Price friendly, user friendly, design friendly and really good to use interface with the ever popular Walkman Brand, That’s what makes the Sony Walkman series keep going.Now they have announced two  more series into their Walkman lineup , S series and E series.

Both of them have a slim, compact and lightweight design , including the internal speakers, they are merely half inch thick .

The S series sports a high contrast 2.4inch QVGA LCD Screen supporting up to 30fps playback where as the E series has a 2inch display. Feature list includes :

• S series
  • 2.4inch display QVGA
  • Audio Recording
  • Internal Speakers
  • 42 Hours audio playback / 6.5 Hours Video playback battery life using headphones.
  • FM Recording
  • Supports  ‘Clear Audio’
  • Audio Codec’s : MP3, WMA(DRM), AAC(non DRM) and Linear PCM for audio and ,
  • Video :AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile, MPEG-4 and WMV(DRM)
  • Black, red, violet and pink colors
  • 8 GB and 16 GB.
  • Price : $110 [8GB] and $130 [16GB]
• E Series
  • 2 inch QVGA Display
  • Supports Audio/Video/Photo Playback [JPEG]
  • 30 hours of music playback and approximately up to 4 hours of video playback
  • Codec’s : MP3, WMA(DRM), AAC(non DRM) and Linear PCM for audio and WMV(DRM) for video
  • $80 [8GB] and $100 [16GB]

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This Sony Ericsson MBS 100 is a must buy for music addicts.Its so good looking and has support for 3.5 mm jack even when you cant use Bluetooth for streaming audio into it.It supports stereo audio streaming and its having a rechargeable battery in its small size. .Its supported by all Sony Ericsson phones which has Bluetooth A2DP [ stereo Bluetooth ] and other devices which can stream stereo audio.

Toshiba has upgraded their Gigabeat T401 by making it more slim and adding more storage space.Now the Gigabeat T802 , which is the name of the upgraded PMP has 8 GB flash storage now.Toshiba is claiming an improved battery life of 16 hours continuous MP3 playback  or 5 hours  WMV playback now.Gigabeat T802 is now having Wireless network connectivity too.

Read through for more pictures and price..

iPhone and Toshiba Gigabeat T802.

Toshiba is planning to release it in Japan by February 15 with a price tag of $280.

All of you guys who are having iPod docks can have a bit more fun with them now, Here comes Intempo BTA-01.This Bluetooth adapter will fit very well into an iPod dock and then you can use it to play any Bluetooth audio signals on the dock. .

You can now start streaming music from your mobile phone using this Intempo BTA-01 which costs you round $80.Plus you can get the matching iPod dock from Intempo itself.

Now , who wants to see their favorite Divx movies on their TV .With the new SanDisk Sansa TakeTV and a USB dock with TV-Out [ which sadly isnt so popular ] , we can watch Divx , Xivd and MPEG4 video files on our TV.

The SanDisk Sansa is capable of decoding 720×576 video files and can stream the same @ 7 Mbps rate to the USB dock which can in turn stream it into your TV.Plus , you can use TakeTV as a 8 GB USB Flash Drive.

The price isnt known yet but the device surely has looks [ technically ! ]

The newly designed Sansa View will be available in both 16 GB and 8 GB storage options.

Specifications of Sansa View

1. Storage: 8 GB and 16 GB versions will be available.
2. External Storage: microSD memory card slot is available.
3. Display : 2.4 inch screen with 320×240 pixel resolution.
4. Video codecs supported: MPEG4, WMV and H.264.
5. Audio codecs supported: MP3,WMA and WAV.
6. Battery life: 30 hours continuous audio or 6 hours continuous Video.
7. Other Features: FM Tuner , Digital Voice Recorder, Scroll wheel.
8. Price: 8 GB for $150 and 16 GB for $200

Specifications of NWZ-A810 series :

• Display: 2 inch QVGA Bi-Directional [ WideScreen mode enabled ] LCD ie, with resolution 320×240.
• Video Playback : MPEG4 and M4V playback at 30 fps landscape or in Widescreen.
• Audio Playback : MP3 , WMA and AAC [ unprotected ].
• Battery Life : 33 hours of Audio playback and 8 hours of Video playback.
• The NWZ-A810 series can playback music downloaded from Rhapsody.
• Colours : White, Pink , Silver and Black [ 8 GB Only ]
• Other features : Digital Sound Enhancement Engine [ DSEEE ] , Clear Bass and Clear Stereo.
• Storage :
  • NWZ-A815 : 2 GB.
  • NWZ-A816 : 4 GB.
  • NWZ-A818 : 8 GB.

• Price :
  • NWZ-A815 : $140.
  • NWZ-A816 : $180.
  • NWZ-A818 : $230.

Some rumours about Sony AWZ-S615F is also there in the air .

Sony Style page

The Samsung YP-P2 is just an MP3 Player but one in its own class.With the 3 inch touch screen with resolution 480×272 , it can recognize gestures like finger swipes.It can play video files of DVD quality @ 30 fps with the supported WMV9 or MPEG4 video formats.Also audio formats supported includes MP3 and WMA.The player will be available in 4GB and 8 GB capacities in black and burgundy colors.

Samsung YP-P2

Specifications of Samsung YP-P2 :

• Display: 3 inch touchscreen with widescreen resolution of 480×272
• Supported video formats : WMV9 and MPEG4
• Supported Audio Formats : MP3 / WMA
• Battery Life: 35 hours of Music playback and 5 hours video playback
• FM Radio and recorder
• Clock
• Text reader
• Voice Recorder
• Image Viewer
• Bluetooth 2.0 enabled with stereo profile
• Colors Available: Black and Burgundy
• Capacity: 4 GB and 8 GB

The Samsung YP-T10 doesn’t have the touchscreen interface, instead it’s having the direction pad controller.

Samsung YP-T10

Specifications of Samsung YP-T10 :

• Display: 2 inch QVGA screen with resolution 320×240
• Supported video formats : WMV9 and MPEG4
• Supported Audio Formats : MP3 / WMA
• Battery Life: 30 hours of Music playback and 4 hours video playback
• FM Radio and recorder
• Clock
• Text reader
• Voice Recorder
• Image Viewer
• Bluetooth 2.0 enabled with stereo profile
• Colors Available: Black , White and Purple
• Capacity: 4 GB

Both YP-P2 and YP-T10 are missing an important feature which would have made them better, an external memory card slot.Nope , there’s no memory expansion slot.

The interesting feature that Samsung introduced in the new YP-P2 is the effective pairing of Bluetooth 2.0 enabled phones with it, means you can use the headphones and microphone of the P2 for the call management.The music will pause when call comes and you will be able to attend the call and respond through the YP-P2 just like a Bluetooth Handsfree.Plus its having Cool music visualizers.Looks like iPod has got a competition this year. .

Samsung’s preemptive iPod-killers

The BH-903[above] weighs 23 grams and offers 15 hours continuous working.While the BH-902[below] offers only 8 hours and it doesn’t have the dongle and Stereo remote capabilities and weighs 18.3 grams.

Both BH-903 and BH-902 will be available in Q4 this year with prices being around $274 and $157 respectively.

Nokia Press release

Nokia 500 will be available in Europe by Q4 2007 and the release price is expected to be around 300 Euros

Nokia Press Release