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  • It doesn't matter I'm getting this shit for christmas!

  • that means this thing has no speaker on it? that kind of sucks

  • im gonna be getting the S764 for the wireless headphones

  • Still love my X series Walkman... Wish they make a new model with updated features and more superior tech.

  • They should make a device like this and put android or something similar on it so it would have access to the apps, and build their own technology into it, like tapping in the audio interface of android and make their own stuff there, I love this player tough, the looks are amazing and obviously if you are into just playing audio and video it is a dedicated device so it fares better than other alternatives.

  • why waste on these system like zund hd, ipod touch,sony walkman. Buy android phones like mine LG optimus T it 10x time better or get free from contract... when you can put apps, songs, videos, picture, wifi free calling or free web, text messaging, and more ect.

  • LOL his fingers are shaking

  • Its always a bummer to see players with great sound options, but format support that doesn't do justice.. FLAC support would be amazing on a player like this!

  • APPLE SUCKS, anything i=gay, gayphone, gaypod, gaypad and so on.

  • when is the x series going to be available in australia ?

  • @MrCohibaboy NEVER lol

  • Whatever Chuck Norris owns, it wins! You may have beats by dr.dre but chuck norris only have sony EX monitor headphones.. Still EX Monitor wins !

  • I love it...but... I have no money :))

  • i have both an iphone and a walkman phone............. music wise sony is way better.......

  • sony is better than apple

  • all fanboyism aside I would go for Sony walkman over iPod touch any day for music.

    iPod touch is the iPhone minus the phone. So why would you need an extra iPod touch when iPhone can do more. Well it just earns apple money to sell them and its worshipers will buy it like crazy. Something is wrong with this world.

    just look at the pathetic battery life of iPod touch. It's not just a perfect device for your multimedia.

    Sony walkman has better sound quality more battery life.

  • WOW! if there gonna compete with iGay Touch then THEY NEED TO LOWER THE FUCKING PRICE HOLY SHIT!

  • I'd rather buy an iPod Touch.

  • How much?

  • I have a Sony X series Walkman and an iPod and Sony destroys the iPod when it comes to sound. In my opinion, all Sony Walkmans are the best sounding MP3 Players you can buy. After using the Sony Walkman, the iPod sounds like garbage.

  • it dont matter if they beat apple or not they have a lot more things to sell than apple does

  • That black one i have :P

  • Is it true that the only headphones that work with this device are the ones included, so if something happens to them you are screwed?

  • mp3 players don't matter anymore. these functionalities are all built into phones. the other thing is that hardware no longer matters either. i bought an ipod touch to have access to the podcasts. you can't put podcasts on a sony, even though the OLED display on the Sony is awesome, it doesn't matter.

  • @sugarkang Most phones don't have 3.5mm jacks. GL to the audiophiles.

     Most kids don't use their phones to listen to music. It sucks, and in school, it's usually not allowed. So they bring their iPods and what not.

    Hardware... meh...

  • The only reason Sony even has its foot in the door against Microsoft and Apple is due to the fact that the original walkman was such a success. This x series is a p.o.s. when compared to both the zune and the ipod touch, which is far more advanced than all other mp3 players put together.

  • WHO STARTED BLU RAY? SONY WHO HAS A PS3? SONY WHO HAS MGS4 SONY?

    WHO HAS SURROUND SYSTEMS.? WHO HAS PCS. WHO HAS PSP, WHO HAS LITTLE BIG PLANET, UNCHARTED 2 SONy? WHO IS AWESOME SONY.

    FUCK U APPLE

  • When are they gonna bring out a waterproof one, for us lane lurkerz

  • wtf this is better than the ipod touch

  • why u fink pplz gttin ipod? for games,apps,camera nd alot other fing tat y sony cnt beaRT APPLE THE ONLY GD FING BWT SONY IS SOUND

  • is this the same as the A Series because i went on the sony australia website and it didnt have x series it had a series and it looked the same please help because i do wont one of these and im sick of my ipod touch and pain in the ass apples itunes well my ipod is good but i want this

  • @mitchx69 that's a newer version of this product. It's not as good though as it isn't touch screen!

  • only $400 lol

  • The Sony walkman X-Series easily wins in terms of sound quality. .

  • I like Sony and Apple. I love my iPod touch but I would like to get one of these to see what its like.

  • I have one of the sony walkman's with the built in speakers 16 gig and all. The sound quality is INSANE. Using headphones or in ear earbuds makes the biggest diferences... AHD the equalizer is freaking amazing.

