Sony iPod – What happened to the Walkman?
There is no doubt that the iPod has been very successful in the portable media devices arena. And as for the original creator of the first portable music device three decades ago? Sony has lost the battle with Apple Corporation? Or at least have to fight for victory? Well, the phone still struggling to win the lead as the world's most popular portable, multimedia device. Therefore, there is what they call "Sony iPod."
Sony Ipod
It can be very embarrassingsituation that the name of a company's product replaced with a competitor of his company. Some may see the nickname "Sony iPod" is an act of great respect for the original device portable music player. But some can be a difficult point.
It's just that Sony has made, he also started his own multi-media device player at the same time as the iPod was launched. Nobody knows whether it was an accident plan. But this historic event in the digital world may seemA testimony of attitude.
Walkman development through the years
Sony has unleashed in battle is not easy. From the first Walkman ™ is successful in the music business, Sony has never ceased to develop and create new and exciting music devices. As the popularity of music Compact Disc (CD), has made Sony CD Walkman or Discman. This device becomes smaller with the new Walkman, which was the MiniDisc Walkman.
Only at the beginning of the third millennium, Sonyexcluded from NetMD and Network Walkman MD. This unit expanded opportunities MiniDisc Walkman. This is one of the first devices that allowed the use of personal computers in the ATRAC3 format conversion music. NetMD Walkman is also one of the first unit, USB cable, used in connection with the transfer of music files.
Then, in 2004, Sony has launched a new generation Walkman, Hi-MD Walkman. This version Walkman 1 Giga space for the songs and files.
Sony's first attempt to equaliPod is the creation of the NW-HD1. It 'was like a small device that offers better sound quality than iPod advertised. The only drawback is that not only listen to music in ATRAC3 format, as more and more people are in mp3 format.
After the NW-HD1, Sony has released MS70D NW. This is the first Walkman version that won the hearts of consumers. But it was also released simultaneously as the iPod. Even a portable MP3 player has less than 400 megabytes of space capabilities.
TheNext Walkman, which has reached the market, the NW-MS90D. This version is almost identical to the iPod, but it is very expensive, so that the public's turn to Apple product. Also the next Walkman NW-HD3, not make it competitive because of its poor design to win.
NW-HD5 is better than previous versions, but still, the winner of the iPod does not.
Finally released Sony HDD Walkman NW-A Series. This corresponds to an iPod with a capacity of 20 GB and technology, ELscreen. It also boasts new Walkman of 20 – to 35-hour capacity. Samsung this technology can also play music in various formats such as ATRAC3, WMA and MP3.
Until now, Sony is still struggling to win the iPod with its iPod phone. Who knows, maybe Sony leads the race again.
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