New Sony MP3 walkman -- ugly or what?
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dolly's gal
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knopf said:No idea what the other differences are, like.
it doesn't matter. it's pink. it looks like a bean. what more d'ya want?!
dolly's gal
killing things
Onket said:
well they've done cameras with phones. it's not *that* hard a leap to make
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Definately a nicer looking player than the ipod. The ipod is just too boxy bulky peice of shit, to be honest.
Definately a nicer looking player than the ipod. The ipod is just too boxy bulky peice of shit, to be honest.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Sony make some nice looking kit but the software they come out with is bloody awful.
FridgeMagnet
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No, I think it looks much better than the first Sony thing. I've always said that looked crap.dolly's gal said:it is called the sony bean.
i am very lame, i know
I still prefer the iPod, mind.
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
beesonthewhatnow said:
This is what one of the reviews I posted on page one says. Bit of a worry for me cos I was going to get this. It suggests waiting a couple of months for them to iron out the clitches. I am rubbish with technology so this is important for me.
FridgeMagnet
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Ain't it the truth.beesonthewhatnow said:
Sticking to stuff they can't screw up with proprietorial crap, like cameras, you're okay, but anything that needs drivers or special transfer software, nah.
Phototropic
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I can't stand I-Pods but I would still choose one over that thing. Those buttons look well awkward.
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Zen Micros rule
Kid_Eternity
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What don't you like about iPods?Phototropic said:I can't stand I-Pods but I would still choose one over that thing. Those buttons look well awkward.
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Chester Copperpot
Triple stones
knopf said:Fuck me, if Sony (or, indeed Zippo) made one of those, I'd buy it!
A combined memory stick, lighter & MP3 player. My dream gadget.
Not half. They could add a bottle opener too and I'd never have to buy another gadget.
Dask said:Are you looking at the same picture as me?
iPods are far from perfect, but to say that sony is "nicer" looking makes me me think.
Don't fuss. It's DG55 and his anit-Apple vendatta - like a moth to a candle flame, old DG55 can't resist making a snide, uninformed dig on 90% of threads invoving Apple. Methinks he doth protest too much...
The ipod bulkier than the bauble-like Sony? I think the pictures speak for themselves. And if you don't believe me go and see them both side by side in the shops...
Sony's product design team need to go outside and have a damn good cull. They come up with some good products in the past, but this thing just looks dated and too fussy. Their best products used to be about simplicity, not luminescent colours and inferior usability.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Sony professional (ie broadcast) gear is superb, but I've not yet seen any consumer software of theirs that hasn't reduced me to a swearing shouting loon in front of a PC.Onket said:
Put it this way, I'd never buy a Sony consumer product becuase of it, how you fare may be different.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I can't say I've ever seen a beautiful bit of electrical equipment...it all went downhill after this....
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
beesonthewhatnow said:
I'm nominally holding out for the flash memory replacement for HiMD, but not unless they get their shitty software out of the way (or someone works out a reliable hack)
Phototropic
Active Member
Kid_Eternity said:
Size, styling, don't want to be using apple software, that chrome back. Everything really, they just don't appeal in any way to me.
I like the mini-disc player. Simple, small and relatively cost effective. You just shove your music onto those mini CDs, innit? The one that I have uses that horrid ATRAC format. More proprietary bollocks. Sony always seem to fuck up with the s/ware. funny that as they make great laptops. My buddy swears by them.
This new "stag beetle" mp3? Looks shyte but that was my first reaction.
This new "stag beetle" mp3? Looks shyte but that was my first reaction.
mhendo
Aussie in San Francisco
Yeah, but that's hardware. He was talking about Sony software.editor said:
Anyway, while i think some Sony products are good and some are crap, i'm going to do my best not to give them a single cent after their recently-discovered rootkit DRM incident. They'll have to do a lot of hard work to convince me to trust them again.
(Yes, i know the people who make decisions about Sony DRM probably aren't the same ones who produce their consumer electronics, but i think a message needs to be sent to the company as a whole that if they fuck with their customers they will pay the price.)
As far as i know, the only piece of Sony equipment i have is a VCR. I bought it back in 2000, when i first arrived in the US, and it's given me over five years of flawless service.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Onket said:
Seen both in the plastic, so to speak, the Sony looks alot more cheap and the plastic looks like it will crack quite easily. The white 5G iPod looks better than the black because the scratchs show up less.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Actually a colleague has one of those Sony bean things and I have to say that although way too annoying not to be able to simply drag and drop, the ATRAC format - superficially at least - seemed to give better sound quality for a given bitrate ...jayeola said:
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