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Music while on the move became popular largely due to Walkman, the brand used to market Sony’s audio and video players. Most of Sony’s portable audio devices are marketed and promoted in the name of Walkman. Sony brought out the Walkman in 1979 in Japan, while it marketed the same as Soundabout in the US, Freestyle in Sweden and Stowaway in the UK. In 2007, Sony also launched its digital, flash-based video Walkman.

Initially,the Walkman was a cassette player which allowed two stereo playback and two mini headphone jacks. This helped two people plug the earphones and listen to music at the same time. Walkman has always been known for its highest audio quality. In the process of technological advancement, the Sony Walkman introduced recording. Some of the recording-enabled devices had in-built recording level meters with which you could also manually change and control recording levels. Although, till date Sony manufactures cassette- based Walkmans, the digital Walkman rules the market today.

The latest rage is the Sony NWZ A810 Walkman. This A810 Walkman is a digital media player and due to Sony’s association with Microsoft, supports Windows Media technology. This lets you have wider choice to download movies, music, and photographs. You also have the flexibility to transfer stuff from your computer to the A810 Walkman. This model also supports multiple music formats, letting you keep the secure Microsoft Windows Media Audio (WMA) and non-secure formats like AAC and MP3 formats. You can also store photos in the JPG format.

You can choose music, movies and photos in your choice of format while the walkman supports high-quality sound and video technology. You can source music videos, podcasts, trailers from any website and all you need to do for viewing video is to compress it in the appropriate codec, resolution and size. Since A810 Walkman will be compatible with Windows Media technology, users of A810 Walkman can also access most of the technologies supported by the Windows platform. The A810 Walkman has clubbed the Microsoft Windows Media Player 11. It also supports most subscription-based music services.

The A810 Walkman has also a rich video quality. The video player has a Quarter Video Graphics Array (QVGA) LCD screen that displays video at 30 frames per second. The A810 Walkman also easily connects to Sony GIGA JUKE and PlayStation 3. This device can play music for close to 33 hours and ivideo playback for up to 8 hours. You can pick A810 Walkman of 2 GB, 4GB, or 8GB and also choose colours between red, silver, violet, pink, white and black.