Sony Vaio Pocket review at the register

[Flasken]

Just a heads up as I haven't even read the review myself yet. I can't wait to read about the gesense navigation gimmick..

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09...y_vaio_pocket/

[edit: well, that was disappointing.]

 

[CheewyMuffin]

I really like the looks of that player. And if it does infact support mp3 natively when it comes out i think i might look into it.

 

[Mr.Radar]

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Originally Posted by CheewyMuffin I really like the looks of that player. And if it does infact support mp3 natively when it comes out i think i might look into it.

It doesn't look like it. Check out this quote from the first page:

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Any MP3s and WAVs you have can be copied across too, but Sony's SonicStage 2.0 software transcodes them as they go, into 48Kbps ATRAC 3 Plus. Ripping songs from CD offers more choice: a lossless PCM compressed format, ATRAC 3 at 66, 105 or 132Kbps, or ATRAC 3 Plus at 48, 64 or 256Kbps. Unlike iTunes, CD name searching isn't built in - you have to register separately in order to automatically grab album, artist and track titles, and other information.

 

[enzoferrari650]

looks sweet.

 

[450]

I wish I could afford that...