New Sony Walkman Z MP3 Android Player Review/issues

Hey guys, I'm doing this thread to talk about some of the benefits and disadvantages of the new Walkman (NWZ-Z1050) Z pro.

I pre-ordered the 16 gb version and I got it for about 6 days as the time of this post.

PRO - it's a great MP3, the preamp and the tone controls as well as the basic audio performance is amazing. I used to have an itouch and ipod before that and the walkman puts both of these devices, to shame. The headphones provided also give these good bass and clarity it is hard to believe that they are in stock for this drive. Overall, a superior player.

The rest of the features are also interesting. It has a screen larger than the equivalent Apple, walkman is 4.3 inch, iphone is only 3.3. The real droid OS is great even though it has its problems, I will write later. Being an android, you have access to the android market which has loads of great apps as well for entertainment and utility. Most of the user interface run smoothly, but there are some quirks that need to unravel.

CON - like I said before, the Sony Walkman Z 16 gb has some problems, though fairly minor.

When you play in the interface switching mode standby mode and pulling against the built in widget Walkman, the likes of player to jump and drop in the pace and sometimes have to press the button 4 times to activate the widgets. The Walkman widget problem is with the actual Walkman button, NOT the buttons on the touch screen but the touch screen seem to be insensitive to my contact. Good, maybe it's just my fingers. However, the touch screen buttons are not without their issues. There are errors of recognition when you go to unlock the drive and pace fall horribly and low rate continues in navigation in the menus, and lasts for several seconds. IT IS VERY ANNOYING TO YOUR WALKMAN EVERY TIME YOU SLEEP AND YOU WILL NEED TO RE-ENABLE BACK TO SELECT A NEW OPERATION!

Another problem I've had is you unlock the player and the Office rises and you press the button music player standing at the bottom of the screen (the one with the notes of music as an icon), you really need still 2-3 seconds for the device recognize that I actually supported it. Very annoying if you try to select a different song once every 5 minutes.

The latest issue of the note I have with the Walkman is whenever I use a pre load live wallpaper or wallpaper downloaded from an official editor android app, it does not save from use to use. Let me explain, I'll install the live wallpaper smoke or downloaded him matrix falling letter wallpaper and set it as my desktop wallpaper. The wallpaper loads correctly and everything will be fine until the battery dies or I decide to turn it off. When I go to turn it back on, my drive came back to the wallpaper by default neon line as if I had never set a different wallpaper in the first place.

Don't get me wrong, the Sony Walkman Z is a phenomenal player and even if I only got it for a week, I like it. To be honest, I think that the fundamental issues can be ironed out in a patch or two, but I want that everybody is aware, including you, Sony, there are a few problems with the product. Still however, it is a great mp3 player and will not technically still appear in stores until tomorrow!

PS: In hindsight I wanted to write that I bought the 16 GB version and NOT the 8 GB version. That said I still don't think that 16 GB is enough to be able to download and use all kinds of media; I have some downloaded games and about 1000 songs on my walkman and I have only 1 gig left. FWIW, to splurge a little extra money and opt for the 32 GB

-Loki

Hello Loki,
Welcome to the Forums of Discussion of the user.
Thank you for your very detailed and informative!
You will not fail to provide your feedback.

The new Z Android Walkman has been a week now. anyone of these problems? We would love to hear from you.

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