• Sony Walkman S2 Sports NW-S203F (1GB)

    Sony Walkman S2 Sports NW-S203F (1GB)

    Frazier Barretto, Jan 15, 2007 1700 hrs IST

    Today, we have the Sony Walkman S2 Sports, which is a flash-based DAP.

    Sports features, G-Sensor, Water resistant, FM tuner, Good sound quality, Good earphones, Neat interface, Great build, USB v2.0

    Poor music management software, No Drag-n-Drop, Expensive

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Everyone knows Walkman but at the same time hardly does anyone realize that it's a trademark range of players from Sony. The old Sony Walkman line-up consisted of just cassette players and CD-Players. It's been sometime now since Sony launched their flash based Walkman players. But unfortunately for the masses, though they sounded the best, most disliked them because they were able to play only Sony Audio Formats like AAC, AAC+, etc.

Now the Walkman line-up has been revamped to support MP3 and WMA as well. But it has made it pretty late as all the glory these days for portable audio has been taken-up by the iPod. Nevertheless Sony will always remain Sony and those loyal will surely opt for it, because of its top-notch quality products.



Today, we have the Sony Walkman S2 Sports, which is a flash-based DAP. It is no ordinary player, the name states that it's sporty and meant for athletes or for the physique conscious. The player has sport features like calorie counter, etc. Earlier we had seen a similar player from Genius with the sport features; Genius MP3-DJ Sport. But then that's Genius and this is Sony the old gold quality kings.

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The Sony Walkman S2 Sports comes with a lot of accessories. Not just to make it a good deal, but because it sports an MP3 player. These accessories are meant to make it easy to keep in tune with your favorite songs while performing strenuous activities. A similar kind of bundle was seen with the Genius. Let's have a run through with the bundle before we go for a complete workout through the rest of the review.

Sony Walkman S2 Sports NW-S203F (1GB)

Sport Earphones

USB Cable

Arm-band

Software Utility CD

Manual

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(15) Comments
james
,cairo, on Feb 10, 2009 06:24 PM
it is very good one
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shebz7
,surat, on Jan 18, 2007 10:22 PM
they were able to play only Sony Audio Formats like AAC, AAC+, etc. Oh common techtree i have been using nw-e405 for the past 2 yrs and it plays mp3 chk the pic here http://prixmateriel.com/images/sony_nwe405.jpg Did'nt expect this from you reserch guys i guess u dont have any sony fanboys like me there at your place
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Anonymous
,out there, on Sep 15, 2007 12:53 AM
He didn't say it didn't play MP3's just that the MP3's have to go tohrough Sonic Stage to get on the thing, you can't just drag and drop onto it as a removable drive.
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gowthami
,ERODE, on Apr 22, 2007 04:40 PM
it really good looking
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venkatesh
,chennai, on Mar 06, 2007 11:15 PM
I just want to know more details like the proce & the shipping charges for this product
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solo
,bang, on Mar 09, 2007 01:16 PM
This is available in india i bought it in bang , i bought a 2g one for 10990/- all inclusive
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Superman
,Delhi, on Jan 22, 2007 02:10 PM
Plagarism!!! This has been stolen from another website!!!
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karadi
,Bangalore, on Jan 20, 2007 02:32 PM
it is very nice one
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Nithin
,Chennai, on Jan 16, 2007 09:15 PM
Looks good and shows good reliabilty, but not fits the pocket!!!
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Ravindra
,Bangalore, on Jan 16, 2007 05:09 PM
This is a no good gadget, You will get a 2GB IPOD nano or a 2GB San Disk which is way better than this, I do not think this deserves a 4 star unless you are die hard fan of SONY products
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ruby
,faridkot, on Jan 16, 2007 04:31 PM
why not to buy a secondhand w700i and use it as walkman...... wasting 9k on this hardware is worthless.
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doc
,Bangalore, on Jan 16, 2007 12:20 PM
all ok....but when you guys review small gadgets like these...cant you put a real size photos....and also other pictures of the player that people might be interested in like here you said the USB cover is nice and does not come off....stuff like these....looks like in this review you copied and pasted the photos from elsewhere. Good luck
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Rohit Malhotra
,New Delhi, on Jan 16, 2007 11:43 AM
When will you guys review the Sony Ericsson W710i phone? I think it has the same sports features mentioned here (with Mega Bass too). Which is better for jogging sessions, a w710i phone with walkman and sports feature built in or a standalone device like this one? and you please let us know the pros and cons of each? Thanks in advance!!!
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Soham Dutta
,Jorhat, on Jan 15, 2007 07:54 PM
You can get the I pod 4 GB at this price. Another 1.5k or 2k less and this would have been a clear winner.s
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BSK
,BKR, on Jan 15, 2007 06:19 PM
Huh, The same old story, Pricey stuff Not worhty in the modern world. Not sure when this gaint realises the world before becoming dwarf in the music world.
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