  • Sony And Microsoft > Apple

    I Love My Sony Vaio With Windows 7

  • S-Master FTW

  • ipod touch sucks,just after 3 days i bought it,i sold it out,and still stick with sony x series...

  • If Sony's sound got mixed in with an iPod Touch's features and functionalities, IT WOULD BE UNSTOPPPABLE!!!!

  • @Temall

    Nigger ji-had

  • If only the Zune HD has a youtube app, it would be so much better. And now I really want a Sony X-series.

  • does it go as loud as an ipod nano

  • either this guy has a really shaky hand or the touch screen is horrible

  • i want one!

  • Even Chuck Norris has a Sony Walkman X-Series...

  • How does zune hd have inferior video quality when it has a higher res and is oled?

  • I really want this...I quite frankly don't give a shit about the iPod touch or the iPhone. Why? 1st off...don't care for apps. I JUST WANT AN MP3 PLAYER!!! I love music...having other media like video is nice too...especially YouTube and Internet Access...

    I have a PSP - but I can use a more slim mp3 player to fit in my pocket. (I don't have a PSP Go. And the only problem w/ PSP Go is that I can't get UMDs to work with it.

    So yea...I want this badboy!

  • i'd really prefer to get one of these then a touch, but for 3 reasons.

    1. For $700AU I'd like more then 32gb

    2. Apps

    3.Touch screen doesn't quite look as good...

  • false and homosexual...

  • What wrong with his thumbs??? Can't he keep them straight? LOL

  • @maarkryaan Zune HD is better. Try eBay. IMHO tho, iTouch kills them all, no, gang rapes them all in the ass with a gorilla dick (boondocks saints anyone?)

  • @Rollxz lol i got the iphone and the sony, sony is much better for sound and video, all my iphone has is the internet, and the apps aren't even that great (some are cool), and the zune hd has an inferior sound a video quality, thoughit does have an accelerometer and multitouch, but that is not worth buying for

  • @0wn4geK0

    Loads of people say to me Apple products break?

    I don't have any problems with Sony stuff.

  • @0wn4geK0 wow get your facts straight.

  • @gud1272 all my facts are straight, i've actually had all 3 m8

  • @kasjamm

    i ment in terms of the zune subscribtion service.

    I just realized i forgot to put that in

  • nice BUT too Expensive!!!!

  • Zune HD or this????

    help people!!!

    (I live in uk I can't see zune HD sold anywhere?!)

  • @maarkryaan

    Well in case you didn't know, a 64GB Zune HD is coming out soon for $349.99.

    But If I were you I'd get the Walkman, because you'll have supieror sound quality, and you wont be locked into the zune market place for putting music videos/etc on your device.

    But thats just my opinion.

  • @maarkryaan

    Well in case you didn't know, a 64GB Zune HD is coming out soon for $349.99.

    But If I were you I'd get the Walkman, because you'll have supieror sound quality, and you wont be locked into the zune market place for putting music videos/etc on your device.

    But thats just my opinion.

  • @maarkryaan

    Well in case you didn't know, a 64GB Zune HD is coming out soon for $349.99.

    But If I were you I'd get the Walkman, because you'll have supieror sound quality, and you wont be locked into the zune market place for putting music videos/etc on your device.

    But thats just my opinion.

  • that walkman room is fucken sick

  • @1987dman

    Yeah if I was in that room I'd probably JO.

  • cool I bet it cost a lot tho! =/

  • @dog5244 £160 in argos

  • you mean £170?

  • same thing

  • @dog5244 its 149.99 in tesco now

  • looks nice

  • I have a question for anyone who can help answer it. You know how you can buy a docking station for your Ipod or Sony Walkman so you can listen to it like a boom box or for your car stereo, but is there one so you can plug your Ipod or Sony player with a device to your TV and listen to the music you have on your ipod or alike.

  • sony is so out of touch with the population (also see: psp go)

    They are charging extra for a product that falls short siginificantly to the competition? they need to walk up and realize their brand isn't what it was.

