Sony Launches New S Series Walkman

Amongst the raft of announcements from Sony this morning at IFA Berlin, came the launch of the new Premium S Series Walkman. The new S series comes with two main variants – the NWZ-630F (shown above and available in 4 different colors) and the NWZ-730F available only in black but with the added benefit of built-in noise cancellation. The exact models and capacities will be as follows:

NWZ-739F – 16GB
NWZ-738F – 8GB
NWZ-639F – 16GB
NWZ-638F – 8GB

New features that are common to all models are Sony’s new SensMe ™ technology which allow users to create playlists based on their mood or the moment. Sony says:

The WALKMAN® S series is the first ever MP3 player that matches your listening to your mood or the moment. Based on Sony’s “12 Tone Analysis” technology and “LCMIR (Low-Complexity Music Information Retrieval)” technology, unique SensMe™ Channels analyse your music collection, suggesting playlists based on each song’s speed, mood and rhythm. There’s no need to spend hours tagging and sorting every track in your music collection. SensMe™ Channels do the hard work, creating a choice of 11 themed ‘channels’, from upbeat pop to emotional ballads.

Codec support includes MP3, AAC, WMA (including tracks with DRM), AVC & MPEG-4 for Video and JPEG for photos. All of these models are drag and drop and feature the usual Dynamic Normalizer, Clear Bass and equalizer options. What is more, being “F” models they also FM radios. The high contrast QVGA screen means videos should be clearer than ever with playback at 30fps.

Finally these are the slimmest Network Walkman offerings to date from Sony, checking in at just 7.5mm thickness. Overall these units get the thumbs-up from Sony Insider.

Pricing at this stage is still TBC for Europe but SonyStyle US has the S736 and S738 listed at $149.99 and $179.99 respectively.

Check out more details on the S series here.

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Aug 2008
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DISCUSSION 18 Comments
  • Zizone

    Regarding the price for these S, E and B series, it’s available on us SonyStyle.com

  • Zizone

    Regarding the price for these S, E and B series, it’s available on us SonyStyle.com

  • http://www.carspyshots.net Ascariss

    fail by sony. styling it like the sony ericsson phones is a bad idea, why would you want to be closer the phones? the walkman mp3 player should be its own unique brand and style, not a replica of the phones. yet again, no lossless or gapless, fail sony double fail.

  • http://www.carspyshots.net Ascariss

    fail by sony. styling it like the sony ericsson phones is a bad idea, why would you want to be closer the phones? the walkman mp3 player should be its own unique brand and style, not a replica of the phones. yet again, no lossless or gapless, fail sony double fail.

  • Zizone

    I like the side view design though… and the metallic texture for the S-series. But, I do agree with other points made by Ascariss. About the codecs, at least it supports linear PCM which is must for me.
    Waiting for what A-series has to bring…

  • Zizone

    I like the side view design though… and the metallic texture for the S-series. But, I do agree with other points made by Ascariss. About the codecs, at least it supports linear PCM which is must for me.
    Waiting for what A-series has to bring…

  • pudsey456

    If you don’t like it, I would blame the fact that Hiroshi Yoshioka was at SE first, and then headed Walkman development for a few years. I think he’s responsible for Bravia now. I saw a few interviews here and there over the years, and he seemed to be very much into building a common “platform” for the entire line, and I suspect this is why Walkman models often look like a result of badge engineering, and perhaps even why they’re approaching cell phone aesthetics.

    I think 12 Tone Analysis and LCMIR have been on Sony Netjukes for a few years by now, for both the music library and radio recordings. It’s good to see the feature on a walkman, because it seems to be the most promising of the kind, and a better idea than building artist links through the CDDB.

  • pudsey456

    If you don’t like it, I would blame the fact that Hiroshi Yoshioka was at SE first, and then headed Walkman development for a few years. I think he’s responsible for Bravia now. I saw a few interviews here and there over the years, and he seemed to be very much into building a common “platform” for the entire line, and I suspect this is why Walkman models often look like a result of badge engineering, and perhaps even why they’re approaching cell phone aesthetics.

    I think 12 Tone Analysis and LCMIR have been on Sony Netjukes for a few years by now, for both the music library and radio recordings. It’s good to see the feature on a walkman, because it seems to be the most promising of the kind, and a better idea than building artist links through the CDDB.

  • http://www.steveweb.eu Steve

    I think they look much better that the current NWA series, because I think the current series are a bit too large.

    I think I could buy these ones. I still have to buy a line that makes use of Windows Media Player, I still use the NWA808 now

  • http://www.steveweb.eu Steve

    I think they look much better that the current NWA series, because I think the current series are a bit too large.

    I think I could buy these ones. I still have to buy a line that makes use of Windows Media Player, I still use the NWA808 now

  • basit

    its look stunning at previous i m thinking to take nwzs718 but now i will w8 4 this one it surely beats everyone away i ilike its metalic finish and style and slimness

  • basit

    its look stunning at previous i m thinking to take nwzs718 but now i will w8 4 this one it surely beats everyone away i ilike its metalic finish and style and slimness

  • juli

    Well…. trying out my first post here after giving up with Atraclife!

    I haven’t had to sign in, and there seems to be no way of editing posts or anything. Is that how it should be?

    As for the ‘new’ Sony players – they look uninspiring and bland. It looks like the 82x, but slightly thicker.

    I’d be interested in a 32gb version with a unique design that looks nothing like a phone. Can’t they come up with a decent design anymore??

  • juli

    Well…. trying out my first post here after giving up with Atraclife!

    I haven’t had to sign in, and there seems to be no way of editing posts or anything. Is that how it should be?

    As for the ‘new’ Sony players – they look uninspiring and bland. It looks like the 82x, but slightly thicker.

    I’d be interested in a 32gb version with a unique design that looks nothing like a phone. Can’t they come up with a decent design anymore??

  • John Gil

    Looks like Sony have missed the boat here – No GAPLESS playback – Even iPods play gapless, 4 and 16Gb when 32Gb is being offered elsewhere.

    Looks like Sony are going to lose sales, I won’t be buying for a while now.

  • John Gil

    Looks like Sony have missed the boat here – No GAPLESS playback – Even iPods play gapless, 4 and 16Gb when 32Gb is being offered elsewhere.

    Looks like Sony are going to lose sales, I won’t be buying for a while now.

  • waqass

    i have this player
    i have some problems
    one of them is this not play much formates as i need
    i always have problem to convert mp4

  • http://no waqass

    i have this player
    i have some problems
    one of them is this not play much formates as i need
    i always have problem to convert mp4