Sony debuts S-series Walkman with onboard speakers

Kelvin Low | Aug 25, 2009

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The new 8GB Sony NWZ-S544 and 16GB Sony NWZ-S545 we saw earlier are now official. Sony's first speaker-endowed MP3 Walkmans are featuring 2.4-inch 320 x 240-pixel (QVGA) LCD screens capable of 262k-colors. The latest S-series Walkman also boasts Sony's Clear Stereo and Clear Bass audio enhancement technologies, along with a dynamic normalizer and five-band equalizer.

Battery life is listed at 42 hours for audio playback and 6.5 hours with video on headphones, 17 hours for audio and 5 hours with video while listening via the speakers.

Both players claim drag-and-drop file transfer, which is nothing new, and also offer compatibility with iTunes 8.1 and Windows Media Player. Apart from MP3, WMA, and AAC support, FM reception (with 30 presets) is included.

The S-series Walkmans are capable of 30fps playback with the usual video formats like H264/AVC, MP4 and WMV. Measuring in at 49.3 x 99.3 x 10.2mm and weighing 68g, this series comes in a choice of colors: Black, red, violet and pink. Click here for the official specifications.

The new S-series Walkmans will go on sale on September 1. However, there's no word on pricing or exact date for avaliability in Asia yet, but we've been assured that it will arrive soon. We'll post updates as soon as we get them.

Kelvin Low is CNET Asia's very own go-to intern for Music & Play. When he's not fiddling with gadgets or setting up new PC rigs, he can be found hitting the dirt tracks on his mountain bike. Kelvin is currently studying mass communications at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. Email Kelvin.

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