Sony NW-A840 Walkman - the thinnest ever
Now that Sony’s latest portable media player, the NW-A840 Walkman Series has been launched in Japan to wide acclaim, we can’t wait to get our hands on it. Unfortunately, we have to wait a bit longer – when we spoke to Sony in November, we were told that as yet no date has been announced for the launch in the UK or US – but never fear – we’ll keep you posted.
That doesn’t stop us from telling you what delights you have in store once the OLED Walkman is eventually released. Sony has brought the portable media player bang up to date – albeit with retro styling. Available in mahogany brown, reminiscent of wartime radios or in sleek black, the NW-A840 is the thinnest Walkman on the market at 7.2mm. Its slim build doesn’t mean a compromise on display however as it comes with a 2.8 inch OLED and up to 64GB of flash storage.
It ships in three models – the 16GB NW-A845, the 32GB NW-A846 and the 64GB NW-A847. With a 720×480 resolution option to playback video through your TV, the battery lasts for 29 continuous hours of music or nine hours of video. The Walkman incorporates an S-Master digital amplifier and FM radio for crystal clear sound quality but Sony’s digital noise cancellation MDR-EX300SL ear-buds mean that you won’t be annoying anyone next to you on the tube. Note that support Wi-Fi networks are not provided.
With dimensions of 104.9 x 7.2 x 46.8mm, the Walkman weighs approximately 62g and is available in Japan at prices ranging from £160 to £266 – a rival to Apple’s iPod Shuffle if ever there was one.
Logitech 102 Digital Pen
At last, the compromise for people who refuse to bid the good old fashioned pen goodbye!
Suitable for scribes, minute takers, poets, reporters, train-spotters, in fact just anyone who ever needs to write anything down; the Logitech 102 digital pen could be the answer to many peoples’ prayers.
Based on the same technology as the Nokia and Sony Ericsson digital pens, the Logitech l02’s quality surpasses anything achieved by its rivals with every flick of the pen accurately transcribed, capturing notes or drawings via a tiny camera that stores up to 40 pages at a time.
The pen enables you to translate your notes directly on to software applications with back up, enabling you to synchronize emails, appointments and tasks immediately. It requires special digital paper supplied by Anoto, some of which carries special instructions once connected to your PC. If you fill in the email address on the main jotter pad in the appropriate section and click the box marked email, the note automatically appears in your email application and hey presto, your handwriting has been miraculously converted to keyboard text.
The package also includes handwriting recognition and powerful battery charge. Comfortable to use with a neat docking cradle, the Logitech l02 pen should drastically reduce the amount of time you spend on paperwork freeing up time for you to spend on the more creative tasks like writing.
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