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Press Release The First Walkman® Mobile Entertainment Player from Sony - powered by Android™ Walkman® Z Series with S-Master MX Digital Amplifier: For Music Lovers, By Music Lovers
Hong Kong, April 16, 2012 – Sony is once again turning the dreams of audiophiles on-themove into reality with the launch of the new first-ever Walkman® powered by Android™, Z Series. Dedicated to providing a truly exceptional mobile audio experience, the Walkman® is packed with Sony’s innovative sound technologies. Featuring Sony’s new S-Master MX digital amplifier which greatly reduces noise and distortion level in the music, users also get the best-ever Walkman® in-ear experience on the go, thanks to the full range of 5 Clear Audio Technologies – S-Master MX, Clear Bass, Clear Stereo, DSEE (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine), and EX headphones which delivers a truly phenomenal portable audio experience that many have come to expect from a Walkman® from Sony. A new distinctive W.BUTTON allows users to launch the unique W.Control app and to explore their music collection in an intuitive manner. Users can browse through their music collection by simply flicking through the cover art and enjoy stunning on-screen visualisations while the music
plays. Walkman® Z Series can even sort the music collection using SensMe™ - users can be spoiled for choice from a total of 14 mood-themed channels to suit the time of day or the way they feel. Walkman® Z series is also the first Mobile Entertainment Player from Sony that’s powered by Android™. Enjoy a generous choice of preinstalled apps, and get more from the ever-growing range at Android Market™. Sharing Music Passion and Connecting with Ease Walkman® Z Series has a unique ergonomic body design, allowing the xLOUD™ speaker system to offer a high level of clear sound reproduction from its built-in speaker – users can now listen in to their favourite tunes with friends and loved ones without a speaker dock. Much more than just a music player, Walkman® Z Series allows users to share their content at home and on the move wirelessly via Wi-Fi and connects to other DLNA-enabled devices such as the newly launched 3D Blu-ray home theatre system BDV-N590. Users can simply ‘throw’ music, pictures and videos from their Walkman® screen by ‘flicking’ them directly to compatible TVs, PCs, or home audio systems to stream their media effortlessly. The Walkman® can be connected directly to TV via the micro HDMI out for super-size enjoyment of videos, photos and games for high definition fun. Or connect via Bluetooth ® to compatible speakers, headphones, hi-fi systems or car stereos effortlessly with no wire clutter. Maximum Visual Entertainment Music, videos, games and apps come alive on the unique anti-reflective 4.3” multi-touch LCD screen. Its high responsiveness combined with a speedy 1GHz NVIDIA® Tegra® 2 dual-core processor keep things snappy whether users are browsing web pages, movies or apps. Available in 16GB and 32GB capacities, the new Walkman® Z1000 Mobile Entertainment Player from Sony will be available end of April. Details are as follows: Model NWZ-Z1050 (16GB) NWZ-Z1060 (32GB)
Suggested Retail Price HK$2,180 HK$2,580
Availability End of April
Order Now The Walkman® Z Series will be available for pre-order from April 18 to April 24 at any Sony Store, Sony Store Online (www.sony.com.hk/store) and Sony tele-sales hotline at (852) 23452966. Customers ordering the Walkman® Z Series will receive a leather case CKL-NWZ1000 (worth HK$180), for free.
To optimize music enjoyment, Sony also offers Walkman® Z Series bundling packages with selected XBA series earphones models which are available during the pre-order period: Walkman® Z1000 NWZ-Z1050 (16GB)
NWZ-Z1060 (32GB)
XBA Earphones Models XBA-NC85D XBA-BT75 XBA-S65 XBA-4 XBA-3 XBA-2 XBA-1 XBA-NC85D XBA-BT75 XBA-S65 XBA-4 XBA-3 XBA-2 XBA-1
Special Package Price HK$5,760 HK$4,230 HK$2,880 HK$5,220 HK$4,320 HK$3,510 HK$2,760 HK$6,160 HK$4,630 HK$3,280 HK$5,620 HK$4,720 HK$3,910 HK$3,160
For customer enquiries, please contact Sony sales and services hotline at (852) 2345-2966. WALKMAN® , xLoudTM and SensMeTM are registered trademark of Sony Corporation. iTunes is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Microsoft, Windows and the Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. AndroidTM and Android MarketTM are trademarks of Google Inc. DLNA is trademarks and/or service marks of Digital Living Network Alliance. HDMI and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing, LLC.NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, Tegra are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About Hong Kong Marketing Company Hong Kong Marketing Company (HKMC), a division of Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Limited, provides sales, marketing and after sales services for Sony’s consumer electronics products as well as broadcast and professional products in Hong Kong and Macau. For more information on Sony’s products and services, please visit its web site on www.sony.com.hk.
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Product specifications of Sony Walkman® Z Series NWZ-Z1060 & NWZ-Z1050: Model NWZ-Z1060 NWZ-Z1050 Capacity 32GB 16GB Music (Music player) Video
Audio Formats(Codec)
MP3, WMA*1, AAC*2, Linear PCM
Video Formats(Codec) Audio Formats(Codec)
AVC(H.264/AVC), MPEG-4, WMV 9*1 *3
Platform CPU
Display Interface
USB HDMI
Wireless LAN Bluetooth
Sensor Sound Effects
Battery life
Music(MP3 128kbps) Video(MPEG-4 384kbps)
Dimensions Weight(approx.) Notes
AAC-LC (AVC, MPEG-4 ), WMA (Windows Media Video 9) Android™ Version 2.3 (Upgradable) NVIDIA® TegraTM 2 dual-core mobile processor 1GHz RAM: 512 MB 4.3, TFT color display, WVGA (800x480 pixels) Hi-Speed USB(USB 2.0 compliant) HDMI micro IEEE 802.11b/g/n Communication system: Bluetooth specification version 2.1+EDR Compatible Bluetooth profiles - A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) - AVRCP (Audio Video Remote Control Profile) - OPP (Object Push Profile) GPS receiver/ Accelerometer/ Magnetometer S-Master MX Digital Amplifier/ DSEE/ Clear Stereo/ Clear Bass/ Equalizer (5 bands)/ VPT acoustic engine/ Dynamic Normalizer/ xLoud speaker system Approx. 20 hours Approx. 5 hours 70.5 x 134.2 x 11.1mm 156g *1 Copyright protected WMA/WMV files cannot be played back. *2 Copyright protected AAC-LC files cannot be played back. *3 Some WMV files can be played back only by transferring using Windows Media Player.
