A week ago I opened my mailbox to find this:

A representative from Sony had contacted me and asked if I was interested in trying out one of their new products, the Sony W Series Walkman MP3 player. Of course! The idea is really cool – instead of having a set of headphones attached by a wire to the mp3 player that you carry, Sony has slimmed things down by putting the mp3 player right on the earbuds, negating the need for a long, dangly cord. The two earbuds are connected …