2 March 2007

By: Alex Vochin, Technology Editor
Sony Announces a New Sexy, Lipstick-Sized Walkman MP3 Player
The NW-E015F with direct USB and OLED color screen
When people talk about Sony, one can identify 3 types of individuals: those who love the company's products, those who hate them, and a third category formed out of people who are torn inside, loving some of Sony's products, but hating the guts of others. However, I do believe that most people from the third category will jump into the first boat, at least when speaking about the device you'll see as follows, namely Sony's hot new NW-E015F MP3 player from the Walkman series. One of the most important features that also sets this device apart from the previous models is the direct USB plugging capability, which makes the device a lot easier to use and upload songs to. Moreover, Sony has thrown in a 3 line OLED color screen in this very interesting mix, thus facilitating faster navigation through the menus and also allowing the users to view CD cover art, whenever possible, of course. Besides the features mentioned above, the Walkman NW-E015F MP3 player offers what could be described as "standard options" for an MP3 player, as for example 2 GB of embedded flash memory, an FM tuner, quite a powerful Li-Ion battery, as well as support for Sony's quite unpopular ATRAC proprietary music format. If you want to find out more about the specs of this hot new player, check out the list below: - dimensions: 83.1 mm x 22.8 mm x 14.2 mm; - weight: 28 grams; - storage capacity: 1024 or 2048 MB of flash memory; battery: Li-Ion battery, up to 28 hours of life on a full charge; - display: OLED, 3 lines of text; - FM tuner: built-in; - compatible files: ATRAC, MP3, AAC (non DRM) and WMA (non DRM); - interface: direct USB 2.0 connection. Unfortunately, there's no word on the product's availability or pricing, but since we were able to find the new Walkman MP3 player only on the Sony UK website, there's a (slim) possibility that it will be launched in Europe first. We are just a few, but there are many of you, Softpedia users, out there. That's why we thought it would be a good idea to create an email address for you to help us a little in finding gadgets we missed. Interesting links are bound to be posted with recognition going mainly to those who submit. The address is.
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