Sony unveils NW-S730F Walkman

Posted by David Walker on Mon 8 Sep 2008

Nice player, shame about the name

With new a iPod nano and touch almost certainly incoming, Sony has refreshed its own media player range with the appallingly-named NW-S730F Walkman. I's guessing you've forgotten that name already.

Aside from that obvious flaw, there's not a lot wrong with this latest effort - although there's not a lot to get excited about either. If you're on the hunt for a stand out feature, direct encoding from CD or the long-forgotten Mini Disc format is certainly the one. Aside from that, this is MP3 playing by numbers, with extensive audio and video format choice, a 2-inch LCD screen, 16GB of memory, an FM radio and noise-cancelling headphones.

It hits Japan in an endless colour choice (each with a matching leather case) from October, which means the UK might see it around December. Unfortunately for Sony, we'll all be playing with our new nanos by then.

Sony (Via Kihabara News)