Announced last July, the Sony NWZ-B130F Walkman player will be sold in Australia and around Asia-Pacific starting this August 2008. The simple, no-frill MP3 player is available in 1GB to 2GB capacities.

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Ever since it was unveiled, I’ve always wondered what it’s for. I mean, come on, the Sony PFR-V1 headphones aren’t even headphones—they’re “Personal Field Speakers,” or in other words, speakers which disguise themselves as headphones…or something like it.

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I’m honestly not in handheld gaming so I can’t share some people’s sentiments when they say they wish their Sony PSPs are also mobile phones. I mean sure, if my phone has games, I’ll play them. But I won’t buy PSP just because it has a phone—I’m sure gamers would disagree, though.

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Way before all these new mini-notes sprung like mushrooms, CNET reported on Sony‘s reluctance to join the low-cost notebook market. ” …don’t expect Sony to get into the low-end laptop race any time soon,” the Sony spokesman said. But if reports are to be believed, it seems that Sony is getting to swim right in using the VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference.

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