Tech Eye: Old school sounds

So even though we want the latest bit of circuitry draped around our necks, it is with some misplaced fondness that we recall the backpack-sized Walkman we used to drag around listening to tapes on back when leggings were in style and our hair was bigger than the Palace of Science and Culture. So when Sony recently revitalized its Walkman range as a slick batch of MP3 players, we couldn't help but get a little misty-eyed. These tech-tastic beauties play Sony's ATRAC3plus format as well as MP3s, can keep on going for up to 30 hours and are available in four funky colors. The hard disk is 20 GB, giving you about 13,000 tracks, they reckon, when using the ATRAC3plus format.
L.M.