Hands-on with SanDisk Sansa View

We already saw the Sansa View get unboxed, but there's just something special about catching a gadget up under the hot, hot lights here in Vegas. Pictured below is a gaggle of shots of the aforementioned media player, but you'll have to settle for images of the 16GB iteration. 'Course, the folks at the booth swore up and down that the just-announced (and curiously absent) 32-gigger looks exactly the same, so yeah, you shouldn't be missing out on anything.

Gallery: Hands-on with Sandisk Sansa 16GB

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[Chebwa @ Jan 7th 2008 11:03PM]

Wow.

A product that's been out for months. This time next to a Blackberry.

Exciting.

[cortes.john @ Jan 7th 2008 11:39PM]

yeah i got this for x-mas why are they showing it at a big show?

[PenaltyKillah @ Jan 7th 2008 11:45PM]

Some notes here:
This player is NOT a replacement/descendant of the Sansa e200 series. The screen and dimensions are bigger, almost the size of a Gigabeat S... or a iPod classic (narrower, though). This doesn't fit into the palm of your hand, and it's much bigger than the iPod nano. It uses the same interface as the e200, unaliased text with jaggies and all, and the menu options seemed sloppy. Great player, and good thing there's a 32GB to compete with the 32GB ZEN and the 30GB hard disk players out there, like the Zune 30, Archos 605 and the ibiza Rhapsody.

[GumbyX84 @ Jan 8th 2008 8:52AM]

It "would" be a good player if SanDisk could actually make a decent firmware for it. The firmware out ATM is horrible. I had one for about 2 months and it was nothing but problems. They removed UMS mode from the option menu (you have to press a button while plugging in the USB cable to get it into UMS mode), the player crashed a number of times; even more after I upgraded to the newest firmware. I returned it to Best Buy (Had a warranty and they let me get another player). Unless SanDisk gets their act together, the View is going to fall behind in the market. Just because its cheap doesn't mean that people will ignore its many faults.

[wud_e @ Jan 8th 2008 10:23AM]

I have to somehow get my hands on the 32GB model. I love my E280 but the View has better video support so I want an upgrade. Problem is I want to get the Sprint Touch this year also. Gonna be hard trying to convince the wife. :)