Sony Walkman NWZ-S639F 16 GB

What a fantastic little MP3 player, Sony Walkman have an old skool charm associated to back with their cassette players and then cd players, relaunching the brand into mp3 players and as part of their mobile brand has really revitalised the company and brought about serious competition for the previous all conquering Apple Ipod. Slim, stylish and light the Sony NWZ is hugely versatile and able to fit into even the tightest pockets, without the same touchwheel of the Ipod it means you dont have to worry about random track album changes from sliding in and out, using a 4 way scroll circle and a raised play/pause button it's simplistic and allows for play without ...  Read the complete review

I got this just after Christmas when my old mp3 player (a Creative Zen Micro) packed in (My laptop gave up at the same time - I think my electronic items like to conspire against me). Deciding I wanted a 16GB mp3 player, so that I could put all my music on it (the Creative was only 4GB), I was torn between an iPod and the Sony. Though sorely tempted by the purple iPod, with it's beautiful design, I went for the Sony - largely because it was almost half the price. Though it's not as pretty as the iPod (and it's not purple), the Sony is far from ugly, being very small, light and compact. It makes the Creative Zen look like a brick in comparison. The Sony is ...  Read the complete review

The chances are if your looking at this player, you're also looking at the Ipod nano, and maybe the Creative X-FI. It's a tough decision isn't it? Well I've been there too, I picked this, my wife picked the nano. The Creative will forever be a mystery - although it does look very good and would have been my second choice. I guess which one you pick will depend on your personal preferences. I think all but the most ardent of Sony fans will admit that this thing is no looker, it has a typically Geeky/Techy sony look to it - not a sleek as the nano. So if looks and showing off to you friends is what counts then this isn't the one for you. Where the ...  Read the complete review

I traded UP to this unit from my Apple iPod 160GB. I say traded up because the sound quality surpasses (in my opinion) the iPod. The clarity and richness of the sound is so much better than my iPod ever produced. I use Bose in ear headphones and they enhance the sound quality a lot over the Sony headphones provided, but the Sony ones are very very good. The built in preset sound menus are very good but in the end I opted to set the equalizer custom settings to get the sound I was looking for. The unit itself is very light and although it feels fragile it is very sturdy and the added advantage of no moving parts means it is more likely to ...  Read the complete review

After careful consideration between this and the offerings from apple and sansa (both my young girls have the clip which is great for them) i found myself drawn to this because of the price for the 16gb £87.99 on play.com when i bought it about two months ago,but am now not sure am having trouble in certain areas!! Yeah sure its light and thin,try buying a decent case for it,ended up with a silicone skin off of e-bay because all others made it big and bulky!! And yes it is gorgeous looking but really cannot imagine watching any sort of video on it,even though the screen is very high quality it is also very small,but i suppose for the odd thing it ...  Read the complete review