VAIO pocket: Streaks Ahead of iPods

Ever since the iPod was released I've always heard people brag about the user-friendliness and unique design of the circular-scrolling touchpad that is the primary navigation for the iPod. It's attractive, great for scrolling down countless songs, and hard wearing. Well now Sony has released the portable music device which is more than capable of outperforming the iPod in every way except price.

"But how can you improve on an iPod?"
Simple. Easier, quicker, more colourful interface, throw in a rich high-res colour screen, let it open photos then give it a "unique" style to attract attention.

And that's exactly what Sony did. With their new touchpad style navigation you are able to hover over pop-up menu's, jump from one side of the screen to the other in a flash and keep navigation simple. The key difference between Apple iPod's navigation and Sony VAIO pocket's is that in the former you use the touchpad to scroll up and down a menu. In the latter you use the touchpad to select an area of the screen. This makes it FASTER to use!

Other advances are the colour screen with the ability to view photos (much similar to the iPod photo, except the device is smaller) and a large hard drive at 20 or 40 gigs(still a way of the capacity of an iPod).

So if you're looking for a portable music player which is easy and quick to use, looks great and pumps out some awesome music take a look the Sony VAIO Pocket, its a breath of fresh air from iPods.