Sony: Walkman, meet Android

Jam sandwich

By Caleb Cox, 18th July 2012

Sony has launched an Android-based Walkman, the F800, with which it hopes to topple the supremacy Apple's iPod Touch holds in the PMP market. Good luck.

The Sony Walkman F800 boasts a 3.5in display and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, providing access to Google Play and its wide array of apps and games.

It'll come in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB sizes, connect through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and should pump out up to 36 hours of audio from a single charge, if Sony's battery life claims are true.

The Japanese giant also revealed further Walkmans - Walkmen? Walkpersons? - including the Bluetooth-focused S770BT Series, the noise-reducing E570 Series, and the colourful E470 Series, which comes with a portable speaker dock powered by the device's internal battery.

While prices have yet to materialise, Sony's new Walkies are all available today. ®

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Posted Wednesday 18th July 2012 16:09 GMT

Pooka

Damnit....

.... someone please bring out an MP3 with a decent capacity (like 160gb please!) so I can finally get rid of my only iThingie....

Posted Wednesday 18th July 2012 16:04 GMT

Anonymous Coward

Re: Uh?

There's still one or two people who prefer to keep their phone and music player separate.

Posted Wednesday 18th July 2012 17:30 GMT

PaulW

Missing the point

So I have a phone and a tablet but I also have a music device (yeah yeah in this case they are all iDevices but I use the generic term in this case cuz I can).

Phone -> Makes phone calls and some apps, email, and mobile TV

Tablet -> Apps, web, and games. Sometimes video calls.

Music device -> music, supports the incar dash and has a much higher capacity than the phone. That way I have all my music in the car, and with the link up the car supports (Pioneer thingy) have playlists, album covers and the like

Now a 32Gb device like this Sony wouldnt work. I have 140Gb on the ipod. But a phone device would never come close. I could do USB into the Pioneer, but the biggest thumb drive I have isnt close (64Gb).

So yeas, despite the fact that it wouldnt work for **YOU** (or some others), there is a market segment out there that needs the devices. (Just like that long forgotten market segment that wants a phone that is well just a phone which is why you can still buy those strangely enough!).