Sony launches Sony Walkman NW-A845, NW-A46, NW-847
Sony Walkman NW-A845, the latest Walkman from Sony, is ready to reach mainland Europe. The NW-A845 is the slimmest and highest-end product in the Walkman series of media players from Sony.
Photo: Sony Walkman NW A845
Sony has not announced the price of the new Walkman NW-A845. See photos and features of the new, smallest Walkman alongside.
The Sony Walkman NW-A845 has a weight of 86 grams and dimensions 104.9 mm height, 47.4 mm width and 7.2 mm depth. The Sony Walkman NW-A845 can play music continuously for over 29 hours, claims Sony. The media player can also play movies continuously for 9 hours.
The 2.8 inch size screen on the Sony Walkman NW-A845 is an OLED color display, which seems to be becoming standard among mobile phones and music players these days, until AMOLED takes over. The OLED screen on the Sony Walkman NW-A845 has a resolution of 240 X 400 pixels, which is quite decent for a product of its size.
The 16 GB memory space puts the Sony Walkman NW-A845 in the same league as many of the currently available iPods and Philips/Samsung music players. The flash memory can hold approximately 4000 songs in MP3 format. Besides, the Sony Walkman NW-A845 also comes with a built-in FM radio tuner.
There are two other models in this particular Walkman series – the NW-A846 and NW-A847. The A846 has 32 GB of internal memory, while the A847 has 64 GBs.
Supported media on the Sony Walkman include AAC, MP3, WMA (Audio codec support) H.264 / AVC, MPEG-4, WMV (Video codec) and JPEG (image format).
The smallest Sony Walkman has noise-cancelling headphones. The product is also outfitted with an audio jack of standard 3.5 mm size and a mini-USB port for charging and media transfer. Sony says that the new Walkman comes with S-Master Digital Amplifier technology for the best audio experience.
The Lithium Ion battery on the Sony Walkman NW-A845 is rechargeable and built-in.
You can also connect your Sony Walkman NW-A845 to your TV with an A/V output cable and enjoy videos on the big screen. Videos from the Sony Walkman NW-A845 will appear on TV at a 30fps frame rate in SD format (720 x 480).
Sony said that its Clear Stereo technology reduces leakage between left and right channels, while Clear Bass brings powerful, controlled low-end frequencies without distortion.
Sony said in a press release for the European markets that users can transfer files to and from the Walkman with simple drag-and-drop. You can also transfer media files with iTunes 9.0 or with Sony’s Content Transfer software. Accessories available with the Walkman A-845 include the Sony SRS-NWGU50 speaker system and several leather (CKL-NWA840) and silicon cases (CKM-NWA840).