Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ review]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/01/sandisk-sansa-fuze-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/01/sandisk-sansa-fuze-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/01/sandisk-sansa-fuze-review/#comments
SanDisk's original Sansa Fuze may have had a solid run -- it's been a particular favorite among those looking for a good, inexpensive player that doesn't skimp on features or audio quality -- but there's no question that it was long overdue for an update, and SanDisk recently came through on that front with the completely revised Sansa Fuze+. Boasting a considerably sleeker design, the Fuze+ replaces the Fuze's venerable tactile click wheel with a capacitive touch panel (but not a touchscreen), and it hangs onto many of the features that made the original Fuze stand out, including a microSD card slot, FM radio, and support for a wide range of formats (including FLAC and AAC). Are all the changes for the better? Read on for our full review.

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SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>capacitive touch panelCapacitiveTouchPanelfuzefuze+media playerMediaPlayermp3mp3 playerMp3Playerpmpportable media playerPortableMediaPlayerreviewsandisksansasansa fuzesansa fuze+SansaFuzeSansaFuze+slotmusicslotradiotouch panelTouchPanelFri, 01 Oct 2010 13:59:00 EST<![CDATA[Sansa Fuze+ leaks out with slotRadio support, 24 hours of battery life]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/sansa-fuze-leaks-out-with-slotradio-support-24-hours-of-batter/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/sansa-fuze-leaks-out-with-slotradio-support-24-hours-of-batter/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/18/sansa-fuze-leaks-out-with-slotradio-support-24-hours-of-batter/#comments And here we thought SanDisk had up and buried its once-thriving Sansa PMP line. After all -- it was this company's CEO that said "you can't out-iPod the iPod." For whatever reason, it looks as if the memory mainstay is about to try its hand once more in the saturated media player market, with a Sansa Fuze+ rumored for release in the near term. As you can clearly see above, there won't be anything too special about the Fuze+, though the 2.4-inch QVGA display, capacitive touch controls and inbuilt FM tuner are certainly appreciated. It'll ship in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB flavors, supporting the usual file formats (AAC, MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, Audible, MPEG4, H.264, WMV, etc.) and offering a rechargeable battery good for 24 hours on the audio side and 5 hours on the video side. USB 2.0 support is thrown in, as is the absolutely riveting confirmation that it'll be "ready for slotRadio and slotMusic memory cards." Knowing that, we aren't so sure if our minds can take the wait till September 12th, but we'll do our best.

Sansa Fuze+ leaks out with slotRadio support, 24 hours of battery life originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>capacitivecapacitive touchscreenCapacitiveTouchscreenexclusiveleakleakedmp3 playerMp3PlayermusicpmpsandisksansaSansa FuzeSansa Fuze plusSansaFuzeSansaFuzePlusslotmusicslotradioWed, 18 Aug 2010 17:29:00 EST<![CDATA[Something 'big' coming from SanDisk, complete with cape]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/20/something-big-coming-from-sandisk-complete-with-cape/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/20/something-big-coming-from-sandisk-complete-with-cape/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/20/something-big-coming-from-sandisk-complete-with-cape/#comments Something big is coming March 23rd, and like a good used car salesman, SanDisk has rolled out an inflatable superhero in its honor. What could it be? We honestly have no idea. SanDisk has already introduced 64GB SDXC cards and the G3 SSD, condensed commercial FM into sugary syrup with slotRadio, and generally exploited NAND in every way imaginable. The company's not scheduled to introduce 128GB chips until 2011, and rewritable 3D flash is still years out. That said, SanDisk does have experience in the portable audio/video realm, and that notch on our wide, cape-wearing friend does look awfully familiar... Oh please, no, not another blasted tablet. We jest, of course, but what could a memory manufacturer possibly be planning that warrants such a teaser page?

[Thanks, Steve]

Update: Looks like a 32GB microSDHC card has been put up for pre-order. That's big, alright.

Something 'big' coming from SanDisk, complete with cape originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>128gb3D flash3dFlashNANDSanDiskslotradioteaserteasersSat, 20 Mar 2010 10:10:00 EST<![CDATA[SanDisk makes room for unwanted slotMusic cards in new Sansa Clip+]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/31/sandisk-makes-room-for-unwanted-slotmusic-cards-in-new-sansa-cli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/31/sandisk-makes-room-for-unwanted-slotmusic-cards-in-new-sansa-cli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/31/sandisk-makes-room-for-unwanted-slotmusic-cards-in-new-sansa-cli/#comments
Remember slotMusic? How about slotRadio? Don't feel bad -- no one else on the planet does either. To that end, SanDisk is apparently hoping to push some aging inventory on unsuspecting consumers with its new Sansa Clip+, which is essentially a Sansa Clip with a microSD card slot. The device will ship in a trio of hues (red, blue or black), and you can rest assured that it won't blow any minds with sick new features. It'll play MP3 files on a relatively small screen, get great battery life and barely put a dent in your wallet -- what more could you really want? It's available starting today from Best Buy and the like for $39.99 (2GB), $49.99 (4GB) or $69.99 (8GB).

Update: Looks like a few early reviews have sprung up, with most folks being totally pleased given the low price.

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SanDisk makes room for unwanted slotMusic cards in new Sansa Clip+ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oh, wait -- we were just kidding about the whole "to much fanfare" bit. SanDisk's slotRadio player, which we're still struggling to understand, is all set to ship on March 31st after debuting alongside a gazillion other gadgets at CES. For those who've forced themselves to forget, this microSD music player can handle your own jams on your own microSD card, or alternatively, can accept pre-loaded Billboard hits cards which house over 1,000 songs that are nicely categorized by genre. It'll be available from SanDisk's own website on March 31st for $99 (which includes a card with over a thousand songs), and it should be ready to ruin Father's Day when it slips into Radio Shack locations shortly thereafter.

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SanDisk slotRadio player launching to much fanfare on March 31st originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>billboarddapmusicon saleOnSaleportable audioportableaudioradio shackRadioShacksandiskslotMusicslotRadioslotRadio playerSlotradioPlayerFri, 20 Mar 2009 10:11:00 EST<![CDATA[SanDisk slotRadio player comes with jam-packed card: like NOW, but infinitely worse]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/sandisk-slotradio-player-comes-with-jam-packed-card-like-now-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/sandisk-slotradio-player-comes-with-jam-packed-card-like-now-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/sandisk-slotradio-player-comes-with-jam-packed-card-like-now-b/#commentsOh, heaven help us all. Just when we thought SanDisk had taken a hint and stopped promoting its slotMusic initiative entirely, in flies this. Quite honestly, we weren't aware that it could get any worse, but this friends, is worse. The Sansa slotRadio player includes a fairly intriguing 1.5-inch OLED display, a useful FM tuner and a slotRadio card with 1,000 hits that were "handpicked from the Billboard charts." Oh, and we hope you dig 'em (all of 'em), because there's no way to remove or alter them. For real. The device itself is expected to ship to three or four suckers early this year for $99.99, and additional 1,000 song, genre-specific slotRadio cards will be offered up separately at $39.99 apiece. And we thought the NOW That's What I Call Music! theme was a train wreck -- way to show 'em what a real disaster looks like, SanDisk.

[Via OLED-Display]

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SanDisk slotRadio player comes with jam-packed card: like NOW, but infinitely worse originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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