News this evening, it seems Sony will be releasing a new range of daps, the E430 range. The new daps will come in capacities of 2-8gb and look likely to take on the iPod Nano range and the Sandisk Sansa Fuze line up. However, the E430 will have one little advantage over the Fuze, itunes compatibility (no DRM tracks).



Some more specs: The E430 range will be very slim at only 8.5mm thin, and weigh as little as 50g. Battery life is expected to be in or around 30hrs, this will vary depending on your tracks bitrate of course. Supported Audio codecs are WMA/MP3/AAC and WAV.

On the video side of things expect the same sort of support as previous players (Mpeg-4/h.264 limited to 320x240@30fps) with a battery life between 4-7 hrs depending on your codec/settings, all played back on a 2" screen. The E430 range also has an FM tuner for those interested. Availability and price as yet unknown but will be updated when we know.

Thanks to SonyInsider