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...Leading the iPod-killer list is Sony's NW-HD3 Network Walkman, a player that attacks Apple at its stylishly minimalist core. Sony engineers understand that consumers want products that look as good as they sound, and the 20-GB NW-HD3 reflects that with its slim, anodized-aluminum casing. The player offers excellent sound and a menu that's easy to navigate using a four-way directional button. The company claims it can go 30 hours without recharging. But Sony style means Sony price: at $349, the NW-HD3 costs $50 more than Apple's 20-GB iPod...
...even animated graphics that pulsate in sync with your music. Unlike the Sony and Apple players, which are closely bound to the companies' Sony Connect and iTunes Music Store, the Gigabeat can download songs from most music sites, and there's a $551 version with an enormous 60 GB of memory...
...want to spend that kind of cash on a pocket player. Less memory equals lower price; a 5-GB hard drive can store up to 2,500 songs, enough for many people, which is one reason the iPod mini is as popular as its big brother. That's also why the mini is attracting competition from devices such as the iRiver H10. (An iRiver ad campaign features headphone-wearing models biting into apples over the tagline SWEETER ONE.) The H10 is about the same size as the mini, has about the same storage capacity, and likewise comes in designer colors...
...great for tight spaces and people who don't like wires all around. Camera lovers, smile and say cheese to the OLYMPUS M:ROBE MR-500I, due in January. You can think of this as an iPod with a built-in camera: it has a 20-GB hard drive for music and photos, and a 3.7-in. color LCD screen for viewing pictures. It can combine still shots with music and make funky slide shows that include zooming and panning. Also look for the release next year of the PSP, a portable PlayStation. The new gizmo's short battery life...
...Bruner calls it a "storage element" rather than a drive; it holds about 2 GB of information, enough for 600 songs or 1,200 at sub-CD quality, on a disc that is a quarter of the size of an iPod's. Samsung started deploying it in a phone in Korea in Septem-ber. That's why Bruner insists that the days of the iPod, and any other music-only device, are numbered. "I believe strongly that Apple's market will fade away over-night when you see the first cost-effective music-playing phone,'' says Bruner...