VAIO pocket to also support MP3, for free though Portable AV / Sony Posted by zmcnulty on Nov 30, 2004 - 06:32 PM |
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Sony's other hard drive digital audio player, the "VAIO pocket," will be receiving MP3 playback capabilities as well. Sony announced on the 30th that they will begin offering a free update program for the "VAIO pocket" (VGF-AP1) portable hard drive audio player on December 24th. With the application of the upgrade program, MP3 transfer functionality and gapless playback are supported. Furthermore, a high speed scroll function, as well as a funtion to change the screen's design have been added. Other features include general speed improvements; there are 34 updates in total. The VAIO pocket, released in June, is a portable audio/photo player that features a 2.2" color LCD. It contains a 20GB hard drive, and audio format support was ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus only. MP3, WAVE, WMA, and other formats were converted to ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus during transfer using the included "SonicStage Ver.2.0" software. With this update, users can now transfer MP3 files without converting them. The screen of the unit can be used to display the album art of the audio currently playing, or be used as a photo viewer, for the viewing and management of digital camera photographs. Also, next to the LCD is a touchpad style interface called "G-sense." On the "NW-HD1/2" hard drive Network Walkman Products, the MP3 support update is a pay-service that costs 2,000 yen (including shipping). The reason for this is that the update cannot be performed by the end users because of its specifications, but the maker must perform the update themselves. on the VAIO pocket, however, users conduct the update themselves by downloading an update program.  [2]  Inspired by: http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20041130/sony3.htm [3] Download Page: http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Info/2004/products_1130.html [4] Support Information: http://vcl.vaio.sony.co.jp/support/acc/vgf-ap1.html [5] VAIO pocket (TechJapan): http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=276 [6] |
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This article is from TechJapan http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=712 Links in this article [1] http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=276 [2] http://www.techjapan.com/images/0504/051004/sony1_1.jpg [3] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20041130/sony3.htm [4] http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Info/2004/products_1130.html [5] http://vcl.vaio.sony.co.jp/support/acc/vgf-ap1.html [6] http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=276 |
