Sansa Shaker: mystery solved

Just in case the semi-mysterious specifications and launch deets we had last week for SanDisk's Sansa Shaker have been keeping you up nights, here's the skinny. The Shaker, which just went "official," includes the dual headphone jacks, built-in speaker, 512MB of memory and SD card slot we told you about. What we weren't clear about is the "interactive Shake feature," but it turns out it merely skips to the next track, and there's nothing stopping your child from controlling playback with the control band at the bottom of the device -- no need for physical exertion when a twist will do, right? SanDisk plans to launch this puppy in the US for $40 by late April, with the rest of the world to follow later this year.

[Evan @ Apr 17th 2007 3:46PM]

Salt or it's a no-go!

[Laxmanan Gowrishankar @ Apr 17th 2007 4:09PM]

I would never buy one, but that's actually quite cool, in a uncool sort of way, if you get what I mean :S

[A.A. Fussy @ Apr 17th 2007 4:44PM]

The shake feature on the Sony S series Walkmans beats this shaker from Sansa.

[Galley @ Apr 17th 2007 4:58PM]

I still say it looks like a coffee mug.

http://chrismarsden.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/B000FE7VEO.16._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS260_V54317243_.jpg

[Pedro @ Apr 17th 2007 6:03PM]

If there's one thing I can't stand about DAPs/PMPs or whatever the current acronym is, it's a plug having to jut out the side/bottom of the player. Why can't companies embed the socket a tad so there isn't a sticky-out-cable to get stuck in my trousers pocket.

Obviously, it would still have to stuck out far enough to be removed.

[FalseProphet @ Apr 17th 2007 6:27PM]

Because people aren't necessarily going to use the headphones that come with the player.

[McFly @ Apr 17th 2007 7:53PM]

good point Pedro... but i guess the cable would kink at that point and brake faster than normal, so some sort of sleeve will always be requierd to stick out a little, so would defeat the purpose of hiding the plug in the first place..

[ryan @ Apr 17th 2007 8:06PM]

and...if you had a pink salt shaker with headphones coming out of it would you want to take it out of your pocket? best keep it hidden mate

[scum1 @ Apr 17th 2007 8:08PM]

I will buy one for my youngest daughter. I like the fact of the built in speaker. Also I want to support sandisk. I want them to push apple and microsoft in the mp3 player arena.

[ryan @ Apr 17th 2007 8:16PM]

i don't mind them so much in mp3's, but win phones piss me off, who would want to see that haunting Win desktop when they look at their phone?