware design mock-up and impressive specs, but we'll have to wait and see if Sony's tendencies to not play nice with interoperability/format support, and to totally suck at complex interface design can be overcome before passing judgment (not to mention the ability to actually produce such a beast for an affordable price before the decade is up). Would be sweet if it were running something like LiMo or Android...
  • timedalkat, on 12/13/2008, -4/+6Don't give these proprietary ***** bitches any more of your money. They make Microsoft look kind. DRM-douchebags. Root-kit retards.
  • roebeet, on 12/13/2008, -0/+2Why is TheWittyMan being dugg down? He's correct that the Sony MP3 Walkman has excellent SQ - arguably better than the current line of iPod's out there. This is assuming you are using the headphone jack on the iPod's and not the line-out with an external amp.

  • pigfister, on 12/13/2008, -0/+2FM in the UK is soon to be turned off in favour of DAB, well so the government can sell off the radio spectrum.
  • foxracer08, on 12/13/2008, -3/+5im super excited for this except that i know that it will cost a ton
  • Schmich, on 12/13/2008, -0/+2Says the one who was bothered writing a comment.
  • frsrblch, on 12/13/2008, -1/+3Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I have a 3 year old Walkman, and though it still works as well as ever the software for it is horrible. The thing has zero drag-and-drop functionality, and music on the device can't be copied back to the device. It's just a pain to copy music onto the damn thing.

    I had a Creative MP3 player to play around with 2 years ago, and the level of usability just put Sony to shame.
  • DatoeDakari, on 12/13/2008, -2/+4"This will be the most advanced music, video and photo Walkman music player ever released by Sony to date"
    No, really? I assumed they were going to start coming out with previous versions of their players, cuz ya know, going backward in technology always sells.
    Someone give Mr. MacManus the award for the 'most obvious statement of the year'
  • scarwars, on 12/13/2008, -1/+3'mine runs on bio-neural gel-packs
  • syntaxgs, on 12/13/2008, -1/+2I Would CrtainlyLike a Mirror Too.
  • JuanBSU, on 12/13/2008, -0/+1Ooh! More features than the iPhone!?
  • fascfoo, on 12/13/2008, -0/+1It is too bad Sony irreparably damaged their Walkman brand by bungling one release after another. Their last iteration a few years ago was decent hardware wise, but was horribly hampered by the terrible software.

    iPods are the new walkman. It'll be interesting to see if anything can challenge Apple, but so far there aren't any real contenders. Maybe the Zune?
  • BrendanSheehan, on 12/17/2008, -0/+1It's a device that has changed and evolved, Sony is the brand.
    Corolla / Toyota
    iPod / Apple
  • vizeroth, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1I can't stand Sony, but nothing you said means jack to me when I'm looking for a music player. If I were looking for a stand-alone music player, all I'd really want is the ability to send files to it via WiFi as just a networked storage device so I wouldn't have to worry about what OS and software is installed on the computers in my home.

    Music Store? Nope, got music.

    Software? Nope, want to listen to music.

    Web browser? Nope, want to listen to music.

    OS X Support? How about just acting like a hard drive when you connect it to a computer instead of requiring some stupid software to connect to it? Of course, Sony's probably just as guilty of doing this crap as Apple.

    Or I can just keep using my phone to listen to music and transfer files to the microSD card through the computer's slot or over the USB port.
  • drizzlelicious, on 12/13/2008, -1/+2Can it play cassette tapes? Touchscreen cassette tape player?
  • Technopundit, on 12/14/2008, -0/+1You are 100% correct. But most people prefer marketing tools to functional hardware. It's called "stupidity."
  • scooterbaga, on 12/14/2008, -0/+1You don't mix economically.
  • Gareth321, on 12/14/2008, -0/+1ATRAC died with Sony because of DRM. Now Sony is in trouble and mistakes like this illustrate why.
  • Technopundit, on 12/14/2008, -0/+1Touch Screens suck.
  • cj485, on 12/15/2008, -0/+1i spit fire.
  • cthellis, on 12/13/2008, -0/+1ATRAC and MP3 were designed rather simultaneously and independently, though indeed ATRAC made it onto the commercial market first.

    It did NOT, however, offer full CD quality. The bitrate quality was a bit better, but that made it closer to the high quality AAC, not lossless. And certainly not at 160MB.

    ATRAC does have a lossless codec NOW, but that came about only a couple years ago, and is hardly used. (Like ATRAC itself, anymore.)
  • GavinZac, on 12/16/2008, -0/+1People use audio cds?
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