  • i feel it doesn't fall short, its just not as supported. I would love to have a psp go because they intended it to be a media device hence the 16 gigs., and that is why it also costs so much. They are trying to give us the best but people feel its to expensive and they don't buy it because its not as supported as the ipod touch or nintendo ds

  • @Josh67140 you're not missing anything. The controls are squished together especially the joystick & they STILL have the hold/pwrbutton RIGHT next to the palm so it might turn off by accident sometime. They're using OLD wi-fi technology. There is literally ZERO benefits for the consumer vs a regular PSP & it costs more. Even as a gaming device the PSP go is an ABSOLUTELY fail. The LEAST they could've done was add a touchscreen or SOME type of advantage but they only care about their bottom line.

  • i think the first points u used were opinion i think there is a benefit i cant find a memory stick that is 16 gigs, they did not make the go to be a gaming device they made it to be a media device, they even stated this i agree with you they should have had a touch screen or two anolog sticks. and what i've heard from friends is that they love it

  • @Josh67140

    Its not opinion its fact. or maybe my (average sized) hands are too big. It stil sucks that during GTA that the game would cut off. And other than size. There is zero benefits vs a regular psp. They even took out the USB. I'm just pointing out the mind set of sony. This x-series player is no different. They are completely oblivious as to what the consumer wants.

  • Does anyone actually know whether this is out in the UK yet? I've tried like hundreds of catalogues and they all say out of stock. I wasn't too sure if they haven't recieved them yet, or its just a coincidence that they're all bought out.

  • maybe they have stopped making them

  • nah i doubt it. They're avaliable in Argos but the reason i asked was because i need an mp3 fast so i wanted to pay for it monthly

  • There all sold out here in Canada to, I think they might be discontinuing it.

  • it's been out for a while now, but if i were you id just wait till they release the next generation mp3/4 because they normally bring out a new product every year or so! ive got the nwza828k! pretty nice but 8 months later & they bring out this! :) try ebay

  • I was so disappointed with the Walkman X series, it's ok for music, but for web browsing or YouTube it's a joke. I recommend the iPod touch, it's just a much better device.

  • the psp sounds better than the ipod touch

  • that is debateable...

    the psp is sonys worst sounding device since the tape player...

    but sony does make some great mp3 players and cd players (mini disc anyone?)

  • lol i have one MD player

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  • Sonys are good MP3 players in my opinion.

  • This thing is WAAAY overpriced. $338 from Amazon for 32gb. Compare that to the Zune HD 32gb for $249.99! wtf Sony?!

  • I did went to Sony store to try X series walkman is awesome, sound much better then Ipod and Zune.

  • @pooh6299

    Really? So the stuff about Sony devices having good sound quality is true then.

    I'm guessing that doesn't aply to the PSP though.

    Still, don't you think the price is still a little excessive?

  • for me, the sound quality of x-series was worth every penny.

  • man i want one man i love walkman

  • hello sony fans out there plz give some guide here . sony walkman x series OR se w995?? pls give some tips

  • LOL. a phone is not a good media player.

    get the x series. srsly.

  • thank u ej . i buy 1 today x series 1050 16gb and the price is s$529 .Sound is perfect!!! i love sony.....

  • i had the w995 and it's so lag. every menu you go is lag. even the media center so lag.

    so i sold it.

    now i own SE X-series 32gb and my current phone is an ordinary phone :)

    music phones suck. drains battery easily

  • agrreedd ej8989. i had a nokia 5530...battery died halfway through the next day. carried a charger with me all the time. now i got an ipod nano and a nokia 1661. it doesnt even have a camera lol. but awesome phone though

  • I am getting the 32Gb X from B&H Photo on 2/1...best service and best US price out there...by far.

  • It's all about the sound, not about games, movies, and noises. Sony X is for audiophiles...all others can buy whatever they like, but this is the best audiophile trinket out there...about that there is no serious question.

  • never ever buy any sony walkman products in india bcz sony service center r really bad,they neither provide good servies insted they cheat u by charging u lot of money ???i purchased a walkman and my software of walkman got corrupt and i have purchased it for 5500 rs and sony service center r charing me 5000rs for it repair then wt is the use of buying there product whose repair cost so much ???it totally fuucks plz dont buy any sony product

  • Would i have to use the headphones that are with the MP3 to be able to use the noice cancellation.. or can i use my own.

  • No you can only use the headphones provided to use the noise cancellation. And believe me it works really well.

  • i want this phone

  • @no123321yes thats not phone..

