Sony UK has today confirmed the addition of Sports MP3 players - the WALKMAN NW-S200 Series - to their range.
The linked press release gives some details of the range - we have received a product briefing from Sony that allows us to provide some extra details.
- Water resistant - The body of the NW-S200 series is manufactured from water resistant aluminium. This creates a water and sweat resistant casing.
- Sports Mode - The user can set targets for their workout based on calories to burn, distance run or steps taken. Music will start playing and then stop when the target is reached.
- Music Pacer - The Music Pacer function lets the NW-S200 series detect user movement and automatically switch between 'running' and 'walking' playlists depending on how vigorously it detects you are moving.
- Shuffle Shake - Shake an NW-S200 three times and it switches to shuffle mode. Shake 3 more times and it switches back to normal play.
- Quick charge - Charging the NW-S200 series battery for 3 minutes gives 3 hours of playback time. A full 45 minute charge is claimed to give an 18 hour battery life (the usual manufacturer caveats of '18 hours when played in non-shuffle mode.. ..blah blah..) apply but it still seems like a very good battery life that means the unit won't be sitting on charge when you're ready to hit the road.
- The unit also has a built in pedometer (I guess using G-Sensor again), stopwatch.
- Sound functions - A dynamic normaliser minimises the difference in volume level between tracks.
Silva Bokis has seen pre-production models of the new WALKMAN NW-S200 Series Sports MP3 Players - we will post photos in the next few hours.
UPDATE: NW-S200 Photos now available on Pbase.
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