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This holiday season, many people will want to get a great gift for their love ones. But with the threat of a recession, people will be looking for the best deal out there. If you are thinking about getting the new SanDisk Sansa slotMusic player, out friends at LetsGoMobile have reviewed the Sansa slotMusic player. Check it out:

SanDisk Sansa Slotmusic player

The Sansa slotMusic Player brings yet another dimension to SanDisk’s Sansa audio/video product family, which includes the popular Sansa Fuze and video-centric Sansa View, both of which accept with slotMusic cards. The Sansa line offers consumers unprecedented choice for enjoying their favorite media on the go through affordable, easy to use, fun & fashionable music players.

SlotMusic cards

Announced last month, slotMusic is a new format of high-fidelity, DRM-free MP3 music on a microSD card, which gives consumers the ability to easily listen to - and quickly swap - their favorite songs among a mobile phone, personal computer, and any MP3 player with a microSD slot. slotMusic cards available this month will feature nearly 40 of the biggest names in music from all four major music labels: EMI Music, SONY BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. Artists on slotMusic cards include Robin Thicke, Katy Perry and Coldplay.

SanDisk slotMusic player accessories

Perfect for those on the go, the small device can easily be tucked in a pocket or purse, with a weight of a little over two ounces and dimensions of 2.75″ W x 1.4375″ H x 1.4375″ D. SanDisk has also developed a special line of Sansa slotMusic player accessories, including a Sansa card wallet, an armband, and additional slotMusic player “shells” for customizing a player to one’s own tastes. In addition to slotMusic cards, this convenient MP3 player can play songs from any microSD card with music encoded as MP3 and WMA (DRM-free only) files. The industry leader in flash memory cards, SanDisk is currently selling microSD cards in a range of capacity with up to an astounding 16GB of capacity. 16GB can hold up to 4,000 MP3 songs.

SanDisk Sansa music players

“With no need for computers or cords, the Sansa slotMusic Player gives consumers more time to play, and less time to worry about managing or downloading their music,” said Daniel Schreiber, senior vice president and general manager for SanDisk. “SanDisk is all about building products that are easy for consumers to enjoy. Just insert your favorite artist’s slotMusic card into the Sansa slotMusic player and press play.”

SanDisk slotMusic player price & availability

The Sansa slotMusic Player (Street price $19.99) was made to play slotMusic card albums or a self-loaded microSD card full of music. The effortless player doesn’t require a PC, Internet or any time spent managing music. Consumers simply choose their slotMusic or music-filled microSD card, pop it into the device and will be enjoying their favorite tunes in seconds. The unique, artist-branded slotMusic Player is a stylish, all-in-one package, which includes both the slotMusic card and a trendy player bearing their favorite artist’s name and image. The branded player comes pre-loaded with an album on a 1GB slotMusic card. (Additional content on the card may include liner notes, album art and other one-of-a-kind content personally chosen by the artist.) Artist-branded slotMusic players will retail for a street price of $34.99. The Sansa-branded players ship with a customizable black shell, earphones and battery. The new Sansa slotMusic Player, both Sansa-branded (without cards) and artist-branded (including cards), is expected to be available from retailers in Europe and other regions of the world in 2009.

- Geoff

[Source: LetsGoMobile]

If you are in the market for a cheap MP3 player (and I’m sure you are, its almost the holiday season), Woot has a special deal going on for the SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 player. They currently have the 2GB Sansa Clip going for only $15.99. The 2GB storage is good enough for 500 songs. In addition, the Sansa Clip comes in 6 different colors to choose from. The Sansa Clip also features a FM Tuner, 15 hours of playtime with full charge, Drag and Drop transfer, voice recording with the built-in microphone, and it weights only 0.9 ounces. Get yours today while supplies last!

- Geoff

[Source: ProductReviews]

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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Here is a MP3 player that will for sure grab someone’s attention. Today, SanDisk released their 8GB Sansa clip Mp3 player for only $99. Not only does it play media files such as MP3, WMA, OGC, FLAC, and other audible files, it includes a FM tuner, podcast and audiobook support, Rhapsody DNA integration, great sound quality, and it is about the size of a pack of matches. The best part is the price. For less than a $100, you can get an 8GB MP3 player, which should equate to about 2,000 songs. That is the best deal I have seen in quite some time.

- Geoff

[Source: CNET]

Earlier today, we reported on a refurbished SanDisk Sansa 2GB e250 deal from Buy.com. Well there is another deal that has just popped up from Buy.com. Buy.com has a refurbished 8GB Sansa View for only $49.99 shipped. So why should you opt for a 8GB Sansa View? Well first off, the price is 50 bucks cheaper than the equivalent refurbished iPod from Apple. In addition, it carries features not found on the Apple iPod (albeit the iPod Touch) such as FM Tuner, MicroSD card, and a voice recorder. So get yours today before they run out!

- Geoff

[Source: CNET]

Here at SansaNation, we try our hardest to provide you with the best reviews of all the Sansa products. Today, we provide you with a review of the SanDisk Sansa Fuze MP3 player by Mike Wilcox of SMH.com. Check out this short but complete review of the Sansa Fuze and give us some feedback on what you think.

SanDisk Sansa Fuze MP3 player
RRP: $233 8GB, $180 4GB, $145 2GB
sandisk.com.au
Rating: 3.5/5

If you’ve been sizing up a third-generation iPod Nano but wish it had a few extra bells and whistles, SanDisk’s cheeky look-alike deserves careful consideration.

Following in the footsteps of its bigger brother, the Sansa View, the Fuze has much the same menu options and the iPod-inspired navigation wheel. The inclusion of an iridescent blue ring and handy instant home button on the front are the most notable differences. Unlike cheaper models in the Sansa range, the Fuze is solidly built, with a non-slip coated casing and scratch-resistant glossy front.

As is often the case with music players, the bundled earphones are no match for the superior sound of the Fuze, though if you do decide to stick with them, a selection of preset EQs and a custom setting can help tailor the audio.

The Fuze is available in 2, 4 and 8GB models and the option to add to this is also available with your choice of MicrosSD cards. The player sees additional storage as an extension of the built-in memory and rebuilds a single database after detecting new additions.

Along with its music, picture and video playback duties, the Fuze also packs in an FM radio and microphone. Radio broadcasts can be easily recorded and saved, but there’s no way to rename files until transferring them to a computer.

Standard audio formats are supported and files can transferred painlessly through software such as Windows Media Player or dropped and dragged onto the device manually while connected with a USB cable.

To view videos, however, requires Sansa’s own software to encode them correctly, and they aren’t that crisp because of the screen’s average resolution. This is also evident throughout the various menus and text. Anyone expecting to watch quality videoon-the-go is in the wrong market here.

The Fuze may not bring any revolutionary features to the truly saturated music-player market but the features on offer and pricing are certainly a wake-up call for the Nano’s maker.

- Geoff

[Source: SMH.com]