We liked the fact that while you're in the main menu, the bottom of the screen displays the current track that is playing, as well as the battery life icon. The Main Menu is a 3 x 3 row of icons, which you scroll through using the navigational pad. The interface of the Walkman is fairly intuitive and easy to grasp. For those who value function over form, this may be a deciding factor in your purchase. Where the display falters is in any sort of sunlight - it becomes practically invisible and we really struggled to change tracks or alter any settings while we were outside. It's not colour, but the Walkman isn't a photo or picture viewer so really, a colour screen would have been fairly useless on this device. The bright OLED screen looks impressive on first glance and blends excellent into the rest of the unit. At first we thought this may mean that the button could be easily bumped when the Walkman is in your pocket or bag, but we didn't experience this at all. We were puzzled by the hold key being a button rather than the usual slider, and you simply press the hold key for about two seconds to lock and unlock the unit. There's a volume control slider on the right, a hold key at the top and the Link button on the left. This keeps the design relatively uncluttered and users will really appreciate the simple nature of the controls. The front of the player contains a 4-way navigational pad with a central Play/Pause button, an option key and a back key. The Walkmans controls are very functional and hassle-free to use. Overall, the Walkmans design is definitely a head turner. It looks great and creates a nice contrast with the rest of the Walkman. The rear of the Walkman is the only part of the unit which doesn't use the mirrored surface instead it's finished in a matt, silver titanium type number. The entire front of the player is essentially a bright, reflective surface, with not even the controls escaping the design influence. Available in four colours, the silver, chrome-like mirrored unit that we received looks absolutely fantastic. To say we were impressed when the 6GB Walkman landed in our offices would be an understatement. That may be about to change with Sony's launch of the new hard drive based Walkman. Since the original iPod was released, we've had numerous claims of other MP3 players being "iPod killers", but really, not a single player has been able to knock the popular Apple number off its perch. Accompanied by the release of every new MP3 player are the endless comparisons with the market-leading Apple iPod.
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