Details of Sansa Player

The Good

Lets you play music in a new means; provides you the option of using memory cards

The Bad

No video support; limited number of albums accessible; weak battery life

The Bottom Line

If you’re keen on paying money for a sansa player, you’re better off deciding one of their more traditional MP3 players, for instance The View or the Fuze.

Review

Most people are excited by new technology and want to rush out to buy the latest gadget. From the laser disc player to the Sony MiniDisk, some technologies have gone the way of the dodo. Now a new Sansa player has entered the market and only time (and a thorough review) will determine whether it will become the VCR or the Betamax player of the digital music age.This new Sansa player is known as the slotMusic player. At only $20, the player seems like a great deal.

Where does the music come from? Well, the Sansa player gives you two options. First, you can choose to purchase a microSD card and transfer MP3 or WMA files from your computer onto the card. Then insert the card into the Sansa player, and you can listen to music. Of course, purchasing these cards will increase your price. A 4 GB card costs around $10 while a 16 GB card will run you more than $50.

A unique facility of the Sansa player is that you can also get your music a diverse means: obtaining full albums on slotMusic cards. These cards can be played in the Sansa player or in most other gadgets which receive microSD cards.

On the bright side, the manner does allow you to listen to transportable music even if you don’t have a PC. Of course, so do CD’s if you have a correct CD player.

Other issues include the battery life. The Sansa player uses actually replaceable batteries instead of built-in rechargeable ones. And since you’re only expected to get 15 hours of music listening out of the batteries, real music lovers could end up spending a fortune on batteries alone. Plus, there’s no video support and no screen.