- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 34 reviews Back to product review
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"More fun than anything else out there"
Pros: Use of WiFi to download music directly to the player. No PC required! Internet Radio. Download playlists similar to the song you're listening to. Messenger integration. Just plain fun to use!
Cons: Can't search for specific songs to download from the device... yet! (that still requires a PC) Which is why I didn't give it a 10. I'd love to see this feature added in a firmware upgrade!
Summary: I just got one a few days ago and I've been having the greatest time with it. You can use it exclusively over WiFi without ever having to connect it to the PC. This is the first MP3 player that I've owned that can download songs right to the device from the Internet without using a PC. This is what the Zune should have been.
You can listen to Internet Radio on it, and when you like a song, press a button on it and BOOM (sorry, Steve)... the song is downloaded right to the player through wireless. Press another button and BOOM it downloads a complete playlist of songs similar to the one you're listening to. Rate a bunch of songs on the player and it then ask it to download a playlist based on your recommendations. When you're playing a song, just press a button and ask it to download the rest of the album. Now that is cool!
It also supports logging into Yahoo Messenger so that you can see what your buddies are listening to either on their player or on their PC. If you like a song that they're listening to, just press a button and the SanDisk downloads it. Maybe I'm still fascinated by the novelty of it all, but it's really been a lot of fun. I haven't used my iPod since I got this thing.
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DESIGN: I was so excited to see this item. Very nice design. Color screen is nice. The rotating pad works nicely. Kudos for the design.
FUNCTIONALITY: I had a hard time trying to access the Internet radio through the WIFI once it is secured. When it's open I had no problem. I just could not get it to access the WIFI through a secured network (at least not mine). Only when I opened it then it was fine. Second, it would not allow me to add all my "owned" mp3's. It kept thinking those were illegal. Odd thing is, from a whole album it imported half of the songs and the other it refused. The songs listing buttons are way too big....you have to scroll down too long. Would've been nice if you had the ability to reduce the size of the graphical buttons. Then there was the issue with the album covers....it brought in about 10%. The transfer method of songs to this unit is too complicated.
I'm sorry but this unit for $249 (before tax) is just not worth it...for 4 GB of storage...
Where to buy
SanDisk Sansa Connect:
$32.99 - $112.40
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Amazon.com Marketplace
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Buy.com
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$32.99 | Yes |
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