Yes poorly designed. First, the e200 only supports some bloated codec for video (MJPEG? I haven't had access to an e200 for a while). The blue light on the scroll wheel is enough to entirely light a 12'x10' room and no way to adjust it. There is no sleep timer. The buttons surrounding the wheel are difficult to press because of the raised wheel. Photos cannot be rotated on the device, you have to "pre-rotate" them to change the orientation. Images (JPGs) cannot simply be drag-n-dropped onto the device... they need to be converted to a proprietary BMP format.
The e200 is barely useable as a music player. Image and video support is an afterthought and not practical use.
The e200 has promise, but Sandisk doesn't appear to be interested in making a better product... just making one with more memory.
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sracer @ Jun 2nd 2007 8:53PM
Yes poorly designed. First, the e200 only supports some bloated codec for video (MJPEG? I haven't had access to an e200 for a while). The blue light on the scroll wheel is enough to entirely light a 12'x10' room and no way to adjust it. There is no sleep timer. The buttons surrounding the wheel are difficult to press because of the raised wheel. Photos cannot be rotated on the device, you have to "pre-rotate" them to change the orientation. Images (JPGs) cannot simply be drag-n-dropped onto the device... they need to be converted to a proprietary BMP format.
The e200 is barely useable as a music player. Image and video support is an afterthought and not practical use.
The e200 has promise, but Sandisk doesn't appear to be interested in making a better product... just making one with more memory.