Sony’s X1000 series Walkman to launch April 25th in Japan
Sony’s highly anticipated OLED MP3 player, the X1000 series Walkman, is slated for launch on April 25th in Japan. The 3-inch touchscreen-sporting device will debut with 16GB and 32GB models that feature integrated noise cancellation, Walkman-specific Netfront web browser, YouTube support, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, wireless Podcast delivery, FM tuner and support for MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV audio / AVC, H.264, MPEG4, WMV video. The Walkman will be available in Black or Red with suggested retail prices of 40,000 yen ($400 USD) for the 16GB X1050 and 50,000 yen ($500 USD) for the 32GB X1060.
[Via PMP Today]
$400 and $500 USD? Ouch.
Interesting to see how the Sony Ericsson partnership turns out, this could evolve more or less into a phone at some point…
Yea the price may be hard to swallow for me but I guess you do get what you pay for .
The idea is to take it away from Apple. They ain’t gonna take away shit with something twice the price of an ipod touch. I hate Apple and even I would choose a $250 touch over a $500 Sony.
I don’t see offering less for more money will take anything away from Apple.
As it stands right now, the 32G iPod touch already does more, and has more features for $100 less.
Go figure.
I agree, there’s no way I’d pay that kinda money when I can get a proven Ipod Touch for much less. What’s Sony thinking with this price point?!
What the hell is Sony thinking? Apple can get away with this ridiculous pricing, cuz of their sheepish, cult-like followers…
remember this is japan’s pricing, it around 3-400 tops here when it comes around may or june
Better be no more then 350 clams for the 32 gig model 500 hundred is hard to swallow I don’t care how good the battery life and noise canceling features are.
americans are so cheap.
Moron. I bet your response ass from your Mom’s basement. Sony mp3 products have great battery life but lach in features over the Ipod. So it seems fair that they price there products in a competitive way so people choose it over apple. Look how wells the Samsung p2 and p3 has done. Xbox over PS3 etc.
The iPod touch is a better choice all the way, it’s thinner, it has the best web browser on a device of it’s kind, has tons of apps. OLED screens are cool & everything but the resolution its quite not there yet.
iPod touch is better because it has the APP STORE!!!
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The Device should be cheaper in the US compared to the converted cost. As far as the features compare to the ipod touch, the sound quality is far better for the sony, the OLED screen is not much better of a resolution but the colors are far better, and the battery life is at least double. although it lacks in aplications, these features should allow it to be for priced a little more (especially when the battery life makes it far more usefull)
Keep in mind that they havn’t released the actual US prices yet, the prices mentioned dont necessairly reflect the actual prices.