Sony's new Walkman

Sony's planning on giving Apple a run for its money with the launch of its latest Walkman. The NW-HD1 should be in the US in August, arriving in Europe a month later.

The 20GB hard disk drive is smaller than the iPod, but slightly larger than the 4GB iPod Mini. There's space for up to 13,000 tracks on it, and Sony reckons it will last for 30 hours - more than four times longer than the iPod.

It should cost less than £300.

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