New E-Series is now up on the Polish Sony site. I checked some other EU Sony sites, apart from Latvia, Poland is the other EU country with the new E. No pricing, but it should be around the same price as the previous model. Hopefully a press release soon, possibly in July to introduce both the E360 and E460.
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
(Rumour) Sony NWZ-E460
This was inevitable, like with the previous E-Series, there were 2 versions, so it only makes sense to have 2 versions this time around. I found the information via a Korean website which states Sony submitted the new E460 for "radio certification" on June 16th 2011. It seems that the E460 will ship in 3 capacities, 4, 8 and 16 GB:
NWZ-E463 - 4 GB
NWZ-E464 - 8 GB
NWZ-E465 - 16 GB
Apart from capacity information, little else seems to be revealed by the filing, but it is safe to assume that the only major difference will be the addition of a WM-Port instead of a USB port and possibly different colour options. If anyone has anymore information or is able to read Korean and can grab any additional information from the certification photos, please post a comment or email me. Images of the certification after the break.
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
NWZ-E363 now available in India
It looks like the new E-Series is slowly making its way around the world, with the next stop being India. Price is Rs 4990 or around 80 Euro, including taxes. I am still wondering why the player has not been officially introduced by Sony. It has been over a month since I first posted about the new E-Series and even after it has appeared on a few Sony websites, still no press release. Oh well, let's hope the new E is not the only Walkman release this year.
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Sony A-Series Walkman disappears from Sony Australia
It appears that Sony Australia has removed the A-Series from its website. When the A-Series debuted on the Hong Kong Sony website, it appeared not too long right after on the Australian Sony website. So naturally I checked the HK Sony site and their Walkman section, but it is not loading for me and it shows 0 out of 0 products found, so I am confused.
Either the removal of the A-Series from the Australian site was due to low sales or a new model is coming. There was a new A-Series but it appears it is delayed or was pushed back until September and IFA 2011 or later in the Fall season. A similar situation happened with the Sony NEX-3 successor. The new model was supposed to unveiled in early April I believe but due to the earthquake was delayed and just recently unveiled this past week.
I will venture a guess and say that the A-Series was too expensive and was selling poorly this is why it is gone from the website. But I do know that Sony is planning some product announcements in July but have no concrete information if a new A-Series is part of those debuts.
If anyone has any information regarding the new A-Series or other new unannounced Walkmans, please contact me via the contact page.
White Sony NWZ-E363 model
I somehow missed this while browsing the Australian Sony website previously or maybe the white version was added later, regardless, here are some photos of the new (unannounced but released) E-Series. Specs are identical to the black version, 4 GB, 2 inch QVGA LCD and 30 hours of battery life.
Two more larger photos after the break.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
The Walkman Blog Mobile Web Version
I have no idea how many people visit the blog using their mobile phone but I have turned on the ability to view the site as a mobile version when using a mobile phone. The user has the ability to change to the normal site but this is a much better compact view for the blog which increase load times and decrease the bandwidth needed to view the blog.