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Sony Bean Flash Player Review

Anything But iPod has a good review and some nice pics of Sony's flash player, The Bean. Two versions are available the 512MB in white or blue and the 1GB comes in black or pink. A nice feature of the Bean is a self contained USB plug which pops out of the top to plug directly into your computer. Another highlight is the 50 hour playback time.   The navigational controls seem to be a drawback as they are difficult to maneuver even for normal sized hands.

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iRiver H10 20 GB MP3 Player/Recorder

Features:

• Integrated Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 simplifies media management
• Internal battery gives you about 16 hours of continuous playback between charges
• Digital music player/recorder with a 1.8-inch, 20 GB hard drive for more than 330 hours of audio (128 kbps)
• Compatible with MP3/WMA audio files, JPEG image files, and TXT documents for light reading
• 1.8-inch full-color TFT LCD supports up to 260,000 colors

Apple 2GB iPod Nano

Features:

• Comes with earbud headphones, USB cable, dock adapter
• Compatible with Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later; Mac OS X v10.3.4 or later
• 2 GB model stores up to 500 songs; supports AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC, MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF
• Only .27 inches thin and 1.5 ounces, with a bright color display
• Up to 14 hours of music playback; up to 4 hours of slideshows with music

Sony NWE-E107 Network Walkman 1GB Digital Music Player

Features:

Single AAA battery provides up to 70 hours of battery life; connects to Windows PCs via USB 2.0

Small, round multiformat digital audio player weighs under 1 ounce

1 GB built-in flash memory stores up to 680 songs

Plays MP3, ATRAC, and ATRAC3 formats; supports WMA, WAV

Compatible with content purchased from Sony's Connect online music store

Sony Announces New Flash Portable Music Players

Sony Announces New Flash Portable Music Players

Mar 9 - 11:26 AM ET | In The News

Sony has announced the new flash portable music players. Unlike the iPod shuffle, the players will feature a three line LCD display allowing users to view song information. The players will come in 512 MB and 1 GB sizes. These players will play MP3 files without the need to convert tracks to AATRAC.

These will run about $30 more than Apple's shuffle, but will also feature 50 hour battery life on a full charge (vs. 12 hour on the shuffle. An FM tuner model will be available for another $20 more.

The Network Walkman line of flash players will be available later this month. They will come in 256 MB, 512 MB and 1 GB models priced at $90, $100 and $150 respectively, all with small backlit LCD displays. There is a 70 hour removable battery life on a single AAA battery. These devices are now available for preorder.