14 Jul 09 Sony E440 series Announced

We here at dapreview have become rather spoiled by the steady stream of touchscreen players coming out lately. It seems like most companies have all but abandoned the once dominant tactile control for a more fingers-on approach. Today, Sony refreshed our memories with their newest Walkman, the E440 series. Like last year’s E340 series, the E440 has a circular D-pad and matching menu buttons. A configuration that many here have coined the “Mickey Mouse” control scheme. The new Walkman is 9.3mm’s thin, and comes in two colors, a solid black one, and a striking two-tone red and black model. Besides the new looks, not much has changed under the hood from previous generations.

Features

• Capacity: 4, 8, and 16GB
• Display: 2.0″ LCD (320 x 240)
• Audio: MP3, WMA, and AAC
• Video: MPEG-4 SP, WMV, and H.264
• FM Tuner and recorder
• Battery life: 30 hours for Audio, 6 hours for video

According to Sony Europe, the players will start shipping later this month. A US release will inevitably follow.

Press Release

via engadget

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14 Jul 09 Seoul Update 9

14 Jul 09 Cowon S9: Ceramic White

Today Cowon Korea have unveiled images of their new “Ceramic White” Cowon S9, that brings to 3 the amount of colour variations you, the consumer, can choose from between this new white one, the original “titanium” one and of course the easily scratch “black chrome” one.

Apart from this extra colour not much has changed since the last firmware release, but knowing Cowon I think we can expect a few more features to be added by firmware upgrade (bluetooth profiles maybe?) before this white model hits either the US or European (and further) markets.

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Cowon S9 Nominated by T3magazine: Music Product of the Year

On a side note, much like AMP3’s joyous nomination it appears that the Cowon S9, Apple iPod Touch and Sony X1000 series have all been nominated for T3’s “Music Product of the Year”, the vote is open to the public from anywhere in the world so get voting for your favourite.

T3 Nomination Page