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In my September 20th post, I discussed how Sony's new Network Walkman only plays music files in its proprietary ATRAC format. Apparently, enough critics criticized. Sony recently announced that new flash memory-based players coming out later this year will support MP3 and ATRAC file formats. They also said they are working on software upgrades so that existing players will play MP3 as well, although they haven't announced if hard drive-based players like the Network Walkman will get the upgrade. I guess Sony finally realized that if you make things easier on the consumer, it positively affects the bottom line.
