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Sony's "iPod killer" Fails to Draw Blood

Posted by Hemos on from the good-news-for-apple dept.

Mr_Silver writes "Walter Mossberg (of WSJ fame) managed to review the new Sony NW-HD1 and was distinctly unimpressed. The upsides: it's smaller, lighter and has a battery life of 20 hours. The downsides: goodbye MP3 - hello ATRAC3, slow upload (and converting) times and the confusing user interface on the walkman, PC software and the music store. When will someone pass Sony the cluestick?"

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  1. Re:Stillborn by podwich · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Actually, 133 minutes / 431 tracks = 0.309 min/track so 0.309 min/track * 8991 tracks = 2774.5 min 2774.5 hours / 60 = 46.2 hours.

  2. Obligatory Ogg Plug by GarfBond · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Man, I thought the Sony ones would suck (ATRAC3 being the principle reason why) but this sounds really bad :)

    Obviously it doesn't play ogg :)

    Rio Karma, iRiver, and Neuros all play Ogg well. I would definitely qualify my Rio Karma as a worthy iPod competitor; I won't post a review here because there's enough out there on the Internet.

  3. iRiver by misha.sokolov · · Score: 0, Redundant

    what about iRiver?