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This is a great little gadget. Ideal for the gym, so I don't get tangled up in wires. ..and the earbuds fit my ears, and stay in!

It only gets four rather than five stars, as it very much feels like a product in development. ...great idea but in no way perfect yet!

For the price it feels rather plasticky and to use the 'zappin' feature (quite fun!) you have to use Sony's really basic and clunky piece of transfer software.

But overall very happy ;)

After 3 weeks my computer stopped recognising the walkman ... having read about the moisture fault on the sony website I called them up. They made it as difficult as possible to send it back because I didn't have a receipt. They refused to check if my serial numbers was within the range of faulty ones.

Generally really unimpressed with the support centre, it sends you round and round in a loop ...
Don't buy and stay away from SONY.

If you are the type of person who enjoys listening to music whilst training, there is nothing worse than jumping a gap, vaulting a rail or even falling face first into the treadmill of the running machine in the gym, and having your headphones torn from your ears or, worse still, having your MP3 player crash to the ground and break into a hundred tiny pieces. God knows it's happened to me a few times!

Fortunately, Sony has come up with the perfect solution - the NWZW202 W Series "wearable" Walkman.

Announced at this years Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the new Sony walkman (designated NWZW202) has done away with the need for expensive and unstable bluetooth devices and extra boxes. Instead the W series walkman is a wireless MP3 player that is worn as a pair of earphones.

I have purchased 2 of these W series mp3 players and have returned them both times due to the fact that the unit broke down after getting sweat inside, after a couple of workouts in the gym. This seems like a 'common' occurance with this product so if you are using it for running, the gym or any other physical activity to relieve the boredom, I would say stay 'WELL CLEAR' as it will only last 3-4 sessions max before ceasing sound & access completely. I do have to say though that Argos where I purchased the item from, had no problems in replacing and refunding.

If you use the NWZ for some fairly gentle moving around the house or garden, or even a bit of moderate exercise then this little player is OK. The trouble is, there are so many other players that are better for less cash.

If you are doing anything aerobic ... with lots of movement ... not so great. I find that I have to keep pushing one or other side back in ... OK if at the gym, more irritating if on a bike at the time. I think that any exercise that requires you to move your head back tends to force the earpieces out of your ear ... so much for the ads.

Despite the fact that I am an eighteen stone former rugby player, I clearly have quite small ear holes ... this unit fits deep into your ear ... and even the smallest ear piece is not that comfortable for me ... now I'm prepared to accept that my ears might be a bit weird, but I find that 40 mins to an hour is about as long as I want to wear them.

I like the controls which are all situated on the right hand side ... they are all pretty intuitive, I tend to use random play most of the time.

Sound quality is good, better if you push the head sets further into your ear ... but I find this painful.

I was using the NWZ when writing this review ... I have now taken them off

Great idea ... but for me, uncomfortable to wear for long, and expensive for what they do. I have had one return to Sony for replacement, the battery just died ... I was told by Sony that this unit was not serviceable ... so if it goes wrong out of warranty, just chuck em.