Sony’s NW-A840 has a 2.8″ OLED display and is 7mm thick. I like the physical controls, unfashionable as they may be, when it comes to PMPs: when listening, I’m typically looking at something else (e.g. the road) and don’t want the distraction of having to look at a touchscreen.
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I resist touch controls on a PMP for the same reason. When I am using my iPod (3rd Gen), I never look down at the controls. I know where they are and a lot of the time I use the forward, back, play and stop buttons thru my pants.
“I like the physical controls, unfashionable as they may be, when it comes to PMPs: when listening, I’m typically looking at something else (e.g. the road) and don’t want the distraction of having to look at a touchscreen.”
That is why I generally prefer the iPod Classic over the Touch.
Save the touch screen for the iPhone.
i don’t think it looks unfashionable. it definetly draws your eyes to it, but it feels almost steampunk-ish, in a creepy way. i like it!
Through your pants?!
Mickey Mouse. No, really, see the ears? Of course the start/pause symbols and the dimple below make it look like Mickey, as drawn by Skip Williamson.
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I like. Depending on specs, it might actually tempt me to buy a sony product after 10 years (I got tired of the proprietary batteries, formats etc and put them on my do-not-buy list)
It’s effin’ pretty! So nice to see something other than Steve Mobs-approved black or white.
it makes me want to bust out my intellivision!
There is different for we-don’t-need-to-emulate-your-fucking-ipod’s sake, and then there is this. Different and also THE SEX.
I want one. Which for Sony usually means it won’t be available in my region.
And since the only electronic device i carry is now a pager (I shit you not), it seems like I’m a bit overdue for portable music back in my life.
Why do I have the urge to do rails of coke off of this thing?
“Because you’re a cocaine addict, Peter.”
I got a touch-screen phone yesterday (not the overhyped one) and yes, I’m lost. I wonder why nobody in the reviews points out that you can’t for a fucking thing on them without looking at the screen. On my old Nokia I could bike with it in the backpack and actually change music pressing the keys through the fabric of the backpack. And plenty of other tricks like that.
And I should add that, as someone who regularly punches my coworkers who can’t help but putting their greasy fingers on my PC screens even after repeated warnings, I hate the greasy paths that cover the entire screen and make it unreadable in daylight.
Grumble.
Am I the only one who thinks it looks kind of… Louis Vuitton-ish?
Needs a little woodgrain applique on the back.