I just bought this for about 170USD (269SGD).
It’s for my dad actually, as he needed a MP3 Player and Sony was having a nice promotion where you get a free MDR-Q21LP earphones together with a leather case with the purchase of the Sony NW-E005F 2GB MP3 Player.

Features :
- 2GB high capacity storage
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery with great Stamina of 30 hours
- High speed battery charge: 3 minutes charging will give you 3 hours playback time
- Transfer up to 90 CD’s onto the internal memory thanks to ATRAC3plus compression technology
- Direct USB plug for ease of use
- Bright and clear 1-line OLED display for easy navigation
- Multiple codec support: ATRAC, MP3 and WMA compatible
- SonicStage 3.4 software for easy music management and transfers of your favourite tracks

Network function
- High speed data transfer YES
- USB connection YES
- Selectable data compression (ATRAC3 / ATRAC3plus) YES
- Data conversion from MP3 / WMA / WAV to ATRAC3 or ATRAC3plus YES
- CDDB automatic music information transferring YES
- Music information editting on PC YES
- Network WALKMAN control on PC YES

Memory
- Embedded flash memory 2GB(2048.0MB)
- MemoryStick MS DUO NO

Data compression
- ATRAC3 66 kbps YES
- ATRAC3 105 kbps YES
- ATRAC3 132 kbps YES
- ATRAC3plus 48 kbps YES
- ATRAC3plus 64 kbps YES
- Atrac3plus 256 kbps YES

Playback & display
- ATRAC3 playback YES
- ATRAC3plus playback YES
- Group function operation YES
- Repeat YES
- Shuffle YES
- Digital sound preset YES
- Digital Mega Bass NO
- AVLS YES
- Hold YES
- MP3 direct playback YES

General data
- Battery life ATRAC3 playback 30.0hours
- Weight 25.0grams

Dimensions
- Width 24.6mm
- Height 79.0mm
- Depth 13.6mm

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Overall I like the design. It’s about the same size as a thumbdrive which is really cool. Fingerprint marks could be easily seen due to the material used for the case :/

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 @ 8:43 am Merchandise
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