Walkman Bean is the new flash memory based MP3 player from Sony, combining an innovative ergonomic design with ultimate ease of use.

‘Bean’, so-named because of its unique shape, features a direct ‘pop-up’ USB jack, which can be inserted into a PC to transfer music with complete convenience.

Walkman Beans feature a bright 1-line OLED display making navigation through track listings simple, up to 50-hour playback from a Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery and a super high-speed charge facility, which provides the user with 3 hours play from just a 3-minute charge.

Walkman Bean is available in the following great colour schemes: Tropical Ice (Blue), Cotton Candy (Pink), Licorice (Black) and Coconut (White). All colours take their inspiration from various flavours of jellybean, owing to the shape of the device.

Walkman Bean will be available in both 512MB and 1 GB capacity (NW-E205 and NW-E207). All equally funky and playful, there will also be a 512 MB model with a built in FM tuner (NW-E305).

Walkman Bean features ATRAC3plus and MP3 Playback and ships with SonicStage® 3.2 file management software. As well as managing your music library, SonicStage® provides seamless access to the CONNECT™ catalogue of more than 700,000 tracks and albums available for download.

“Walkman Bean is sure to be the most instantly appealing digital music player on the market”, says Gregory Kukolj, General Manager for Personal Audio Europe. “Walkman Bean combines striking design with optimum functionality and is fun, engaging and simple to use.”.