Sony will announce a new type of walkman next week, an inexpensive multi-functional model

Today in Japan time, AppleIPod nano equipped with video camera function etc.However, it became clear that Sony is waiting for the announcement of the new type Walkman.

In the music player sales ranking of August 24 - 30, 2009, 2009Sony has exceeded Apple for the first time in 4 years and 8 months, and it took back the leadershipAlthough it is remembrance to the memory, it seems to cause a spark in the holiday shopping season.

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According to reports by Yomiuri Shimbun and Fuji Television, Sony is announcing a new product of Walkman on September 16 (Wednesday) for the holiday shopping season. The competition between the two companies that divide the market for portable music players will further intensify.

The average price of Sony's Walkman is cheaper than the iPod by about 5000 yen, and it is said that Sony's Walkman is competing with Apple by increasing the number of items such as speaker-equipped model and earphone integrated type.

Incidentally, Sony announced the latest model of the Walkman "S series" built in microphone and speaker in the US in response to the movie playback function in the United States, the 8GB model is 110 dollars (about 10,000 yen), the 16 GB model is I realized an attractive price of 130 dollars (about 12,000 yen), but is it really this model that will be announced on the 16th?

This is the latest model of "S series". It is equipped with a 2-inch QVGA liquid crystal display, microphone and speaker, and it supports video formats such as AVC (H.264 / AVC), MPEG-4, WMV in addition to music files.