The
weatherproof Xperia Z1 smartphone might be the start of
Sony's portable products at IFA, but it's not the only device there. The
company also announced the Walkman F886, an Android 4.1-based media player and
a follow up to its Walkman F805.
The
F886 features Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and a 4-inch Sony Triluminos LCD screen,
offering full access to the Google Play Store and making the media player
Sony's answer to the iPod touch.
While
it can serve as a video player and a mini-tablet/offline smartphone, the F886
is focused primarily on high-resolution audio. The player supports playback of
WAV, AIFF, FLAC, and Apple lossless formats at 192KHz/24bit, and sports a slew
of audio-processing features like the Digital Sound Enhancement Engine HX that
Sony claims improves the quality of compressed audio formats, Clear Audio+ that
Sony claims produces more crisp, realistic sound, and digital noise cancelling
that Sony claims can block out 98 percent of ambient noise when listening
through headphones.
According
to Sony, the F886 can play MP3 files for up to 35 hours or high-resolution
audio formats for up to 26 hours. It features NFC for one-touch Bluetooth
pairing with compatible devices, and its thin frame has playback buttons
mounted on the side so you can control what you're listening to without tapping
the screen or relying on headphone controls.
Sony
has not announced pricing or whether the F886 will be available in North
America.
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