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SanDisk shakes up Sansa line for the back to school celebration
It looks like SanDisk has decided that a few of its Sansa media players were due for a refresh, and it's now rolled out some changes in hopes of attracting the Back to School masses. Perhaps the biggest change comes to the company's WiFi-equipped Sansa Connect, which retains all the same specs but gets a full hundred dollars knocked off its price tag, with it now coming in at just $150. The other refresh comes to the company's Sansa Shaker line, which gets a new 1GB model that'll retail for $50 -- the existing 512MB can also now be had for a mere $35. Of course, while SanDisk is pitching this as a Back to School promotion, there's nothing to stop anyone from taking advantage of it for themselves.
Sansa Shaker: unboxed and oh-so-cute
These days we're hardly content with WiFi-capable superDAPs, much less a screenless and awkward SD-based player, but luckily the children of the world aren't so picky when it comes to enjoying their tunes -- though we're sure in a few years nothing less than a 64GB flash player with a 1080p screen and built-in smell-o-vision will suffice. At least that's what Chris from Mobility Site discovered about the new Sansa Shaker, whose four year old son has taken quite the liking to the device. The cutesy sound effects and pre-loaded songs seem like they'll get old right quick, and despite Sansa's best efforts the controls don't seem terribly intuitive, but 512MB of good times for $40 isn't bad at all. Peep the read link for video of the unboxing and the little man's first impressions.
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.
