Sony’s made-in-Japan NW-E000 series of portable music players is coming to the U.S. They look like a cigarette lighter but pack a powerful punch of functionality and storage space. They come in a small variety of colors as well and don’t take too much of a bite out of your pocket money. Perhaps the most attractive thing about the NWs is the OLED display. This is certainly no first-generation Walkman. The letters and numbers stand out well against the backlit screen. You can certainly see the name of both song and artist.

Three of the popular file formats are accounted for: MP3s, WMAs, and AACs. All transfers are made using Sony’s own Connect Music Store and SonicStage software. You can also play FM radio using the built-in tuner. The flagship entry in this series of devices is the NW-E005, a 2GB special that comes in green, black, or violet and sells for $130 US. Going down the ladder, the 1GB version costs just $100 US and comes in silver or pink. The baby of the family is a 512MB blue-only deal that costs just $70 US.