Received this a day or two ago from pingmag, a jap based site covering all things japanese design related. Any of you out there with the slightest interest in computing history will probably appreciate the pictures from a book they are highlighting.

Check them out at pingmag. and at the authors site.

I’m not planning on making a habit of posting stuff like this, but the images were too striking not to pass around…

Just got myself one of these. 2Gb, dinky little colour lcd, USB charging. 30 hours on a full charge and about the size of a pack of gum. I would use my mobile phone as an mp3 player but I don’t want the headphone cable acting as a waveguide for the radio signal and piping it straight in my lugholes…

The only downside is that it’s not a true drag and drop usb device. You’re forced to use Sonys bastard SonicStage software. If I’d realised that at the time I probably would have gone for the equivalent Phillips model. There is a way round it, but I’m not that brave…

I guess the lesson for the day is mea culpa. But that’s what you get when you’re a sucker for Sony style. Damnit they get me every time.