Is it a USB drive? Or a small perfume bottle? Actually, it's neither, this is Sony's latest weapon in its battle for a share of the portable music player market - the Sony E-Series player.

Its appeal is in its size and indeed weight - just 29g. But it does carry the features you would expect from your average player - an OLED colour screen for track details and a good amount of storage for your tunes - 1GB, 2GB ...