Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5 review
In case you’re the kind who don’t care for an iPod, and to whom iriver doesn’t seem like much of an alternative, you may be considering the Sony Network Walkman NW-HD5. Well, I got good news and bad news.
The bad news: Engadget reports that there has been some case of button cracking issues.
it might appear according to the AVForums boards that a sizeable number of Sony HD-NW5 users are experiencing some pretty severe button cracking issues on their purdy new device—sometimes as early as a couple hours out of the box. Is Sony going to do anything about it?
Not that I have any insider’s scoop, but you might want to make sure your warranty is valid before you leave the shop.
The good news: The Register published a review of the cute little device.
You’ve got to hand it to Sony. The iPod may be the portable music boss, but it’s not stopped trying to take Apple’s baby out. It was some time before it seriously plucked up the courage to do so, with the release last year release of the NW-HD1. That was back in late 2004, and it was followed only a few months later by the NW-HD3. Now Sony has produced another hard disk-based unit, the NW-HD5.So what does this one bring to the table and has it done enough to really put the boot into the iPod? Yes and no.
Read on…
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