- Walkman Bean
The Walkman Bean was a
flash memory -basedMP3 player bySony . The name refers to its shape, which was modelled after ajellybean , and its ancestor, the originalSony Walkman portable cassette player. The Bean has recently ceased production. [http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/16/sony-kills-walkman-bean-after-failure-to-sprout]The player was available in three versions: the basic model with 512MB capacity (model NW-E205), the basic model with an inbuilt FM radio (model NW-E305), and a higher-capacity 1GB model (model NW-E307). It was also available in four colours, named after jellybean
flavour s - Tropical Ice (blue), Cotton Candy (pink), Licorice (black) and Coconut (white).The Walkman Bean featured a 'pop-out' USB port for file transfer. One of its major selling points was the battery's fast charge speeds - Sony claims that one can "charge it for 3 minutes to get 3 hours’ playback from it". Sony claimed that a fully charged Bean playing Sony's own compressed audio format,
ATRAC , can operate for 50 hours, or 40 hours for audio compressed asMP3 . [http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowArticle.action?article=1123188805574]External links
* [http://products.sony.co.uk/sony_walkman_bean.asp Press release on the Walkman Bean]
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