Music players are catching up with technology. Flash memory MP3 players are becoming smaller and cheaper. A standard 8Gb player could hold up to approximately 1,850 songs. Imagine the freedom of putting a variety of Hip Hop, Jazz, New Wave and Country Music into the portable player. Online music retailers are even finally slowly offering free music downloads and trial listening for songs. This gives people more music choice for their portable MP3 players.

Sony’s latest slim black NWZ-A820 MP3 player sports a 2.4-inch QVGA display screen and it includes Bluetooth audio. Another thing is that NWZ-A820 supports a variety of media format like MP3, AAC, WMA (including DRM), and WAV audio, as well as MPEG-4 (H.264) video playback. The player offers 15 hours of music listening and 10 hours of video playback battery life. This Sony Walkman NWZ-A820 gadget will cost around $270 for 8GB and $320 for 16GB capacity. Trends in portable players allow not only music but also videos to be played altogether. Apple’s iPhone shows that MP3 player, phone, and portable video player could be put into one. Sony’s NWZ-A820 MP3 player could be a popular alternative to Apple’s iPod video.