Sony has announced a new Walkman in the form of the NWZ-F800 series. The F800 will come with Android 4.0 out of the box, a 3.5-inch multi-touch display and Bluetooth support. Other features include an S-Master MX Digital Amplifier, five Clear Audio technologies and built-in xLOUD speaker system. Three variants are on offer with 8GB, 16GB and 32GB storage capacities, promising 20 hours of audio playback and 4.5 hours of video playback.
Whilst not strictly Xperia related, we are starting to cover more of Sony’s ‘smart’ mobile products including tablets and this fits that description. Given the convergence of technologies in smartphones, however, we do wonder how much of a market there is for such a device nowadays, but we suspect it will come down to price which remains a mystery right now.
Sony NWZ-F800 Walkman Specifications
Memory Capacity
NWZ-F804: 8GB
NWZ-F805: 16GB
NWZ-F806: 32GBDisplay
8.9cm/3.5″ Multi-touch LCDAudio file formats
MP3;
WMA (Non-DRM); AAC?LC (Non-DRM); HE-AAC; Linear PCM; FLACVideo file formats
MPEG4; AVC(H.264/AVC); WMV9 (Non-DRM)Full charge time (via USB)
Approx. 4 hoursBattery life
20 hours audio playback (Assuming audio playback using MP3 format 128kbps)
4.5 hours video playback (Assuming video playback using MPEG-4 format 384kbps)Other
Bluetooth wireless
Supplied: In-ear headphones MDR-EX0300E
Via Sony.
