Many buyers of music systems carried the impression that Sony; once venerable player in the market has moved on from the music player production. They were however proved wrong with Sony chipping in with its F800 Walkman and reviving the old fire.
Of course; the term ‘Walkman’ is a revival of the past and leads one down the memory lane when the view of people, especially the younger ones moving around with earplugs attached to the walkman in their hand on the streets or travelling in the car, bus, or trains. It had already become a phenomenon. With the rapid growth of mobile devices and cell phones with similar facilities for listening as well as recording music, Walkmans started taking backseat and their revival seems a little bizarre when the market is dominated by iPods and Androids.
People in Sony clearly understand this and what they have come up is no less than a virtual wonder. F800 is a digital device that runs of Android and has a familiar interface. At the same time it has full access to Google Play as well as the Sony’s music unlimited. E470; also in the series runs on the Sony’s operating system though the designs are hardly new.
A natural question that will crop up is whether the new devices developed by Sony can any way challenge the iPod. Apple is clearly at the helm of the digital players in the world but it seems that Sony is bent upon throwing serious challenges to the virtual king of the era with their F800 series running on Android. Only problem is that with the growth of smart phones, the necessity of having a standalone music system has come down substantially and whether Sony will see any great success with their new device; only time will say.
As a device the F800 has sharp corners and slim profile and inherits a lot from the erstwhile Sony Ericsson Walkman phones and recently dropped Android Xperia devices. Neither highly exciting nor totally uncreative, the device has 3.5 inch long display and on screen music buttons or the standard Android touch controls. Access to the interface is easy for people that have already used the Android phones.
Operating system in the device; the Android 4.0 Ice Cream sandwich is not yet very well known. Hopefully the Sony OS will augur well for the ultimate users. A Tegra 2 dual core processor is inside that lets things run smoothly.
Great feature of F800 is that it supports a full range of audio as well as video codecs that includes MP3, AAC, WMA, AVC (H.264), HE-AAC, PCM, WMV, MPEG 4, and also the FLAC. Quality of audio compression is very good and compression does not end up in loss of quality. It also has S-Master digital amplifier, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and such other facilities along with a pair of MDR Ex0300E ear buds.
Decent and original set of features in the F800 with the price range of $269-$299 depending on memory sizes and promised battery life of 20 hours for audio and 4.5 hours for video and memory in the range of 16-32GB, the device is well made without crossing the capability boundaries.
nice model for music lovers.
Oh this phone seems pretty good,because it isn't expensive as others and still has good quality
"A natural question that will crop up is whether the new devices developed by Sony can any way challenge the iPod"
- Well lets hope so that it can:)
Great piece of device
Great piece of device
I would like to have this music phone in my hand. iPod or iPhone is too much expensive as hell. Sony walkman is good enough as a music device. I love sony walkman rather than iPod. I think F800 is pretty smart too.
seems to be a good unit.
Great piece with latest features supports almost all type of video and audio formats good video quality Great to have this type of model..
i love this walkman.
its cool to know about sony this walky f800 i loe the features
cooool great device
I wish I had the Sony Walkman F800 me. Iphone is expensive, the iPod also.
very mobile with good features.liked it
this phone is really nice one......sony rocks
i like this great piece
cool gadget !!
I think this is great !
nice phone not only for music lovers but for all who loves not big phones that has many good functions inside of it
gud...but the touch captive power is little bit less
Pretty cool design and very functional
I love this...
Sony Walkman is top
wow!
Great piece of device
This device has great sound...
waooooooooo its perfect mobile,,,,
Great phone, wish i have one. The phones is the same they came with my l19i, and they are great.
nice . I'm thinking of buying it..
awesome..!!!
great piece for music lovers
It's good one coming from sony
Nice piece.
nice unit of sony
Really nice Walkman launched by Sony.I like it..
Nice model for music lovers and Great quality!
nice
if it aint sony it aint nothing . nice device for music lovers
its awesome...u av your music on the walk...
wow sony has made something really cool for music this time. Would certainly wanna buy it.
Nice model for music lovers.
nice model 4 music lovers
its awesome work.cool work with song store.
hats off to sony to produce handset like this with high quality.
since my younger days Sony products serves well...and due to consumers urge to find more durable products Sony enhance their own on the market
its awesome
I think it is better option for music lovers
it's good
Oh, I really like Sony. My cirrent mp3 player is of that brand and I have to say I love it. Very nice quality. And this walkman here is so pretty, lol! Love the design, and such a great review. Maybe I'll consider it for my next walkman... but Sony products are pretty durable, so it may have to wait, lol!
awesome phone!
jeeee
sony walkman is best for music
This is a verry nice gadget
i need it
Very nice gadget!! I want it!
great phone
love it
thats cool and nice gadget....
greet phon
Cool gadget
that walkman is one of the best SE has ever created! cool!
wow..this is cool.
it's the best walkman in the world
It´s the best in the world
Sony best in the world for music...Nice model for music lovers.
This walkman is a must for every music lover. I liked it very much.
Essential for music lovers,I like it.