Sansa Nation

For those who need a small music playing the device while at the gym or on the go many buy the Apple iPod Shuffle, but why? There is no screen and the storage capacity is pretty small. Many reviewers say the alternative to the iPod Shuffle, the Sansa Clip, is the way to go. It is similar to the iPod Shuffle in that it’s small in size and can clip onto your belt or clothing. It has one main advantage however, a screen! It also has more storage capacity and a built-in FM tuner. It is $30 more than an iPod Shuffle but the increased storage capacity alone makes the $99 Sansa Clip a better deal.

-Ray

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Sansa do get a lot of attention from consumers. Some say that the SanDisk Sansa players are irrelevant in the MP3 market, but it does not seem the case. According to reports, a man in a Boston Red Sox cap in Concord, New Hampshire stole a $100 Sansa MP3 player and punched the security in the process. More details about the robbery have yet to be announced, but it happened on November 7 at 2:05pm. They must do nothing around Concord, New Hampshire if a petty theft makes the news. But oh well, its Sansa News.

- Geoff

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The economy is in shambles and many people have lost their jobs, and with Christmas right around the corner it seems like buying your loved ones presents is the last thing on your mind. For those in your life who have always wanted an MP3 player maybe an Apple iPod is a bit out of your reach. No problem however as Sansa has a very affordable MP3 player on the market. At about $20 for Sansas SlotMusic player you can get your friends and family a cool high quality MP3 player at a great price that won’t break the bank!

-Ray

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SanDisk has announced that they alone hold the secret to Solid State Drives that work 100 times faster than before. According to SanDisk, their new Flash File System, properly dubbed FFS, uses a page-based algorithm that would increase the speed by no longer using fixed coupling between the physical and logical location of the data. So basically, when data is being written, the SSD will find a location where it would be more efficient and convenient. Thus making the SSD much faster to operate. What is also special about the new FFS, it is programmed to learn the user’s patterns and it will eventually learn where to store frequently used data.

- Geoff

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SanDisk the leader in flash storage cards is said to be developing a 128GB micro-SD card for use in cell phones. Their goal is to give the small thumb nail size cards the storage capacity of a PC. SanDisk wants to take a large part of the removable memory card market for cell phones and have already released their Slotmusic cards which are basically Micro-SD cards with preloaded songs and music albums on them.

-Ray

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Samsung fought for so long to get into SanDisk’s pants, but after seeing what’s finally in there they decided to pass. According to Samsung they dropped their $5.85 billion bid for SanDisk because of SanDisk’s less than stellar financial results. Another major factor in the dropped bid is Samsungs new agreement with Toshiba. With the gloomy economic future maybe SanDisk should have taken that bid after all.

-Ray

[Source: vnunet]

Popularity: 4% [?]