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AV Watch takes a look at the Sony NW-A1000
comment: 0 | Friday, November 25 (2005) 10:06AM | Posted by Robert Sinke
In case you need some additional info/pics on the NW-A1000, feel free to browse the "Device Viking's" take on Sony's 6GB OLED-equiped DAP.

It might very well be that your local BB/CC/BCC (:P)/MediaMarkt has one of these things up on display - mine had, and well... eh. It's a DAP, I guess. As often the case with publically-accessible stuff, the NW-A1000 had fingerprints all over it - in fact, there was a whole layer of humanoidish, grease-like byproducts smeared across the otherwise colorful front plate.

In all other aspects, the NW-A1000 did what it had to do - it's nice to see "bigger" OLEDs appear on "more mature" brands, sound quality was ok (as far as I could tell, being surrounded by 3 billion rabid Sinterklaas-shoppers and all) but ehm... the DAP-nut in me didn't even bother getting up. We're gonna need a bigger alarm clock, Sony. One that comes without a rootkit of any kind, s'il vous plait.

LINK (Japanese)
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Tokyorob

Comments: 13
 		Nov 25 (2005) 10:16AM  

Had a play on one too looks ok - purple one is a bit nasty tho

Didn't like the shipped headphones but that par for the course

it's a bit of a fingerprint magnet but the marks come off unlike a G5 iPod which looked like it was rubbed down with sandpaper




hjj

Comments: 15
 		Nov 25 (2005) 12:53PM  

Still love the looks of this thing.

translated: [Linky]


Flid

Comments: 262
 		Nov 25 (2005) 01:50PM  

Yep. Played with one myself today. Super smudgy indeed. It felt very nice in the hand, since the curved shape sites nicely. Navigation was okay. Features seemed okay. I didn't play for that long though, as they also had the new Philips, which distracted me for much longer.

My main gripe though... is the display. Fair enough, they've used OLED on a comparatively large display, but it looks *really* pixelated. I can't understand why Sony haven't gone colour. I know it'll help with battery life, but it makes the first impression a bit "average".



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2405
 		Nov 25 (2005) 06:49PM  

cant understand that myself, it would hardly be dificult espesially with there prior knowledge of displays, sony do make some killer tv's



Cassiopeia

Comments: 188
 		Nov 26 (2005) 08:03PM  

well, Sony is not able to produce decent lcd or pdp panels used in tvs.

They just buy those displays from other companies and they established a lcd company with Samsung called S-lcd, because they are far behind in the lcd techonology compared to market leaders such as Samsung.

It was a Sony's mistake that has caused the fall of Sony Kingdom. They were just focusing on their origianl tv techonology while other companies were investing in lcd and pdp techonology. Sony always want to invent new things and create all the standards in consumer electronics.

That's the same reason why sony walkman has been failing miserably against Apple.



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2405
 		Nov 26 (2005) 10:07PM  

not really the same, but i see where you are coming from.



rhysy

Comments: 2
 		Dec 09 (2005) 08:31AM  

hey guys i jus got one for my birthday but i hav a mac! is there any software i can get to make it work with my mac?



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Step666
Apple, perhaps, is a bad example for the reason Pondy points out.

But the point in general stands, most people don't want to carry round multiple devices, especially not two that are near-identical in terms of features.


In other news, the Eels are amazing live.

Pondlife
largely=larger

See atrocious.

Pondlife
cab=can.

Damn my typing sucks atm.

Pondlife
Well that was partly in what I said

But the Touch comes in largely capacities too doesn't it?

For the touch and iphone I think we cab assume a fair amount of ibuyanythingfromapplesyndrome.

bloodycape
From what I can tell from visiting mac forums, there are quite a few users with the Touch, and the iPhone. Partially for the reason Pondlife said. Not to mention it the case of Apple the Touch cost less for more space(v. iPhone).

Pondlife
So you only have to deal with the one interface but have a music back up on your phone for when mp3 player battery goes. Cheaper than buying two phones.

Well hopefully.

Step666
You wouldn't buy a Touch if you had an iPhone though, would you?

So, if you have a high-end Android handset (which a number of people here either do or are looking at getting), why would you then buy a second device that gives you the same functionality sans the phone element?

bloodycape
It is partially the same reason why the Touch is doing well.

TheDarkSide
Not everyone wants a phone, so what's so hard for some of you to comprehend?

Step666
I don't see why you'd buy either of them over a Galaxy S (or one of it's sister devices).


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