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post #286 of 1520
10/10/12 at 1:33am
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Originally Posted by gmcmage View Post

It is interesting that the newer DAPs from Sony are becoming more and more like an iphone.
The E-series is of the more familiar formula, but it's unsurprising given the consumer market only cares about the iPod Touch or similar these days. Android-based media devices are a good decision on their part, but their execution could be much better...


As for the rooting I don't want to install custom ROMs, I just wanna get more customization out (fonts) and apps (some apps need root access, such as Voodoo Sound, things like that).
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post #287 of 1520
10/10/12 at 1:42am
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Originally Posted by ads1107 View Post

I know the f806 is on Sony Style HK at hk$2180. Any 'street' prices? Or cheaper online ones? (from HK that is)

 

Better yet, whats the cheapest price people have seen for the f806

around 210-220bucks.

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post #288 of 1520
10/10/12 at 1:57am
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Originally Posted by gmcmage View Post

It is interesting that the newer DAPs from Sony are becoming more and more like an iphone.

confused_face(1).gif

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post #289 of 1520
10/10/12 at 2:26am

@alexlow

 

Where did you see this price?

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post #290 of 1520
10/10/12 at 5:52am
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I think the Sony DAP's are getting more Android phone-like actually, not so much iphone. They're so close to a Samsung functionally (being Android based by nature) that they should just add phone functionality... or maybe add S-master MX to their Xperia phones. One way or another.

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post #291 of 1520
10/10/12 at 6:03am

you're talking about cohesion here, not a Sony strong point... can you imagine what would happen if the Walkman guy, headphone guy & the DAC/Amp guy ever bumped into each other at work and actually conversed......

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post #292 of 1520
10/10/12 at 6:08am
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Originally Posted by cn11 View Post

I think the Sony DAP's are getting more Android phone-like actually, not so much iphone. They're so close to a Samsung functionally (being Android based by nature) that they should just add phone functionality... or maybe add S-master MX to their Xperia phones. One way or another.

This. The interface is quite vanilla, actually, off the top of my head it is very similar to the (almost) vanilla ICS on the PadFone I've got. Apart from the customized media applications, the quick-access player and Walkman Classics.
cn11, have you tried any games or stuff on it? It puzzles me that they'd use a Tegra 2 SoC, given that it's not exactly a very new chip or anything.
However it is cheaper to use than the newer S4 or anything, although that makes me wonder why not perhaps one of ST Ericsson's Novathors (given that they do have a sort of partnership in place).

Speaking of the Tegra 2, apparently it contains a Wofson WM8994 DAC. Interesting.
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post #293 of 1520
10/11/12 at 7:22am
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confused_face(1).gif

 

Photobucket bet that iphone won't be able to do all this
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post #294 of 1520
10/11/12 at 7:25am

There's plenty of EQ apps on both iOS and Androids, just saying.

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post #295 of 1520
10/11/12 at 7:29am
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There's plenty of EQ apps on both iOS and Androids, just saying.

 

we like to spend people's money in this thread Bokyung mate... go buy one and treat your ears (or a WM-Z).

 

you know you wanna L3000.gif

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post #296 of 1520
10/11/12 at 7:52am
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Originally Posted by Bokyung View Post

There's plenty of EQ apps on both iOS and Androids, just saying.

 

those aren't eq, unique features of a DAP.

 

eq look like this Photobucket

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post #297 of 1520
10/11/12 at 9:01am
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Originally Posted by alexlow View Post

 

Photobucketbet that iphone won't be able to do all this

 

I don't know why you are addressing this post at me.rolleyes.gif The confused face smiley I used before confused_face(1).gif was in answer to this post http://www.head-fi.org/t/625852/sony-nwz-f806-mini-review/270#post_8766227 because I disagreed with that poster about the new Sony players being more like an iPhone.

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post #298 of 1520
10/11/12 at 9:02am

I already have the z and ill get this one for my sister:)

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post #299 of 1520
10/11/12 at 9:18am
Would OP be rooting his F806?
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post #300 of 1520
10/11/12 at 12:39pm
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Would OP be rooting his F806?

 

No plan to right now, nope! I'm ok with Poweramp and the stock OS setup.

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