A few weeks back Circuit City had a good deal on the Sony NW-S205F 2GB music player which had it on sale for $59.95 and I could not resist buying it. This is a very sturdy aluminium clad lipstick sized (and shaped) music player that includes a FM Tuner, Calorie Counter, Music Pacer and a Stop Watch. It can be quick charged in 3 minutes to provide up to 3 hours of playback, which is very convenient for that train ride to work and back.
I like the fact that most of the recent personal devices like the iPod, Sony Erickson Walkman cell phones and this music player provide charging using a USB connection. I am very impressed by the accuracy of the G-Sensor that provides the calorie counter functionality. Irrespective of whether you are carrying the NW-S205F in your backpack, shirt pocket or pant pockets it still accurately records the number of steps taken and on that basis calculates the calories burned. I also like the neat setup feature which allows you to have the calorie counter reset daily.
If only Sony does away with the SonicStage software that is required for transferring music to its music player and lets users simply drag and drop music from their computer drives to their music devices. Alternately Sony should at least strive to improve SonicStage and bring it to the standard of Apple iTunes.
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