Korsa
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Sony unveils colour 'iPod killer'
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Published Tuesday 11th May 2004 12:46 GMT
Reg Kit Watch Declaring the barrier between the PC and the AV worlds officially broken, Sony yesterday extended its Vaio brand of computers to include a digital music player.
The Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1 contains a 20GB hard drive, and also marks a major shift in Sony's portable music strategy, which to date has centred on solid-state and MiniDisc Walkman products.
The ¥53,000 ($465) player sports a 2.2in, 320 _ 256 26,000-colour LCD and can download photography from a digital camera, Sony said. In that respect, it's pitched more at next Christmas' Microsoft Personal Media Center devices than the iPod, but it's clear Sony has its eye on the Apple's device too. It will ship with earphones and a USB 2.0 connection cradle that doubles as its battery recharge unit. Sony claims the Lithium Ion battery will provide 20 hours' playback time.
Like Sony's other digital music players, the Pocket will only play songs encoded in the company's own ATRAC 3 format.
The device sports Sony's G-Sense interface which maps sectors of the display onto a series of 25 buttons. The handheld unit measures 11.5 x 6.3 x 1.7cm, but the right-hand side rear bulges out to 2.7cm thanks to the battery. The Pocket weighs 195g.
Sony yesterday launched a Windows XP-based Centrino handheld that ships without an integrated keyboard. The launch follows an early announcement that it will offer a true electronic book later this month.
The Pocket will go on sale in Japan in June. US and European launches appear likely but Sony said it has yet to set a date. ®
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Korsa
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you aint seen me right...........*winks*
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modded_corsa
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465 dollar....which equals about £250
surely it wud be more competitive to bring out one that was cheaper than an ipod?......some correct me if ipods are cheaper than 250
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andy hirst
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iPod will still rule
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Marc
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and thats gonna be cheap 
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Korsa
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i pod is £400 i pod mini is £200 roughly....
but were also bringing out HI-MD will will be the chep alternative...
and can an i pod display pics & movies?
no 
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by XTC113
i pod is £400 i pod mini is £200 roughly....
but were also bringing out HI-MD will will be the chep alternative...
and can an i pod display pics & movies?
no
i payed £250 for my 20gb ipod @ dixons
there are other things similar that can play movies etc already on the market so 
that thing looks minging. ipods look 
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fran_lupo
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somethin tells me u'll steal one from work kurt 
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Korsa
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thats a jap model though there always mingin...... (nissan cube anyone)
the design of the uk one will be massively different....
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Rob_Quads
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Only thing Sony are killing is themselves. You would have thought they learnt a lesson with the MiniDisc.
They will NEVER succeed in the mainstream if they bring out a product that competes with an existing standard but is not compatible. This thing will never take off as it does not support MP3's. I can't see many people wanting to convert all thier MP3's to the Sony only format
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Laney
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And it doesn't have the sexy dial thing 
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