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Sony NWD-B100: Good riddance, SonicStage

Crave Okay, okay, two Sony products in two days doesn't mean Crave's all loved-up with the Japanese Walkmanites, but considering how much we bash its media-manager software SonicStage, we felt compelled to mention that the company's ickle new MP3 player...

Tags: sony, drag, drag drop, sonicstage

24 July 2007, 11:46 > More matches in Crave

Sony Connect (SonicStage)

Downloads Download the latest version of the Connect player and access the Connect music store, one of the world's largest music download stores. It's your online source for today's chart-topping hits, emerging artists from independent labels, all your old...

18 November 2005, 1:36 > More matches in Downloads

Fiddlesticks: Sony Walkman E002, E003 and E005

Crave Impenetrable SonicStage software? The whole range of Sony players is blighted by a simple flaw that no one in the company seems prepared to fix: SonicStage. Using SonicStage is about as enjoyable as eating glass.

Tags: sony, players, sonicstage, man

3 April 2006, 12:41 > More matches in Crave

Hands-on with Sony's NW-A815

Crave This is a 2GB MP3 and video player that doesn't require Sony's bloody awful SonicStage software. The really great news is, of course, the absence of SonicStage. The reliance on SonicStage, which was about as fun as cleaning a guillotine, always...

1 October 2007, 12:04 > More matches in Crave

Sony NW-E003 (1GB) review

Reviews The post-apocalyptic vision that was its MP3 software SonicStage saw to it that all but the most masochistic of users turned away from Sony players. So, like it or not, using Sony's SonicStage v3.4 software is the only option here.

Editor's rating   8.1

Tags: sony, weight, edge, battery life

29 August 2006, 13:00 > More matches in Reviews

Sony NW-A1200 (8GB) review

Reviews Find a case for it, since Sony doesn't bundle one (Sony does bundle an AC adaptor, a proprietary USB cable, headphones and the SonicStage CP software). Our experience with the latest build (SonicStage CP 4.0) was marginally better with some new...

Editor's rating   7.3

Tags: sony, shortcuts, song, hard drive

4 August 2006, 13:43 > More matches in Reviews

Sony Walkman NW-A1000 review

Reviews Initially this appears to be a vast improvement over SonicStage. Its initial reaction was to bundle SonicStage with all its Network Walkmans. SonicStage software -- or perhaps more accurately, replaced it with the

Editor's rating   7.2

Tags: sony, risk, playlists, listening

21 December 2005, 15:21 > More matches in Reviews

Sony Walkman Bean NW-E205 (512MB) review

Reviews Unfortunately, these positive moves can't overcome the player's poor controls, awkward interface, hiss-filled playback, and steadfast reliance on Sony's weak SonicStage software. The player also supports unprotected WMA files -- as long as they're...

Editor's rating   5.7

Tags: sony, cover, battery life, pad

25 November 2005, 19:04 > More matches in Reviews

Sony NW-E01x: Ultra-sporty DRM-free player

Crave Sadly, the NW-E01 series still requires you use the grotesque, mentally offensive, unbearably foul media-management software that is SonicStage. Using SonicStage is about as pleasant as pushing your finger through your eyeball and poking your own...

Tags: sony, players, range, sonicstage

12 April 2007, 11:02 > More matches in Crave

Sony NW-S703F review

Reviews To get music on to the player, you have to use Sony's SonicStage software. The player's fiddly controls mean that we could never feel completely comfortable with it, and despite some useful recent improvements, Sony's SonicStage software still...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: sony, noise, battery life, sound quality

9 February 2007, 11:00 > More matches in Reviews

Sony launches NWZ-A820 series: The A828 and A826 Walkman

Crave There's also no SonicStage to mess about with -- it's all drag and drop from here on out, and Sony told us on the phone earlier that it has now "completely dropped SonicStage for its products"! You've probably heard of Sony.

Tags: sony, playback, bluetooth, earphones

20 February 2008, 10:34 > More matches in Crave

Best flash MP3 players

Reviews It's super-stylish and devilishly enjoyable to use, but the SonicStage PC software is difficult to use and may not be suitable for beginners. The player boasts great battery life and top-notch sound quality, but there's no video playback, the same...

13 April 2007, 18:01 > More matches in Reviews

Sony Network Walkman NW-HD3 (20GB) review

Reviews Instead, the HD1 "supported" playback of those files, meaning that they needed to go through the SonicStage wringer and be converted into Sony's proprietary ATRAC3 or the more efficient ATRAC3plus format.

Editor's rating   7.7

Tags: sony uk, silver, artist, battery life

15 March 2005, 23:14 > More matches in Reviews

Sony NW-A808 review

Reviews This may leave you reliant on SonicStage, however, as the format is sparsely supported in other PC media players. Sadly, the supplied SonicStage software is still not as good as those provided by rival manufacturers.

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: sony, playlists, headphones, waiting

26 March 2007, 19:29 > More matches in Reviews

Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5 review

Reviews And unfortunately, you can't transfer those bookmark playlists back to SonicStage on your PC as you can with iPod/iTunes. Most of those who have followed Sony's progress along the MP3 motorway have noticed that the Windows-only SonicStage software...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: sony, battery life, playlist, jack

25 July 2005, 13:33 > More matches in Reviews