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Sony throws magic Beans at the iPod Shuffle

These four cute 'n' curvy numbers promise a monster 50 hour battery and built-in USB connectors to take on Apple's smallest iPod

Meet Sony’s newest and cutest iPod Shuffle assassins – the 512MB/1GB NW-E200 Beans series.

As well as coming in four colours – black, blue, pink and white – to the Shuffle’s one, the Beans best Apple’s neck-hanger for specs. Battery life is an incredibly long 50 hours, and the series has a quick charge function that gives three hours playback from three minutes’ charge.

The other crucial advantage over the Shuffle is the Beans’ top-notch OLED displays. There’s also a built-in retractable USB connector for loading the players up with MP3s and ATRACs from Connect.

The 512MB model costs £80, the 1GB’s going for £100.

They’re both out next month.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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