Compare Prices : Sony NWZ X1050 16 GB - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Music player with noise-cancelling built-in

Verdict: Excellent audio quality, but the web browser feature isn't great and it's not cheap

Review summary: Sony's Walkman line recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and the latest iteration of a brand that was born a portable cassette player is by far the most ambitious. The NWZ-X1051, aka the Walkman X Series, is available in 16GB ($299) and 32GB ( ...

Pros: Touch screen. Wi-Fi–enabled. Built-in Slacker and YouTube support. Comes with 100 free downloads from Sony MusicPass. Noise-canceling earphones

Cons: Weak Web Browser. Slacker Radio can be slow to load

Verdict: The typical Walkman strengths—ease-of-use, great sound, and high-quality noise cancellation—now come with a touch screen, Wi-Fi, and free music.

Review summary: The Sony Walkman NWZ-X1050 is a pricy portable media player, but it offers some distinct advantages over its rivals. Chief among them are its effective on-board noise-cancelling technology, excellent OLED touchscreen and truly fantastic audio quality. ...

Pros: Excellent sound quality ; effective on-board noise-cancelling technology ; good screen

Cons: Slightly awkward design ; expensive ; limited range of features compared to the iPod touch

Verdict: The Sony Walkman NWZ-X1050 certainly has some great features, such as a vivid OLED screen, on-board noise-cancelling technology and pristine audio quality. But it's expensive, the small screen makes for awkward Web browsing and video playback, and, ...

Review summary: sony walkman x-series (16gb) nwz-x1050 review: Great sound, brilliant OLED touchscreen, noise cancellation and as much YouTube as your Wi-Fi can handle. Shame about the extortionate price.

Pros: OLED screen great in all conditions ; Sound quality ; Feature rich (Wi-Fi, YouTube, noise cancelling) ; Did we mention the OLED screen

Cons: Price ; Price ; Price ; Awful web browser

Review summary: The browser's a bit of a dropped ball and so is the Windows-only integration, but it's the best sounding MP3 player we've heard

Verdict: It's a very good quality music player, and a more than decent video player too. If it's purely sound and video quality you care about, then it definitely has the edge on the iPod Touch, with its superior sound quality and better, albeit slightly ...