Even though there has been no official word this side of the world about the release of their E-series of Mp3 players, it turns out that Sony’s New Zealand website has already released information on the product. According to Sony Insider, who did all the leg work, the three models are – the NWZ-E435 (2GB), NWZ-E436 (4GB), and NWZ-E438 (8GB).
Each of them feature a 2-inch QVGA TFT LCD screen capable of displaying 262,144 colors. These will be as slim as possible at 8.5mm and will only weigh 50g. An FM tuner is included, and codec support is the usual MP3/ WMA/ AAC/ Linear PCM. Battery life is rated at 1150 songs/76hrs 40mins (48kbps), 885 songs/59hrs (64kbps), 440 songs/29hrs 20mins (128kbps), 220 songs/14hrs 40mins (256kbps), 175 songs/11hrs 40mins (320kbps) for music. Battery life for video is rated at 7hrs 10mins at 384kbps video, 4hrs at 768kbps video.
Transferring music is easy as each device is drag and drop and compatible with Windows Media Player and even iTunes.
