Sony's Network Walkman NW-HD5 is one of the smallest 20GB hard disk drive-based digital music players around. With its relatively light aluminium body, credit-card-size dimensions and outstanding battery life, this ultra-compact model gives new meaning to the word high-capacity portable music. It has taken Sony a long time to get its head around digital music, but with Rio recently pulling out of the market, it finally looks like Apple has a worthy competitor that can hold its own in terms of both features and trendy branding. The Network Walkman NW-HD5 looks and sounds very good, but it lacks an FM tuner, line-in recording, voice recording and a colour screen, and it comes with clunky Windows-only software. But despite these shortcomings, it is easy to use and comes highly recommended. Read on at BIOS Magazine to learn more about this digital audio player.



Link: BIOS Magazine