Tech blog Engadget got its hands on some photographs of a device purported to be a prototype “PlayStation Phone” from Sony Ericsson. The phone is a landscape slider that bears a strong resemblance to the PSP Go when opened, and instead of Sony’s XMB interface, it will supposedly run Android 3.0. As expected, Sony Ericsson would not comment to us on the photographs this morning, but Engadget apparently has a decent source of information, and they have been getting exclusives on the device since August.
Of course, rumors of a PSP Phone or PlayStation-branded phone from Sony Ericsson have been circulating since 2007, when the joint venture filed a patent application for a gaming phone. Sony Ericsson has produced a number of feature phone lines based upon Sony brands, including Cybershot, Walkman, and Bravia, and it seemed logical that a PlayStation phone would be next.
In June 2009, Japanese business journal Nikkei Shimbun said Sony had plans to set up a PSP Phone development team made up of Sony Ericsson and Sony Computer Entertainment employees. If development of the device started at that time, a functioning prototype right now would not be too outlandish of a thing for the team to have. Unfortunately, it’s all still speculation for everyone who hasn’t gotten their hands on a prototype. Walkman Video Converter is the professional Sony Walkman Converter designed to convert all video and audio formats to MPEG 4, M4V, AVC (H.264/AVC), WMV video and MP3, WMA, AAC audio for all the Sony Walkman players.
THE Walkman, the Sony cassette device that changed music listening before being superseded by technological advances, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced it has ceased production of the classic, cassette tape Walkman in Japan on Monday, effectively sounding the death knell of the once iconic, now obsolete device. The Walkman is survived by the Discman (limply clinging to life), still used by ironic music listeners who think using a Walkman in this day-and-age is charmingly out-of-touch.
It will continue to be produced in China and distributed in the US, Europe and some Asian countries. Digital Walkmans are also being made with models that display lyrics and have improved digital noise-cancelling technology. DVD to Walkman Converter Suite gives you more editing functions, such as trim, crop, merge, select audio track, subtitle, effect and so forth. Foremost, it was portable. Music no longer needed to be something that one experienced sitting in a room, but could be blasted on the bus, pumped while jogging on a beach or played softly while studying.
A big reason there’s so much nostalgia for the Walkman today is because it eliminated any separation from music. It felt like an appendage, which is perhaps why some (with questionable fashion instincts) clipped theirs to their belt.
The Walkman was also the father of the mixtape, an offspring that nearly paved the way for music sharing. For the first time, music was something you could make yours by arranging it and swapping it. For those young and unfamiliar with this process, making a mixtape typically entailed gathering songs by the Cure and Depeche Mode, labelling the tape with care before awkwardly giving it to a love interest.
The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced Monday that it has ceased production of the classic, cassette tape Walkman in Japan, effectively sounding the death knell of the once iconic, now obsolete device.
The Walkman is survived by the Discman (still clinging to life) and ironic music listeners who think using a Walkman in this day-and-age is charmingly out-of-touch.
It will continue to be produced in China and distributed in the U.S., Europe and some Asian countries. Digital Walkmans are also being made with models that display lyrics and have improved digital noise-canceling technology. Emicsoft Sony Video converter, also called Sony Walkman Converter which can convert multiple video/audio files to Sony easily and quickly. Music, previously listened to in a room with shag carpeting and a stereo, was cast into the world, made a part of daily life. Pink Floyd could join a walk in the park, Public Enemy could soundtrack a commute.
Still, if you’re looking to chisel a date in the Walkman’s tombstone, then Oct. 25, 2010, is as good as any. For many, that it’s taken this long is surprising: “They were still making those?” Perhaps Oct. 23, 2001, the day the iPod was launched, is the better date of expiration.