Features:

• Digital amp
• Plays back MP3 files
• USB bus powered

Markets: Europe only(?)

Manufacturer's Feature List:

• HI-MD WALKMAN with 3 line LCD display
• MP3 / Atrac3plus direct playback
• SonicStage for easy music management and unlimited check outs of your favourite tracks
• Supports all popular digital audio compression formats: ATRAC / MP3 / WMA / WAV
• New basic remote control
• Record from multiple source: USB-in / Analogue-in / Digital-in
• Extremely fast music transfer from and to PC: 1 CD in less than 40 seconds
• Capable of storing audio, video and data files on your HI-MD disc (Word, Powerpoint, ATRAC, MP3, JPEG, MPEG, etc)
• Long battery life of 25 hours
• G-PROTECTION Jog Proof
• Transfer up to 45 CDs onto a single 1GB Hi-MD disc (with Atrac3Plus compression).

Links:

• Sony US 2005 Hi-MD announcement
• MDcenter.nl forum.

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