Sony Rolls Out Cool Players! It's S610 and B100's Turn to Ship in the US...

I don't know why, but Sony has recently dropped players on the market, like never before. Therefore, after the proud but still hot release of its A810 player, the company already announced a brand new video-capable Walkman player, dubbed S610.

Revealing most of the features of its A810 series, the players seem to target younger consumers and a much lower cost, as the company mentioned. Regarding the design of the new line, it includes a much larger and tougher body shape and a smaller LCD screen of only 1.8 inch. Besides that, the player offers supports for all types of formats available on the market, among which the H.264 and MPEG-4 video.

In addition to all these, the player boasts a surprisingly 9.5 hours of battery life in video playback and the same cool 33 hours of music content, as Sony representatives claim. Not to mention it could bring even more options, as it includes an FM tuner with no less than 30 preset stations to enjoy when being bored of the player's music.

But the most important aspect of the two recent launches is definitely the refreshing process of the traditional SonicStage jukebox software, as the company said. So, besides supporting the most popular formats on the market, such as AAC, MP3 and WMA, both players use Windows Media Player 11 on Windows PC to sync music and videos as well and allow easy content loading without any extra special tools for that.

As for the cost of the new line of products, the S610 costs were reduced by using simpler earbuds than the ones of the EX-082 included with the A810. If wondering about the price tag, a 2GB version of the player will cost 120 bucks, while the 4GB one could reach up to 160 bucks a pop. Even though the manufacturers have created various color versions of the device, the 8GB player is going to be available for $210, exclusively in black. All the models should be available in US and Canada starting this September.

Buy hey, there is even more. Besides that, Sony introduced the North American version of the B100 player, which is a player that only requires simple drag and dropping from the operating system to transfer the music content. The B100 player can also deal with Mp3 and WMA, but also packs a three-line color LCD, FM tuner and some FM/voice recording in MP3 format capabilities.

This one runs to 12 hours on a single charge and comes in 1GB black model at 60 bucks and variously colored 2GB models for only 80 bucks a pop, starting September.

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