New Sony WM1-Series Walkman coming at IFA?

Apart from the new A-Series, Sony will be introducing another Walkman this year, possibly a WM1-Series or WM-Series.  The FCC has 2 models up on its site, the WM1A and WM1Z.  The only difference I can see in the documents is the bluetooth versions, the WM1A will feature bluetooth low energy, version 4.0, and the WM1Z will feature bluetooth classic, or version 3.0.  The difference in bluetooth should allow for an increase in bluetooth play time and lower latency. In addition both devices will feature NFC.  Whatever this new Walkman is, it might be either a higher end model to be positioned between the new A30 and the ZX100, or it could be part of the larger W-Series family (W, WH, WS) which could mean this new WM-Series would be a headphone based digital music player.  Regardless what this new device will turn out to be, exciting to see that Sony will not be abandoning the brand anytime soon.

Source: FCC, Postel

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New A-Series Walkman coming soon

As with previous years (2015, 2014), Sony is on track to introduce the 3rd generation of the current A-Series Walkman.  The new NW-A30 should ship this Fall after an introduction at IFA 2016 and be available in 3 different capacities, 16, 32 and 64GB.  Like previous versions, the new A will feature NFC and bluetooth, most likely version 3.0 like the previous model.  This seems to be confirmed by the FCC documents, as the bluetooth is labelled as classic.

Unlike previous years, the FCC documents this year do not give any indication about the design of the new A30, so perhaps either a new design is in the works or Sony will just reuse the current design.  Hopefully the microSD card slot remains.

Source: FCC, Postel
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