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Amazon Offering Attractive Sony Walkman Discounts(2)

December 21, 2008

Through December 27, Amazon is offering big discounts on select Sony Walkman MP3 players. The 8 GB and 4 GB players (NW-ZE438/6F) - available in four colors - let you listen to music, watch videos, and look at photos on the 2-inch color LCD. Amazon is selling the 8GB NW-ZE438 model for $99, while the [...]

Amazon Offering Attractive Sony Walkman Discounts

Stormtroopers Like The Sony Rolly

I can’t remember where I found this, but I thought it was a fun picture worth sharing..

Ever Wonder What’s Inside A Sony Earbud?

Often, the world takes small things for granted. There is no denying that we now live in an advanced and evolved technical age. Technology is getting smaller - phones, televisions, and even remote controls - wait, I think remote controls are actually getting bigger again. Nonetheless, the earphones that Sony bundles with their MP3 players [...]

Sony To Sell MicroVault USB Entertainment Packs

Sony is bringing some of the top music and movie titles in entertainment history to consumers in an easy-to-use, portable electronic format. The company is introducing a new series of its MicroVault® Click USB flash drives pre-loaded with a choice of either “Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition” – the best-selling album of all time – or [...]

Update on Rolly Firmware Upgrade

If you remember we mentioned that Sony will be adding a few new features to your Rolly via firmware upgrade, we were able to clarify that this upgrade will be actually a fee based service and will require your Rolly to be shipped to Sony. This is only for the Japanese released model SEP-10BT. The [...]

Sony’s First Touchscreen Walkman Revealed

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 [...]

Sountina NSA-PF1 Designer Interview

A tower of refinement that marks a turning point in speakers
As promised, here is a chance to look into how “Sountina-the-Great” (authors remark) came to life and who stood behind its conception. I am always fascinated by ingenious designs and ideas that Sony folks have and it is great to see some of it come [...]

Sony Wireless Audio System Air-SA20PK

When Sony introduced its first iPod friendly wireless audio system earlier this year, I have quickly acquired the tasteful look of the dock itself, its design and wireless capabilities. There are a gazillion of iPod docks available on the market and some of them simply do not deserve to hold an iPod.
This wireless audio system [...]

Get a Glimpse on Sony’s Plans for Audio Players in 2009

Let’s talk a bit about Audio division, namely its baby Network Walkman that has been bullied pretty much to near death by Apple’s iPod. I know a lot of audiophiles out there who are die-hard Sony devotees pray and hope that Sony still has something up its sleeve to show the world that Walkman is [...]

Blu-Spec CD Introduced, the World Yawns

Sony Music Entertainment released a new specification of a CD format based on Blu-ray technology. I guess since the SACD format has not taken off as it should have (who was to blame for it: marketing or prices?), some of us (most likely Japan for now) will be able to witness a new high quality [...]

Sony SS-AR2 High End Speaker Set

Sony Japan announced a high end speaker made of Hokkaido-maple and birch to bring the best audio to your ears (replacement to the SS-AR1 speaker). The choice of those materials was not accidental either, and interestingly there was even a special time (in November) when the trees had to be cut down. Check out the [...]

New Rolly on the Horizon

Sony Japan announced an updated version of Rolly to be out soon - SEP-50BT. A new added color - Rolly in pink will definitely be a hit with ladies (to match VAIO type CS in pink). Two Gigs of storage has been added (Japanese models to this day have 1 Gig) and a new Bluetooth [...]

How To Install Sonicstage 5

Thanks to our commenter haiiit, it is now possible for anyone using Windows XP or Windows Vista to use Sonictage 5, a Japan-only release. We previously covered the new version of Sonicstage in a previous blog post. Click here for the Sonicstage 5 Japanese download location. We are not responsible for any damage that this [...]

Sony Japan Releases Sonicstage V (aka Sonicstage 5)

In a rather stunning development, Sony Japan has released the fifth version of Sonicstage titled “Sonicstage V.” This is a very unexpected release for Sony, as we were just about certain that Sonicstage is dead since it is no longer really is talked about at Sony America/Europe and most of their current players are drag [...]

Sony Releases New Marine Recievers with iPod/iPhone Connectivity

For the marine enthusiasts amongst us, Sony has released a new set of CD recievers that are compatible with the iPod/iPhone and other digital music players via USB. The new units, models CDX-H910UI and CDXM60UI, have several new features such as the ability to connect directly to iPod/iPhones. New software features include MemoryBackup (saves the [...]

Some VRC-NW10 Cradles Found Faulty, Sony Issues Recall

Sony Japan has noted that the recording function of about 4000 VRC-NW10 Video Walkman Cradle models are not working correctly. The VRC-NW10 allows direct real time recording from TV, Video, Camera or other video sources straight to your Video Walkman. Apparently the off timer is malfunctioning, which creates a major annoyance for the user [...]

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