Sony Walkman NWZ-A820 Series (A826/A828/A829) Expert Reviews

Now you have the option of listening to pristine audio without wires. Featuring Bluetooth connectivity, this 16GB Walkman Video MP3 player offers you wireless freedom when paired Bluetooth-enabled headphones. And if you want to watch video, a high ...

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The Sony NWZ-A820 Walkman MP3 player series offers high-quality music, photo, and video playback, along with built-in Bluetooth audio streaming, EX-style earphones, and phenomenal battery life.

The Sony NWZ-A820 series doesn't come cheap, and it lacks an FM radio, voice recording, memory expansion, and a standard USB connection.

The Sony NWZ-A820 is the best sounding, best-looking Walkman series yet, and the inclusion of Bluetooth audio makes it a top choice for cable-hating audio enthusiasts.

Sony's video-playing Walkmans A810 was very successfully and they created new series A820, which is going to attach iPods market. The A820 is small like iPod Nano and other features like Touch. This can be dangeroust game for Sony, they could want to ...

Sony's players never fail to win style points, and we're definitely impressed by the classy look of the new Walkman NWZ-A826 music and video player. It blows us away with its stellar audio performance and vivid, bright screen quality, making it one of ...

Sound quality ; screen quality ; drag-and-drop compatibility ; stereo Bluetooth

Price ; video management is tricky ; no playback position bookmarking ; no FM radio ; no voice recording or gapless playback

The Sony NWZ-A826 is a truly superb player in terms of usability, sound quality and design. It's not without its fair share of flaws -- notably the tricky video support -- but for most people it's an absolute must to consider, if not run out and buy

Sony's nano-sized player aims to blast Apple out of its, er, tree by combining the twin cannons of video playback and Bluetooth technology.

Wireless headphones. Extremely long battery life. Great (if small) screen

The headphones can cut out on occasion

The Sony NWZ-A826K takes it to its rivals with the twin cannons of music/video-playing and wireless headphones. Awesome.

The Sony NWZ-A820 is the best sounding, best-looking Walkman series yet, and the inclusion of Bluetooth audio makes it a top choice for cable-hating audio enthusiasts.

High-quality music; photo and video playback; built-in Bluetooth audio streaming; EX-style earphones; phenomenal battery life

Doesn't come cheap; lacks an FM radio, voice recording, memory expansion, and a standard USB connection

Given Sony's track record with curvy, rounded designs, the Sony NWZ-A820 is refreshingly square. Measuring 51 x 93.9 x 9.3mm, it has a metallic body and a 2.4-inch screen. The NWZ-A820 is a little larger than its predecessor, but it maintains a slim, ...

Sony's latest Walkman packs 16GB of storage and stereo Bluetooth support. Is it the world's finest mini PMP?

One of the best-sounding PMPs. Built-in stereo Bluetooth

Comparatively short on features. Expensive

It may be pricey, but Sony's Walkman is a fine MP3 player and a good alternative to everything Apple

The only software that Sony provides is an MP3 ripper and Media Manager. And, unlike music files that you can drag and drop directly onto the player, you have to move video files into Media Manager before they can be transferred across. It's a ...

The iPod may dominate the MP3 player market, but it pays to shop around. Sony's latest Walkman is every bit as stylish, admittedly in a more hi-fi component way, and has comparably solid build quality. The scratch resistant screen and brushed metal ...

Get the wow factor without the wires. A real rival to Apple's iPod nano.