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The comeback kid Sony, which is determined to win back the portable music device crown, launches another Walkman-branded device, the NWA80 -series. No, it doesn’t have a fancy name like the iPod Nano, but it does have the same features and prices as the great white hype and beats it out with six more hours of battery life and great-sounding, non-white ear buds that won’t get you rolled on the streetcar.
NWA805 2GB, $169.99 NWA806 4GB, $229.99 NWA808 8GB, $299.99 from www.sonystyle.ca