Sony Walkman NW-A1200 8 GB

As soon as the fasion of getting an ipod started up, I decided to venture into dixons to get an opinion on buying an mp3, to be told that buying the new (at the time) sony walkman was better than buying an ipod as the battery could be removed when it stopped working. So i brought one and downloaded all the software and songs. But after a couple of months, things started to go wrong. For one, songs were unable to be downloaded onto the mp3 and then the mp3 was unable to connect to the pc properly. So as a result I phoned up sony to be told that they hadn't heard of any situations of this occuring so they didnt take it in to check it over. As a result I went out and ...  Read the complete review

I bought the Sony NW-A1200 in March for around £100, as it was well-reviewed and far cheaper than similarly specced iPods. I didn't need video, radio, games - just an MP3 player, with decent battery life and sound quality. Which is probably a good job, considering the NW-A1200 lacks all these features. First impressions: Not as sleek or thin as the iPod, but still an impressive looking thing; a semi-transparent design resembling an oddly-shaped egg. The word 'orb' comes to mind, and a friend of mine initially thought it was a phone. Well, I like the looks of it. The screen is green writing on a dark background, which is very easy to read indoors, but a ...  Read the complete review

The Sony NW-A1200 is by now an ancient mp3 player style. It does not play videos, hold your photos or solve world peace as many of the mp3's on the market do today, it does not have many capabilites past playing music, however, weirdly enough this is the only capability I really need from my personal portable music player. In the past few months I have become completely bamboozled by the current trend of mp3 players that can basically be mini laptops, worse are the mp3 players that are also phones, or the phones that are also mp3 players, it is difficult to tell which way round they are going for lately. At the end of the day, when I am shopping for an mp3 ...  Read the complete review

This particular peice of hardware is the latest and most powerful version ever of the Sont Walkman. It is not a phone\mp3 player\bluetooth device\internet browser\tennis racket\life raft. This is a 100%, sleek, ultra-powerful, bottomless memory capacity music machine. Its display is very stylish, no need for a screen when you could just put the music's stats on the very shell! It in my opinion is definitely more stylish than its category competitor, the iPod Video. It happily slides into my pocket, is surprisingly easy to navigate, and I would reccomend to anyone who loves their ...  Read the complete review