  • Now that I think about it, my PSP sounds way better than the ipods I've heard

    Sony WINS

  • @WTFGUY956 LOL... It is mono you idiot... It is so thin it cannot have stereo (iPod Touch)

  • as a personal opinion, ipod touch got more in terms of functionality and features, but sony has a really pure sound. I love listening to music with sony mp3 players, but with ipod touch i could do a variety of different things through installing apps. if sony creates a sony store, something similar to their Playstation Store put dedicated for music and a program to help download music and apps. by time and through tech development + more advertising, sony could be the biggest threat to itunes.

  • just wonderin, how do you format a dvd movie to play on the x series?

  • @BellatrixTheSmall

    search for video converter for ipod cuz it works on walkman

  • use Sony MediaGo.

    It is the BEST for that purpose

  • can i put songs to playlist straight from player without usin computer! thanks

  • damit now i want one

  • Just tested the sound of this device my god, really incredible audio sound quality. Test the Ipod Touch and Sony directly after each other and you'll see the choice is easy. Sound qualtiy of the Ipod really isn't that good.

    grtzzz

  • ipods are rubbish the sound on them is beyond medicore, the sound on sony is amazing. Not to mention the battery life on ipods are a joke.

  • I have the latest ipod touch and also sony walkman x series (32GB), and sony wins hands down. ipod touch's sound quality is nothing compared to sony's. i think built in digital noise-cancelling is far more original than any of ipod touch's features.

  • Ipod looses. Sony will always win.

  • Im really glad sony finally answered to the stupid ipod touch. But wtf took so long lol, anyway im thinking about getting this, the samsung p3, or archos 5. im leaning towards this and then p3. Any suggestions?

  • i would say sony i think the quality is better...

  • The only downside of noise canceling is that if somebody yells FIRE, you will just sit in your seat snoring. lol.

  • Hmmmmmm. Cowon s9 seems better in sound and screen quality. But then the Cowon is made by cheap plastic besides the AMOLED drop dead gorgeous screen. But they did a poor job on the presentation, menu, everything besides the video and music formats, the screen, and the sound quality, which in my opinion better than the X series. BUT, as an overall media player, x series wins.

  • great piece of gear but no Bluetooth support? WTF Sony?

  • If you want Bluetooth then get a Walkman A series.

    The Walkman X is all about providing second-to-non sound quality in a PMP.

    Great sound quality is something A2DP Bluetooth does not provide.

  • and here in italy, x1050 cost 229euro and x1060 at 279euro, less expensive in the US.

  • its way too expensive in our country converting it to a dollar, the x1050 cost almost US$600 and x1060 at more than US$730...ouch!

  • Zune HD is the only competitor for the Touch.

  • you surely are stupid.. HD is thing of the past dude.. OLED is beyond HD..

  • sony wont beat apple in mp3 players

  • lol u are funny..i've been using ipod for ages..it's just a look..in term of sound it never near to sony...

  • how do u think u can get good sound?BY CONVERTING IT to another format or a higher bitrate not by the player itself. maybe by the equalizer you can but thats it. research first before saying that the audio players affect the sound

  • The ipod sounds so shit compared to the sony with some sennheiser in earphone's Everything is so tinny...people that own them seem to think its the greatest thing every made...

  • How does an mp3 player sound like shit?is it because of the hardware?explain to me how and why it sounds like shit cuz i wanna see u explain that

  • With all the great things coming off this mp3 player there is a problem it is too expensive $299 for 16GB and $399 for 32GB

    Go Figure

  • I am looking at getting one of these. For Music as the main reason, why do people get so hung up on the rest of the applications? WALKMAN??? Should be about sound quality and that alone.

  • walkman was meant to help blind people walk.

    (sarcastic)

  • Yea Thats what i like about them the sound quality, Ive got the s639

  • Yeah, i just got one of these. It's amazing, completey destroys the I-Touch for sound quality. Great

  • yea once you experience the surround sound you never want to downgrade

  • Thank you, and by the way , you are gorgeous

  • Thanks Hun OXOXOX

  • Go ahead and get it. You won't regret it. Music quality is fantastic. I got one back in July, use it everyday now.

  • i used this and the interface was more confusing than the ipod. and i dont see why the 32gb is $500

  • I am torn between the 16 GB touch and this. The one thing about the touch though why I might get it over this is the games plus apps. Otherwise Sony Walkmans far surpass ipods in product and sound quality.

  • The touch isn't that much different on the players, however the sound is. And the sound is the most important!

  • i bought a new ipod nano so i could put videos on youtube it was 175.11 in canada

  • they should make a phone of it!

