Sony NW-E507 1GB Walkman MP3 Player with FM Tuner - Silver

Then a new SONY came along and you just know its gonna be a great product, I wasn't disappointed

As soon as I opened the package I charged it up and started downloading all my CD's onto the Sonic Stage software it was rally easy to navigate, even without looking at the instructions. Though it took a fair while to upload my CD's once transferred onto the device the sound quality is excellent, personally I noticed no difference from my actual CD's to the mp3 tracks.

It looks stunning so you don't need to be embarrassed when an ipod walks past because you know yours looks better! And it's in pink! Although the colour, is not exactly how it looks in the picture it is even better than that! It's a sort of metallic pink purple rather than what looks like a solid pastel pink (which was a nice surprise I know it's a stupid girlie thing to worry about aesthetics but there you go),

The casing is great quality with no chance of scratching off the colour due to the strong acrylic case. The display is great too with 3 lit lines of text it even has a menu so you can go straight to an artist or playlist as long as you upload tracks in specific playlists. The radio is a nice extra feature to have with up to 30 presets, unfortunately it is automatically preset by the device but that doesn't matter too much - you get a bit of culture by discovering new radio stations at least ;-)

It's got a hell of a lot more battery for your money, a whopping 40 hrs, and for the busy bees among us (or just disorganised bees like myself, not that I'm a bee...) it has a 3 minute charge = 3 hours playback feature, very handy indeed.

The buttons are easy to use and all at the one end. It has a play/stop button on the front and volume up and volume down on either side, to switch to the next track you pull the lock cap up and twist it + to change track or - to go back to the beginning of the song.

The only annoying things I have found with it so far are that you cant transfer playlists from windows media player (or if you can I haven't found out how to yet) .The headphones are really annoying, the right earphone cord is longer than the left, which is bad for me because if I only put one headphone in I like to tuck the other into my pocket so its not swinging about everywhere, (I'm using my old walkman headphones and they work fine) the supplied ones are also really short, although it does come with an extension so the choice is yours.

Overall a great product, it's so nice to have something so small that you can just walk about, get up and sit down without having to carry around your CD player, or having to haul about 10 CD's around in your bag. It has been jammed in my ear ever since the day it arrived, I think I'm in love...

- headphones are perfect for me, no hissing, fit perfectly
- Transferring tracks is very quick, 30 tracks in under 90 seconds is astonishing.
- Not a steep learning curve, and whatever the manual leaves out, merely serve as delightful surprises to investigate.
- Radio signal is quite clear, for a mp3 player at least.
- anyone who complains about the volume ought to see an ear specialist.

More Pros

- The ergonomics of the player are perfectly crafted for handling, fitting better in the hand than any ipod.
- The twist stick is clever, working on several levels, and thus allows many options on so small a toggle.
- The volume tabs are large and work immediately.
- I know everyone says this but the display is lovely.
- Bass and treble options are numerous and allow for presets.
- The clip could be a bit more secure, but is reliable enough for jogging and walking.
- Sonicstage is a great library and media player
- It looks so so cool!

If you buy any mp3 player this year, make it this one!