Sony’s “iPod Killer”
Sony’s version of the iPod, its NW-HD5 was recently launched. It’ll set you back about $340. For that you’ll get a surprisingly light .mp3 player with a 20GB storage capacity and 40hours of battery life.
Is that so?
In their quest to out-do, out-design and out-last the iPod’s popularity, Sony seems to have cut some major corner and might we suggest, maybe a corner too many?
It is light. We’ll give it that. Perhaps too light though? It almost seems like you’re holding a cheap knock off you can buy on main street. The screen? Well..erm…it resembles Nokia’s first cellphone screen. Cheap looking.
I’m all for light and compact, but early reviews of this product seem to indicate that Sony’s gone a tad overboard in trying to make a better-than-the-iPod product.
Have you got one? seen one? used one? What’s your view?