Sony inaugurated a new Walkman-branded player. As the company reports, the NW-A800 is the first Walkman model to feature video playback capabilities.

For the first time with a WALKMAN you can experience quality video footage along side crystal clear audio with the new WALKMAN Video MP3 player NW-A800 series from Sony. 

The WALKMAN Video MP3 player is small enough to slip into any bag or pocket, with a colour-rich 2” QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) colour TFT LCD screen that offers unbeatable clarity, high contrast and supreme colour reproduction. Video footage can be viewed on the screen both horizontally and vertically to further enhance the entertainment experience. Downloading video content is easy with a simple drag and drop mechanism - video playback supports the widely used MPEG-4 and high quality codec of AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline profile formats, at up to 30 frames per second. File conversion, if needed, can be achieved via the supplied ImageConverter software.

Kenwood is presenting its vision of the top quality sound system for a car in the form of its brand TRIO. This is no tuning car competition so no, it’s not about having the biggest BOOM BOX in order to make your nose bleed of blow your ears…pretty much the opposite actually. What we have here is refinement, but a refinement that can still possibly blow all the windows of the neighbourhood if, when used with the K-TR10D CD player, you wanted to experiment the maximum level with an Opera compact disc…Still, the best would be to use the 4 K-TR10A mono amplifiers of 80W each in order to get the best out of it.
You might as well need to sign a 3,100$ cheque for the K-TR10D+K-TR10A×2 (2ch set) and 5,100$ dor the K-TR10D+K-TR10A×4 (4ch set).

Samsung Electronics has officially announced its new audio player K3. We mentioned the device late in November, however there was little info about it. Taking into account design, Samsung K3 looks like Samsung K5, but without the part with stereo speakers.

Samsung positions the new product as its slimmest MP3-player at the moment – 6.8 mm. The player is equipped with a 1.8” OLED display. In addition to music functionality the device can display JPEG pictures and run slideshows. As for the music, the payer supports MP3, WMA, DRM10 formats. There is an FM-tuner.

Microsoft's Zune sparked some interest among online consumers in its debut Tuesday, but the portable music player fell far short of sparking a buying frenzy.

Zune, which is going head-to-head against Apple Computer's market leading iPod, moved up to as high as No. 6 on Amazon.com's top seller list for electronics, behind the iPod and iPod Nano, a smaller version of the digital player. The iPod was consistently No. 2.

The number of online searches for Zune showed some consumer interest during its first day of sales. But again, it fell short of the iPod.

"The iPod is head and shoulders above, when it comes to the volume of searches," said Matt Tatham, a spokesman for Web metrics firm Hitwise.

 The Saint B is an MP3 player concept out of Russia in a chrome-plated steel body frame.

Control elements and OLED-display are covered by flexible, semi-transparent plastic. A log in to the computer and charging are via USB port. 

Concept: A form of the player is inspired by the original Christian symbol, the cross. Indeed, we wear it in the same manner as a player - around the neck. 

“iPod nano is the world’s most popular digital music player, and we’ve completely redesigned it to make it even better,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The all-new iPod nano gives music fans more of what they love in their iPods—twice the storage capacity at the same price, an incredible 24 hour battery life and a gorgeous aluminum design in five brilliant colors.”

Kenwood announced its new HDD audio player – the HD30GB9, which is to become the flagman of the HDD audio players line-up.

Kenwood HD30GB9 will replace the HD20GA7 and the HD30GA9, it is equipped with the new brand system Supreme EX, which improves sound quality to CD quality. There is also Kenwood Lossless technology to record sound packed to 60% and play it without losing the quality.

Samsung has released the YP-K5 MP3 Player with integrated speakers. Supported media formats includes MP3, OGG, ASF and WMA. It comes in 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB capacities and sports a bright OLED display, along with touch-sensitive navigation buttons. The YP-K5 has built-in DNSE DAP (Digital Natural Sound Engine) technology for sound quality.