We've seen plenty of times where
good toys go bad, but
SanDisk's latest Sansa music player looks like a pretty solid bet. The forthcoming
Sansa Shaker features a tubular design with blue and pink color schemes to appeal to the
younger set, and aside from sporting 512MB of internal capacity, dual headphone outputs for BFF listening, an SD flash card slot for loading up additional tracks, an integrated speaker in case you've lent out your earbuds, and unique "band" playback controls on the top and bottom of the tube. Interestingly, the Amazon product page refers to a mysterious "interactive Shake feature" to be included as well, and while no hard release date nor price is currently listed, we imagine SanDisk will try to keep this one in the $50 range and get it here sometime before summer.
[Via
AnythingButiPod]
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.
