There has been a short period of time that Sony has been swept under the rug while other company's products have taken the spotlight. After that short period, Sony has a handful of new products coming out soon. The smaller Hi-MD player is just a small look into the type of products that will be introduced. Gizmodo did a small review of it and the text is below.

"Sony's tries at gaining serious ground in the portable media game is starting to remind me of a very special Hallmark movie about crippled children, only without the winning against the odds part at the end. Their new Hi-MD Photo player gets a few things right: it's small, which is always nice. The display is a 1.5-inch color screen, and the built in 1.3 megapixel camera is fun, if pointless. But with only 1 GB of storage, even on cheap, removable MiniDiscs, and a current suggested price of $500, it has a pretty steep barrier to entry.

On the other hand, all of the new Hi-MD players from Sony play MP3 natively now, which is pretty great. " [via gizmodo]