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Seen one at last at the SonyCentre - the A1000 6GB model looks especially neat. Two months from announcement to launch must be some sort of record! The assistant reckons they held back the launch to coincide with the 25 Years of the Walkman Exhibition and gave me a nice leaflet about it...

Hi Chris, Well, Kelkoo are claiming up to 40 hours for both of the new Walkmans, which sounds a bit optimistic to me. But yes, I do often use my current player for more than three hours without recourse to plugs or USB and I have been permanently put off iPods by the recent BBC Watchdog item on...

Given that iPods still have fairly poor battery life, I shall be waiting for Sony's rival Walkman: http://www.t3.co.uk/news/entertainment/mp3_player/forget_nano_for_a_nanosecond_-_sony_reinvents_the_walkman

Guardian Online said they would be reviewing it this Thursday (21st).

At least they do offer an MP3 option now, which wasn't always the case.

Definitel count me as one of them.