Digital Home Thoughts: Sony's S-, E-, and B-Series Walkmans: Pretty!

"Remember those new Walkmans we saw recently? Well the folks at Sony have decided to get all fancy and official with them. The electronics-maker is introducing S-, E-, and B-Series PMPs, all featuring MP3 and WMA playback, drag-and-drop file management, and a variety of storage capacities. The 4GB NWZ-S736F and 8GB NWZ-S738F sport Sony's "Open Platform" which allows AAC, Linear PCM, and other codec support, 40 hours of battery life, in-flight noise cancellation, and SensMe -- which creates song shuffles based on user listening habits...The players will be available come September, ranging in price from around $45 to $180."

I love that brushed metal design - it looks better than matte metal, but doesn't have the fingerprint magnetism of glossy metal or plastic. The user interface looks surprisingly good for a Sony product, and if the 40 hour battery life is to be believed, that's quite impressive.