Sony Walkman CE-P Series – No ATRAC?

A little off-topic, but it's odd for Sony not to include their proprietary music format, which competes with MP3, WMA, and MPEG-4 audio, in their latest audio player... -Auri

The CE-P13, CE-P15, are CE-P17 are Sony’s new 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB flash based MP3 players. The specs mention that the player is directly supporting MP3 and WMA playback, but nothing else. Is Sony coming to their senses and abandoning ATRAC?

The player features an LCD 1.5” 260k color 128x128 pixel screen, to view JPEG and BMP photo files. In addition the CE-P has most of you basic specs including FM, FM/voice/direct recording, calendar, lyric support, and built in lithium ion battery for 18 hours of playback. The navigation looks simple with tactile buttons controlling a PSP-like menu system. And for a nice touch, dedicated volume controls. Check out the 3D Java demo for good look around this new player.

The image “http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/images/sony-ce-p.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.

[Product Page via generationmp3]

Source: Anything But iPod



posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 9:15 PM by Auri

Comments