Another portable Sony player, the Sony Giga Pocket PCVA-HVP20 Personal Video Player is coming out! It has a 3.5-inch LCD screen, a 20GB hard drive, and play Windows Media, MPEG1, and MPEG2 video files (why isnt there support for MPEG4 and DivX?). It will come out in Japan on the 22nd of november, but htere is no word yet on a possible US or European release...

http://www.i4u.com/article821.html

Yesterday Sony was showing off a concept design for its new PlayStation Portable, and it looks like it is going to put everything that's come before it to shame. It will have a 4.5-inch, 480x272 pixel widescreen display, built-in 802.11b, 7.1 channel Dolby surround sound, and maybe even cellphone capabilities, play video and MP3 files, and will use special 2.4-inch, 1.8GB "Universal Media Discs." Sony exec Ken Kutargi emphasizes that the final product will look different than the concept image, and that the PSP won't be just one device, but a system of related devices depending on what consumers want to do with theirs. Rumors are that the devbice will cost $80 !

Also, Sony claims they'll be coming out with a $60 competitor to the iPod next year, which we'll have to see to believe.

News.com - Sony details new handheld, iPod rival
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/33790.html
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/457/457952p1.html