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As far as unusual designs go, Sony’s been having one productive week. First the tablet team showed off the funky S1 (and funkier S2) and today Walkman’s managed to grab our attention. The outfit just announced the NWZ-W260 series, a music player baked directly into a pair of lightweight headphones — all told, a bolder setup than this. In case it wasn’t already obvious, Sony has its eyes set on the sweaty, gym-going type, and to sweeten the deal it’s coated the player in a water-resistant finish. It’s rated for up to eight hours of battery life, and also packs a quick charging technology that would allow you to rebound to an hour’s capacity after just three minutes. The included software, meanwhile, allows you to drag and drop tracks from Windows Media Player and iTunes for Windows — so long as they’re not DRM-protected, ‘o course. It’ll go on sale next month, with a 2GB version (the NWZ-W262) fetching $59.99 and a 4GB number (NWZ-W263) going for $79.99.

Meanwhile, it’s clear Sony’s got some more players coming at the higher end of its lineup. The company just pushed four A860 series Walkmans through the FCC, with capacities ranging from 8GB to 64GB — a new high for Sony. CNET has also been chatting up sources who say the player will have a large OLED screen, noise-canceling technology, and Bluetooth 2.0. Meanwhile, FCC documents also show Sony is prepping a pair of S760 series players with either 8GB or 16GB of storage, an LCD screen for video playback, and Bluetooth. As CNET notes, Amazon jumped the gun and listed them in Europe with converted prices of $225 to $494 for the A series and $182 to $211 for the S series. How much will they actually cost once they arrive stateside? Looks like we’ll find out soon.

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Sony outs water-resistant Walkman NWZ-W260, is about to launch new high-end models originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve known it as both the Urushi and the ST18a, but Sony Ericsson‘s latest handset was just “accepted” over at the FCC as the Xperia Ray, getting the fed green-light with a full set of photos to boot. A quick perusal of the docs confirms that the Xperia Ray will bring on quadband HSPA compatible with AT&T and global carriers, but the lack of AWS indicates we won’t see this showing up on T-Mobile shelves. Also included on the list of tested items is the ANT+ wireless tech responsible for the device’s fitness-monitoring functionality. Making it through the FCC is always a significant hurdle for a company to jump over, so we’d suspect the phone’s still on track for its planned Q3 release. In the meantime, however, check out the gallery below for the images so graciously provided to us in the documents.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray swings through FCC donning AT&T bands originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember that Clear Spot 4G that was unveiled a fortnight or so ago? Hello, again! The so-called WIXFMM-122 has just made its way into the FCC’s blossoming database, boasting 4G-only hotspot functionality (here we’re talking WiMAX, not LTE), a minuscule display for showcasing signal strength and battery life, and support for up to eight simultaneous connections. Per usual, there’s no information regarding a solid price or release, but given the inability to switch over to a 3G network if necessary, we’re guessing it’ll go for a song.

Clear Spot 4G sails through the FCC, heading to WiMAX territories soon originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What we have here appears to be some variation of the Samsung Galaxy S II, with support for 850MHz and 1900MHz GSM frequencies, making its way through the FCC. Now, we know what you’re thinking, “didn’t we already see an AT&T ready S II?” Yep, but this one sports a different model number — GT-I9103, and you know where we’ve seen that before? Those mysterious Tegra 2-equipped Galaxy S II benchmarks. The rumblings of Sammy’s flagship handset coming in two versions, one rocking NVIDIA’s mobile chip, aren’t without precedent — Exynos is still fairly young silicon and this could be a way to boost supplies (as we put it, in the most politically correct terms possible) “outside its critical markets.” In other words, don’t expect to pick one of these up at your local AT&T shop, unless your local store happens to be in St. Petersburg Russia.

Another Galaxy S II passes through the FCC, possibly rockin’ a Tegra 2 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, what have we here? Another HTC EVO 3D, aka the PG86300, has landed on the FCC’s doorstep — only this time it’s packing radios similar to those seen in the phone’s European edition. This one works on the 1700MHz AWS band, so it appears could be destined for duty in the pockets of T-Mobile’s magenta-clad masses, though we can’t say for sure. However, now that the government’s decreed this EVO’s electronics won’t fry our brains, it shouldn’t be be long before we find out.

Update: This FCC filing is most likely for the European EVO 3G, which, like the European Sensation and Flyer, features a tri-band 3G (HSPA+) radio with 2100 / 1700 (AWS) and 900MHz as well as a quadband 2G radio. This means you’ll possibly be able to import the handset unlocked from Europe and use it with 3G on carriers like T-Mobile USA or Wind in Canada. Sorry, AT&T customers, no 3G soup for you!

EVO 3D at the FCC redux: now with AWS 3G (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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