There's a bit of noise about Sony's upcoming Walkman, which the digital talking heads seem to be mistaking for a portable Android tablet (such as how the mobile landscape has evolved very quickly).
It is, rather, a portable high-fidelity device (at a price) which, despite the naysayers, has a certain cachet and demand.
I've been a loyal fan of Sony since my first portable Sony radio from the '60s. I've since bought many Sony Walkman devices, and though the critics drubbed them, they do have a devoted following. (Recently, for example, I used one of my two Sony MZ-RH1s to record Paul McCartney and Mindy Smith--because, after a decade, they just work, and there's nothing quite like the portable Sony recorders on the market.)
I'm tempted to buy one when they go on sale, but probably won't. They're too expensive, for one thing. Plus, I have the Pono. Not as elegant or refined, to be sure, but just as good at rendering high-fidelity audio--and it's a lot less expensive.