  • New Walkman X series's sound quality is highest! Without a doubt,New Walkman X is No.1 MP3 player. New sony X and A walkman's sound and video qualities are much more than newest ipod. S-master,DSEE,Noise-cancelling are very very good. but It's a little expensive...

  • I never expected Sony build S-Master semiconductor into X and A Walkman. X-Walkman isn't mere MP3 player but kind of high-class digital audio system.

  • Great player with some major bads:

    -Midbass at 200-400 sounds weakly, (and poorly compensated with bass)

    -really Warning: the coating in headphones wires is Very weak and starts cracking fast.

    -no recording from radio! :(

    -No recording voice!

    -radio cracks easily

  • i have the sennhesier cx300 and i can tell u taht the frequency response is very very flat, that midbass i also found weak, but only with the sony headphones, that tell u it is not the walkman that has weak mid bass but the headphones that it came with .

  • upgrade to cx 400, much better than the cx 300 by far.

  • La Neta Sony es mejor en Sonido, y reproduccion digital, 320 kbps songs sound superb!!!! also, I am a Mac user, but I don't like Ipods.

  • i mean xvid

  • Can't you watch movies with the sony x??? plz tell mee. I converted a divx movie from avi format to mpeg-4 and it doesnt work!!

  • Yes you can watch movies on the X, and they look great on that AMOLED screen. The tool I normally use is DoubleTwist, which simply converts the move into a format suitable for the X.

  • Wrong, not AMOLED, just OLED. Players like the Cowon S9 and Samsung M1 have AMOLED.

  • The Walkman X most definitely is Active Matrix OLED(AMOLED). The older Creative Zen V Plus I've also got, now that is just OLED.

    BTW the Samsung M1 is a mobile phone. So why even mention it? There are few phones which have AMOLED screens now.

  • The M1 is not a phone. It's a Tegra based media player.

    And Sony, on their own Sony Style website, has is definitively stated in their specifications, that it is OLED.

  • Well you actually mean the Samsung YP-M1 which is a media player.

    The Samsung M1 is a mobile phone, available here in the UK on Vodafone. So at least try and get things right, if you're going to start quoting model numbers.

    Sony on their site say always say OLED, that's their policy. Even the expensive XEL-1 11inch AMOLED TV set.

  • And I know what you're talking about with the crappy OLED of the Zen V plus because I've also owned one in the past. The one on the X is just larger and higher quality.

    Just because it's big and looks good doesn't mean it's AMOLED. AMOLED is a completely different technology.

  • There is a very easy way to tell the difference.

    Just wave the device rapidly in front of your eyes. If you see it like strobing or refreshing, then it's just OLED. If it appears solid with no strobing then its Active Matrix, so no refreshing will be visible.

    And BTW I do have a Walkman X right in front of me now, not just reading from Sony's web site.

  • GAH there is no easy check like that. Active Matrix does NOT mean fast refresh rate. It's just a different way of controlling each pixel.

    The Sony X is just a high quality, high contrast, high color, high refresh OLED. JUST LIKE THE ZUNE HD.

  • You do know what the difference in the technologies?

    Active Matrix means NO refresh rate at all. Due to the fact that all the pixels are switched individually within the display itself by transistors, one for each pixel. This is how just about all larger screen OLEDs are done now, including the Zune HD.

  • I want the sony walkman x but it's too expensive at $299. Should I still get this or the zune hd? I want the best sound quality possible and the best video quality. I don't care about apps so no ipod touch for me.

  • it's not expensive, in my country the x1050 is at $415 ! and the x1060 = $ 594.

    I want one of these too =(

  • Ive only heard good things about that player

  • It all come down to this, if you like to have a SUPERB sound QUALITY then go with Sony. If you like your mp3 player to do ANYTHING that you can think of then go with ZUNE HD! Me personally, I care about the sound a lot more then apps. Since face it, statistics shows that people that wants a mp3 player tend to focus more on listening to music as oppose to using pointless apps. Hey, noise cancelling is a pretty big feature that sony has it built in. Rather than buying expensive earphones.

  • Does Digital Noise Cancelation really work very well?Cos I am interested in buying a X Series Walkman!

  • it works great!

  • yes, I had tried it at Singapore airline and it is amazing! I test it by snapping my fingers and stomping the ground. I may look like an idiot but it is worth it.

  • i really wanted this walkman but i ended up getting the Zune HD. Ive always like the walkmans. i had one when i was in elementary school and 15 years later ive had them in my Sony Ericsson phones