The following mention of a Sony "Rio" type device was mentioned on
InfoBeat emain news bulletin today. Except that it sounds like it won't
take mp3's and uses some SCMS type scheme, Seems to me like
a combo of the worst aspects of the Rio (solid-state media cost) and
Minidisc (SCMS). Who'd want one?
> *** Sony Walkman will download music
>
> TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. said Monday it will start selling a Walkman
> that fits into the palm of a hand and downloads music from the
> Internet while protecting copyrights. The "Memory Stick Walkman" is
> designed to fight the proliferation of illegal music exchanges on the
> Internet and to create a new standard for portable audio players, a
> Sony spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Walkman
> will cost $430 and requires a computer with Microsoft Windows 98 to
> transfer music. The Walkman uses technology to protect the record
> industry from the illegal copying and distribution of music over the
> Internet. See
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561357997-b05
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