SanDisk's Sansa C250 goes red and pink

Calm down fellas, you haven't let Valentine's Day slip up on you or anything, but SanDisk is looking out for those who like to look way ahead, or for those with in-the-know mums who need a new pocket-sized DAP for Mum's Day. The Sansa C250 digital audio player falls into the bargain-priced C200 series, and while a black iteration has been available for some time now, those who haven't caved and snapped up the highly-regarded Sansa Express can grab a pink or red C250 in 1GB or 2GB flavors. They also sport 1.4-inch color displays for showing album art and JPEG thumbnails, an FM tuner, radio recording abilities, a voice recorder, USB 2.0, a microSD expansion slot, and a removable, rechargeable Li-ion cell that purportedly offers up 15 hours of battery life on a full charge. The 10.4-ounce music machine is currently on sale for a penny under $80 at the store you love to hate, while the less spectacular black version will save you $20.

[Big @ Apr 29th 2007 11:02AM]

You've just got to love how Chinese made MP3 players force the rest of the market to down-price to keep up the competition.

[Grey Acumen @ Apr 29th 2007 11:05AM]

Actually, I got one of these to replace my sister's MP3 player, I didn't notice any price difference between colors though, unless you're comparing the 2 GB version to the cheaper 1GB version.

Also, for those who say don't get the extended warranty on anything, you're dumb as hell. Over the past two years I've upgraded her from a battery powered 512MB that did nothing else, to this Red Sansa C250 which is USB rechargable, shows pictures, has an FM tuner which can be used to make recordings off of that FM tuner, and also has expandable storage via MicroSD. On top of that, the Sansa was about $20 cheaper than that original MP3 player 2 years ago, which I put towards another extended warranty which allows me to do this all over again if this thing ever breaks down over the next 2 years.

[b @ Apr 29th 2007 11:05AM]

Best buy has had these for over two weeks