IFA held in Berlin is always a great place to find breaking news on the latest in consumer electronics. This year didn't disappoint. In this article, let's focus on Sony, which launched a whole slew of portable audio products. Sony President and CEO, Kazuo Hirai was there to talk about the company's latest developments. What's So Special? Sony introduced a 6 new products in...
IFA Berlin is always a great place to find breaking news on the latest in consumer electronics. This year didn't disappoint. On 2 Sep, Sony launched a whole slew of portable audio products. What's So Special? Sony introduced a whopping 6 new products in its portable audio range - 2 players, 2 headphones and 2 in-ears. We check out the unique features of each....
In 2015 where streamed music becomes the norm and CDs fade into oblivion, it's good to take a look back into the not so distant past at the default format used by music lovers around the world - the cassette. Or rather, let's look at the definitive music players that preceded the iPod generation. The Walkman, introduced by Akio Morita in 1979, was...
On a whim, I've decided to republish the material I had put online in May 2003. Can you believe it? That is like 10 years ago. I was still a poor student in the middle of my university days. Now, I am paper pusher attempting to put a few pennies into the pocket. To make things simple, I'm copying and pasting my unadulterated...
Earlier this February, Sony stopped producing MiniDisc players. Yet another incredibly sad moment, I must say. MDs were a part and parcel of my life in the late 1990s to the early 2000s. I never made it a point to transition the music device from my humble but reliable cassette player, Sony Walkman WM-FX511, to the CD player. Somehow, CD players felt rather...
After taking yet another one year break, what's new in personal audio? Guess what - the outlook is very much the same as in 2008. There are yet even more convergent devices than ever before. It is almost unthinkable to not own a music phone these days. While mid-range and higher-end cell phone models include this function, we notice that even many budget...
Well, here I am back after a one year hiatus. I must say the music scene has changed quite a bit. Fewer and fewer people are buying dedicated MP3 players and more are getting convergent devices like the (almost) mainstream iPhone and Sony Ericsson Walkman phones. It seems convergence is here to stay and that's definitely a good thing isn't it? After all,...
b. User Interface (UI)How does one define the user interface of a product? This can be divided into hardware and software aspects. Let's take a closer look at each:Software:- This deals with how easy it is to navigate within the phone via the default user interface. Some manufacturers do a fantastic job while some just don't really put the effort in. Some devices...
Now it's time for a list of the players I've ever owned/tried (and when I mean 'tried', it's not just fiddling with it at a shop or show. It's actually bringing it home for a few days). I guess I'll have to seperate them by type 'cos there's simply too many to list down in one shot. I'll skip CD players 'cos I...
