Sandisk's Sansa e200 expandable 2/4/6GB music player

Sandisk's got some new gear to show off today, including their new Sansa e200 portable music player. It'll come in three flavors, 6, 4, and 2GB, each including a MicroSD slot for expanding with Sandisk media (of course), as well as PlaysForSure support and an FM tuner in a 1.7 x 3.5 x 0.5-inch titanium and Liquidmetal alloy casing. Expect these to set you back $300, 250, or 200 depending on your capacity.

[King @ Jan 5th 2006 6:18PM]

strange. when first reading the title, i thought it would be flash memory based. and that would be nature, consider sandisk makes flash memory cards. strange choice.

[cuby @ Jan 5th 2006 6:19PM]

i can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not ryan; if not, then i'm not sure i'd agree that a 6gb player with memory card support for the price of a 30 jiggabyte ipod is anything to dance the hora over, regardless of whether or not it's made out of T-2000.

[jewfro @ Jan 5th 2006 6:26PM]

it is definitely flash-based. ryan's HDD assumption is incorrect.

[jj @ Jan 5th 2006 6:43PM]

No its flash based

http://www.sandisk.com/Corporate/MediaKit/

look at the description under press release

If it supports the right formats id take it over an ipod nana

[noah @ Jan 5th 2006 6:53PM]

i lifted this from the sandisk site



The Sansa e200 Series MP3 players are the flagship products of SanDisk�s audio line. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based player provides everything you need for photo, video, and music playback. Along with the microSD card slot for content portability, the SanDisk Media Converter supports all formats to enjoy photos, small personal videos, and your best musical selection, with superior sound.





so there woo. button layout seems a bit like the first gen ipod

[dave @ Jan 5th 2006 6:59PM]

Liquidmetal? That's a nice high-end touch. I'm intrigued.

[Goodman @ Jan 5th 2006 7:06PM]

Heh, noticed they made a point of saying "its distinctive, high-strength and lightweight back cover is made with an advanced Titanium alloy from Liquidmetal� Technologies that is stronger than steel and highly resistant to scratches and wear."



The Sansa m200s are really good. I'll keep an eye out for the reviews on this.

[Willy Wonka @ Jan 5th 2006 7:23PM]

I'll wait for the new shuffle.

[Galley @ Jan 5th 2006 8:32PM]

That's actually an attractive player, but why not a full-sized SD slot? Who the heck has micro SD cards?

[Dull @ Jan 5th 2006 8:59PM]

It's nice to see someone finally break the "4gb flash memory" barrier for digital music players.

[Bryan @ Jan 5th 2006 9:34PM]

Nice mp3 player almost look as great as the nano. The only problem this is much thicker than the nano and a bit thicker than the 30GB iPod Video. I love the idea of memory expandable. Hopefully when they update this mp3 it would be thinner than i would buy it.

[Brad Hill @ Jan 5th 2006 10:00PM]

"Who the heck has micro SD cards?"



I do, specifically to port MP3 files to my phone (LG VX8100). So the micro slot on the Sandisk fits right in. Love it.

[Wawan @ Jan 6th 2006 1:12AM]

I was looking for a gift for my wife, a mp3 player that is black, thin, flash-based, and as sleek as the Ipod but with FM Stereo and comes with AAA Battery. The Sansa players are the nearest by far.



Suggestion anyone?

[WiseWeasel @ Jan 6th 2006 2:25AM]

Too bad it's so big, or I might have started regretting the nano purchase. This thing is bigger than my cell phone! Screw all that. What's the point of using expensive flash memory if your player ends up taking so much space? If it were as thin as a nano, then I'd consider ebaying it for one of these bad boys. Aw, who am I kidding, no way Sandisk could build a decent interface, is there?

[Clay @ Jan 6th 2006 2:35AM]

Way to go Sandisk, this player looks awesome. I use the Sansisk e100 right now and i love it. USB mass storage... MMMMmmmmm. That thing is sexy.

[Dman @ Jan 6th 2006 9:17AM]

Hey, cool cell phone!

[Goodman @ Jan 6th 2006 9:32AM]

>What's the point of using expensive flash memory if your player ends up taking so much space?



Support for music subscriptions and playing videos comes to mind. Wouldnt' exactly call 1.7 x 3.5 x 0.5-inches a monster. (The Nano is 1.6 x 3.5 x 0.27. If the extra thickness means better battery life it's a good tradeoff.)

[Andrew Rahimi @ Jan 6th 2006 9:51AM]

#11 (Brad Hill): Your LG VX8100 doesn't take microSD cards - it takes miniSD cards. Believe it or not there's a difference. The maximum size of a microSD is 512MB and a miniSD is 1GB. The microSD is also smaller than the miniSD (my phone takes microSD and I almost bought miniSD for it instead).

[Israel @ Jan 6th 2006 4:13PM]

Looks great, However dose it also has vioce recroding?

[Jeff Burden @ Jan 16th 2006 1:22PM]

Does this device have a line in for live recording or direct dubbing from a line out. Or does it only record from the FM? If it does this I'd buy one first day of release. Looks like a "Nano Killer" in my book!