Sony Debuts the Bean To Take On iPod

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Hoping to take some market share from Apple in the world of digital-music players, Sony on Thursday began taking orders for its latest digital Walkman, known as the Bean.

While officially known as the NW-E300 line, Sony is marketing the new devices after their bean-like shapes. The palm-size devices are available in four jellybean-inspired colors: pink, black, blue and white.

A 512-MB version costs US$130 while a unit with 1 GB of storage is priced at around $180. Although the players will not be on the shelves until late September or October, Sony is taking preorders on its Web site.

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[Auggie2k]

I guessing this is meant to take on the iPod shuffle because it can't hardly take on the iPod itself. I'm actually getting tired of these smaller (ie. max 1Gb) mp3 players. What we need is a huge market of small, cheap 10-20Gb players because IMHO 5Gb is too small but 40-60Gb is way too much. Question, is there an iPod 10Gb or 15Gb available because over hear all I know is the 4, 20, 40, or the 60Gb?

[shawners]

The bean cant take on jack. The bean at best can take on a 128mb mp3 player that intel produced several years ago. If you take on something, its got to have style, storage, and accessibilty. As well as overall endurance, battery life.

[ratbag]

Originally Posted by Auggie2k

I guessing this is meant to take on the iPod shuffle because it can't hardly take on the iPod itself. I'm actually getting tired of these smaller (ie. max 1Gb) mp3 players. What we need is a huge market of small, cheap 10-20Gb players because IMHO 5Gb is too small but 40-60Gb is way too much. Question, is there an iPod 10Gb or 15Gb available because over hear all I know is the 4, 20, 40, or the 60Gb?

I am actually hoping they come out with one with a 2-300 gb harddrive I'd personally like to put all my music on one. 60gb is too small.

[Auggie2k]

Originally Posted by ratbag

I am actually hoping they come out with one with a 2-300 gb harddrive I'd personally like to put all my music on one. 60gb is too small.

U must have some music collection!

[ratbag]

it's out of hand at the moment