from the cool-bean dept. This CNET news reports that Sony plans a U.S. launch next month of its eMarker, a key-chain attachment that lets consumers "bookmark" music from the radio and then buy it online, according to sources close to the company. The Sony-branded device, which is slightly larger than a car alarm remote control, is basically a digital stopwatch that can connect to a PC. When people hear a song on the radio they'd like to know more about, they press the device's lone button. Once home, they plug the device into their PC and connect to the eMarker Web site. The site determines which songs were bookmarked by matching the radio station playlist with the time the bookmark was created. People can then listen to clips of their music, save the songs in a database of favorites, or purchase the albums from an online retailer. < | >
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