Sony Discontinues the Bean Walkman

Sony

By: Grahm Skee on February 15, 2006 9:43 PM

Dear Sony,

Thank you for killing off one of the most unusable MP3 player I have ever come across with its tiny and cheap navigational buttons. Have you read my review? Oh, and while you are at it can you please discontinue SonicStage and give us true UMS drag and drop support? Also if you could please bring back what I thought was an amazing player (sans SonicStage), the NW-HD5? You were really onto something there. How about the NW-HD6 or HD7? This time with a bigger hard drive, a nice EQ, gapless MP3 and a color screen.Looking forward to seeing what you will screw up next...

Yours truly,

ABi

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Comments

Damage on March 13, 2006 2:27 PM

Dear ABi,

Please purchase the Walkman Phone produced by our fine partners at Euroland or something. I hear they have a decent MP3 player surrounded by a new fangled invention called a cell phone.

Yours Truly,
SEL

mimi on May 22, 2006 11:11 PM

you are dumb...the bean is fashionable..so i am guessing..u are not...and if u knew any better,they did NOT discontinue it...get with the times

audri on January 25, 2007 6:13 PM

this is like the beset mp3 player ever it is so small and holds a lot of songs. although sonicstage does suck it is still cool. ipods are so out of style and mp3 is new and cool. so don't ever get an ipod

cotton on August 5, 2007 2:15 AM

yeah, mine may be kinda ulgy (sorry), but this beats ipods. while u spend $200 on itunes, im just paying for the internet bills :).

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