Sony announces NWZ-F800 Walkman with Android 4.0

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: 32GB

Display

8.9cm/3.5″ Multi-touch LCD

Audio file formats

MP3;

WMA (Non-DRM); AAC?LC (Non-DRM); HE-AAC; Linear PCM; FLAC

Video file formats

MPEG4; AVC(H.264/AVC); WMV9 (Non-DRM)

Full charge time (via USB)

Approx. 4 hours

Battery 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.