Sony Walkman series S, E and B Music Players

by Sze | Filed under MP3 Player, PMP.

Â Sony Walkman series S

Sony announced three new Walkman music players, the S, E and B series. Sony’s new S series (pictured above) is a top-end media player that does music and video playback, including the Windows Media Video (WMV) files with DRM. It is also the first music player to have Sonyâ€™s SensMe function that automatically creates channels that can align with a userâ€™s preferences. It features e integrated active noise cancellation, a 2-inch QVGA LCD screen, and 7.5mm thickness. Two models are available, the 4GB NWZ-S736 that costs $150 and the 8GB NWZ-S738F that is priced at $180.

The E series is also format friendly, like the S series. It also support WMV with DRM. The $100 NWZ-E436F has 4GB capacity while the $140 NWZ-E438F comes with 8GB.

Both E and S series Walkman players support MP3, WMA, AAC, PCM music, AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile and MPEG-4Â videos as well as JPEG images.

Lastly, the B series is entry-level music player that supports only WMA and MP3 music. The NWZ-B133F with 1GB memory costs $45 and the 2GB NWZ-B135 costs $60.

They will be available in September.