Sony Launches E363 Walkman

Sony has launched the NWZ-E363 series Walkman music player, which promises to deliver amazing sound quality in a very compact form factor. This sleek and light-weight music player comes with Sony's proprietary Clear Audio Technology, making it possible to offer crisper and more powerful sound.

Dynamic Normaliser irons out sudden jumps in volume between tracks, protecting your ears from abrupt change in volume and ensuring a comfortable listening experience. Content can be transferred to the Walkman by using simple drag & drop, and not requiring any special software to be installed. Additionally, the Content Transfer software that comes with E363, allows you to move music files or even playlists, straight from Windows Media Player or iTunes library.

The player comes with a LED-backlit 2.0" QVGA TFT colour display to view and enjoy videos, photos and album art in high clarity. Some of the additional features include an alarm/sleep timer, FM tuner, voice recorder, SensMe channel, Synchronized Lyric function (LRC) and Karaoke function. The Walkman supports multiple file formats including MP3, AAC, WMA(DRM), L-PCM, and WMV(DRM). The E363 boasts of a remarkably long battery life of up to 30 hours of audio playback and 4 hours of video playback, which basically means uninterrupted entertainment. Weighing just 55 g, the small device has dimensions of 45 87.5 9.9 mm.

The Sony Walkman NWZ-E363 is available in black and white colours at all Sony Centers and other major electronic outlets across India at an MRP of Rs 4,990.

Sony: PlayStation Store back this week

By the end of the week, Sony says it will flip the switch to bring the rest of its PlayStation Network services, including the PlayStation Store, back online.
The company posted a blog on PlayStation.com late Monday saying that all PSN functionality will return to customers in the Americas, Europe, and some Asian countries, with the exception of Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Music Unlimited by Qriocity will also be back online later this week. Details about service restoration in those countries was not immediately available.
Some services, including the ability to watch previously downloaded movies and play online, were brought back two weeks ago after being offline since April 20. Sony was forced to completely shut down its gaming and entertainment network after a massive security breach saw more than 100 million customers' personal data exposed.
"We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come to love," said Sony Executive Deputy Vice President Kazuo Hirai, in a statement. "We appreciate the patience and support shown during this time."
Sony turning PlayStation Store functionality back on also means customers are closer to being able to finally take advantage of promises made to them weeks ago. As a way of apologizing for the security breach, Sony has offered free content to PSN users, but without a PlayStation Store, there is no way to get that content. This means that soon PlayStation 3 owners can choose from among five video games and pick two to download for free and PlayStation Portable owners can choose two free games from among four. And at a time Sony chooses, PSN users will get one weekend of "select" free movie rentals.


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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 gets an update, not the one you expected

Sony Ericsson has just released another update for its Xperia X10 former flagship. It’s not the Gingerbread release everyone was hoping for, but it seems to be a pretty major one nonetheless. There are plenty of changes brought and all early adopters claim to notice a substantial improvement in performance.

The update is version number is 2.1.B.0.1 and it seems to boost screen responsiveness and general performance with the effects being most prominent in Timescape. There’s also a new baseband in the package, which reportedly benefits signal strength and in-call sound quality. Switching between 2G and 3G networks is now said to be faster and initiating a call takes shorter time.
Some have noticed a change in battery life for the better (but then others claim that it’s worse) and there’s now voice search integration just about anywhere where you can need it – search bar, browser etc.
A pretty major change is the system-wide availability of multi-touch. The X10 got official multi-touch support with its previous update, but that only worked in some of the apps.
On the visual side of things Sony Ericsson introduced minor tweaks to the notification area, dialer pad and status bar. New animations have also appeared around the interface and they seem to be smoother than before.
Hackers will be pleased to know that the rooting solution from previous ROMs is compatible with this new one, so you won’t be losing control over your system by updating.
So what are you waiting for – go check out if the update has become officially available to your area. If it hasn’t you can always follow the source link to the XDA-developers forum, where you can find instructions on how to flash it manually. Mind you, you should only do this if you really know what you are doing.