Sony launches music players with MP3 support

Sony has released the first of its digital audio players to support
the popular MP3 format, marking a significant shift in its music
strategy.
As expected, the company announced the release in Europe of two
flash-memory-based devices, the Walkman NW-E99 and NW-E95, which can
natively play songs in MP3 and Sony's own Atrac file format. The move,
discussed by the company on Monday, diverges from its previous
position of not supporting MP3 because of its lack of security
measures and susceptibility to easy file sharing.