Sony unveil MP3 compatible Walkman

Back to digital music, and Sony have unveiled their first MP3-compatible Walkman digital music player. The decision to make the players MP3 compatible follows criticism that, by restricting the file formats their players will play to Sony's own ATRAC codec, the players were less user friendly (even with an iPod, which only plays Apple's AAC file format, you can place MP3s into the iTunes software and convert them). The new walkmans will be available over here before Christmas, rolling out across the rest of Europe in the New Year.