NW-E505

The NW-E505 is part of the fifth-generation E Series Walkman Stick family and the first Network Walkman to include an FM tuner. It features 512MB built-in storage for ATRAC and MP3 playback on an OLED display and provides up to 50 hours from a lithium-ion battery. Its perfume-bottle-inspired design also includes the FM radio function. This model helped establish the visual direction later carries into the flash A Series and later Walkman designs.

The model where the Walkman Stick stopped being just a design statement and started becoming a more rounded everyday player. Sony kept the same slim, lifestyle-oriented physical language but added FM radio and a more mature feature balance. It represents a phase where Sony's flash Walkman were becoming more comfortable consumer products.