The Sony Walkman NWZ-A820

Walkman is a Sony brand used to market its portable audio and video players. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits, allowing people to carry their own choice of music with them.

The original Walkman was marketed in 1979 as the Walkman in Japan, the Soundabout in many other countries including the US, Freestyle in Sweden and the Stowaway in the UK. The device was created by audio division engineer Nobutoshi Kihara for Sony co-chairman Morita, who wanted to be able to listen to operas during his frequent transpacific plane trips.

 Morita hated the name "Walkman" and asked it to be changed, but relented after being told by junior executives that a promotion campaign had already begun using the 'Walkman' name and would be too expensive to change.

The names "Walkman", "Pressman", "Watchman", "Scoopman", "Discman", and "Talkman" are trademarks of Sony, and have been applied to a wide range of portable entertainment devices manufactured by the company. Sony continues to use the "Walkman" brand name for most of their portable audio devices, after the "Discman" name for CD players was dropped in the late 1990s.

In March 2007, Sony extended the Video Walkman brand by launching its first digital, flash-based video Walkman, the A800 series, where A stands for "All in one", "Advanced", and "Attractive".


Enter the A820

 

 

The 16GB / 8GB / 4GB Walkman video MP3 player, 2.4 LCD, Bluetooth, NWZ-A820

 

Playback video, music and pictures with the new slim and light weight Walkman video, including large high quality 2.4" LCD with user friendly interface. Stream your music wirelessly to your Bluetooth® headset, speakers and other devices.

- Stores approx. 253 hours of music (128 kbps) and 62 hours of video (384 kbps)
- Long battery life of approx. 36 hours of music (128 kbps) (15 hours if Bluetooth® on) and 10 hours of video (384 kbps) (7 hours if Bluetooth® on)
- WMT compatible (supports Windows Media Player and Drag & Drop, compatible with WMT music service)
- Video playback: AVC(H.264/AVC), MPEG-4
- Superior sound quality: Digital Sound Enhancement Engine, Clear Bass, Clear Stereo
- High quality EX-headphones supplied
- User-friendly interface for easy operation
- Multi Codec Support: MP3, AAC, WMA, L-PCM
- Video file delete function
- Dimensions: 93.6 x 50.2 x 9.3mm
- Weight: approximately 58g
- Colour: black

Supplied accessories:

Headphones, extra ear piece, software (Windows Media Player 11, MP3 conversion tool, Media Manager for WALKMAN), stand and USB cable

 

 

Lucy and Susi, from ShinyShiny.tv, check out this latest portable media player effort from Sony.  

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