Sony does MP3.(Backbytes)

Finally! Sony has released a version of its hard disk drive-based Walkman that supports MP3. The NW-HD3 is otherwise no different to Sony's previous 20GB Walkman launched overseas only a few months ago. The addition of MP3 came after much criticism of Sony in reviews and from users, that the Walkman failed to support MP3, which has become the de-facto standard for ripped or copied digital music. The pricing is a little strange: Sony will sell the device for [yen] 42,000 …