Sony's 'craptacular' NW-HD2

[stoid]

Introducing the new Sony NW-HD2!!
Because the NW-HD1 didn't suck bad enough.​

They changed the name a bit (it’s now the NW-HD2 rather than the NW-HD1), switched the backlight color to blue, and added three new colors (pink, blue, and silver), but Sony’s new version of their 20GB Network Walkman digital audio is just as craptacular as it was when it first came out, i.e. it still doesn’t play MP3s unless you convert them into Sony’s proprietary ATRAC3 format first. Comes out in Japan on October 10th, no word yet on availability here.

Ohhh, looky, it's just like the iPod mini, with a bonus Baskin Robbins 31™ flavors of bleh added!

engadet link

 

[PlaceofDis]

i guess sony is waiting to see if their flash based players do better with MP3 support first before changing the formats that this piece of crap can use too