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After making appeals to moms and tech neophytes everywhere with its ultra-simplistic SlotMusic and SlotRadio players, SanDisk returns to the land of real, full-featured MP3 players with the Sansa Clip+. Like its popular predecessor, the Sansa Clip, the Clip+ runs against the iPod Shuffles of the world with a compact and clippable (duh) profile, but makes an extra play toward practicality with the addition of a microSD slot that allows for expansion by up to 16GB.
Features and Design
SanDisk is looking to re-assert itself in the holiday gift-giving market for portable music players with the updated Sansa Clip+ portable media player, which looks to solve the problem of limited on-board storage and needing to sideload from a computer to swap out tunes by adding a microSD slot. Now users can swap music libraries on the fly with the same aplomb they’d use popping new media into a digital camera…and, conveniently, the microSD slot also supports SanDisk’s slotMusic and slotRadio cards, pre-loaded with music.
After attempting to sway tech simpletons away from CDs and on to microSD cards with the SlotMusic player, SanDisk is back to conquer the hearts of radio listeners in 2009 with the Sansa SlotRadio. Using a microSD card loaded with 1,000 songs across multiple genres, SanDisk hopes to emulate the radio with a twist: you technically own all the songs. Pick a genre and press play. Though SanDisk paints it as a perfect solution for tech-challenged or terminally lazy folks who can’t be bothered with managing music, skeptics will see it as a severely DRM-crippled MP3 player. Who’s right? It depends on where you stand.
For the movers and the shakers who want to shed the baggage of a bigger MP3 player—it’;s time to get the skinny on the Sansa Clip player. Offering five colors to choose from, this lightweight MP3 player delivers major sound for its matchbox size, and storage capacity of up to 2GB*. And with its smart design, you can clip your Sansa Clip player to your bag, pants or sleeves, allowing you to enjoy all the perks of an MP3—hands-free.
The Sansa c200 Series MP3 players are the latest in SanDisk’s audio line. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based player provides everything you need to play music, enjoy photos, and FM radio – in vibrant color!
Amazon’s next-gen Kindle 2 eBook reader, introduced earlier this week, is due to go on sale on February 24. However, publishing industry insiders already anticipate an impending controversy over its text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities.
As noted in our hands-on impressions, the Kindle 2’s biggest step forward over its predecessor appears to be its ability to vocalize text, reading manuscripts like an audiobook for the benefit of end-users. Unsurprisingly, it’s a feature that many book publishers are taking odds with.
According to sources within the publishing industry, Amazon failed to inform its publishing partners about Kindle 2’s speaking capabilities in advance of the device’s public debut. Many publishers only found out about this technological innovation at the same time consumers did.
The colorful Sansa Clip is a tiny MP3 player that boasts an array of cool features, as well as distinctively big sound for its small size. Perfect for the fitness buff or traveler, the compact Sansa Clip comes with a fashionable clip for wearing anywhere. Other features include: FM radio, microphone, long-lasting rechargeable battery and a bright screen for exceptionally easy navigation of tunes.
It’s only 3/10 of an inch thick, but plays music all day long thanks to 24 hours of battery life and space for up to 2000 MP3 songs. A microSD slot lets you expand your media library by using optional memory cards. Plus a built-in FM radio and microphone provide more entertainment and recording options.
The Sansa e260 MP3 players are the created by the leaders in flash memory and provides everything you need for music, photo, and video clip playback. The very attractive, sleek design includes a 1.8 TFT color screen with advanced navigational features and an easy to use interface. You can also avoid scratches and cracks with the durable Liquidmetal backing. The Sansa e260 provides superior sound playback and supports Microsoft PlaysForSure subscription music. The SanDisk Media Converter supports most image formats to enjoy photos and small personal videos. The Sansa e260 provides a microSD card slot for content portability. Up to 20 hours of battery life (based on continuous, standard playback of 128Kb MP3 files) microSD Expansion Slot – for additional Storage space Digital FM Tuner – with on-the-fly FM recording Voice Recording.
If SanDisk’s original SlotMusic concept raised your budget-seeking antennae with a $20 player, but lost its appeal at $15 albums, the new company’s new SlotRadio Player may pick up where the original left off. The tiny Shuffle-like player will cost you $100 up front, but comes preloaded with 1,000 Billboard top 40 hits across a number of genres.
Though that works out to about 10 cents a song, even with the price of the player included, the player does have a number of caveats. For instance, songs can’t be deleted from the player make room for more or moved to a computer to play somewhere else, and even on the player itself, they cannot be individually selected: only by genre.
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