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"HELLO YOU CAN COPY FILES DIRECTLY!!!!" on by techguy27
Pros: NO SOFTWARE NEEDED, NO ITUNES, NO DRM
Cons: big whoop , what $60 player comes with good headphones anyway?
Summary: NO SOFTWARE NEEDED, NO ITUNES, NO DRM.
enough said.
let me say it again. you can copy and paste ANY mp3 file from anyone or anywhere and just put it in the thing via USB port.
No limits, no DRM garbage. No itunes, No Windows Media Player. Exactly what we tech monsters want. One less piece or junkware nagging at you to do this or that.
Keep it up SanDisk. And while your at it keep making those sweet sweet SSD SATA drives. -
"With good sound and ever better price you can't beat it" on by clueless22
Pros: great display, tons of features, upragable to up to 3g of storage
Cons: poor botton design, lask of a podcast section
Summary: This is my first mp3 player and it did everything I thought it should. Sound quality is great but the headphones that it comes with are not that good. The recording feature both on the FM tuner and on the mice work perfectly and are actually very useful.
It has a beautiful and sharp yellow and blue display which is really helpfull when recording or finding a specific song.(Sansa Express 1 - Ipod Shuffle 0)
It is reasonably priced, compared to a lot of other music player (some of which don't even come with some of its features) this player is hands down the best.(Sansa Express 2 - Ipod Shuffle 0)
Charging is really easy (alot less hassle when you have to keep track of cables), you just plug it in a usb port and you are done. The one problem it has is if you happen to go on travel in which you might not have access to a computer with a usb port then you are out of luck (unless you buy one of those usb chargers), but that hasn't happened to me yet anyway, i'm a student with 24 hours access to computers.(Sansa Express 3 - Ipod Shuffle 0)
One thing that I had problem with was podcasts. There isn't a special folder for non music files so you can access them faster and easier, instead you have to put them with all the other music files and then try to find it.
(Sansa Express 3 - Ipod Shuffle 0)
Another miner problem is the bottons on the device, not the botton you see on the front, but the side botton that are for volume control and power, are built very loose; they seem like they are going to fall off any day. still they work perfectly.
(Sansa Express 3 - Ipod Shuffle 1)
Ignoring the minor problems Overall i'm very staisfied with my purchase.
for more reviews of Sansa Express check this page out, it really helped me when deciding:
http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/22/sandisk-sansa-express-vs-apple-ipod-shuffle/ -
"Very good player especially for its money, not excelent though" on by kutnenko_k
Pros: Direct 2.0 USB connection, cardreader, price, mic, recording from radio
Cons: menu usability, some bugs in software, some ergonomics issues, lack of extra features, moderate battery, no manual
Summary: Before buying this player I used to own Sony NWE005 2 gig usb key player, so I'll compare them throughout review.
The main reason due to which I had to return my Sony Player was that it had to be used with additional software in order to transfer/ sync files. And that software was really lame. So I was hoping that release of Sandisk Sansa Express will make things brigter for me. It was anounced as USB-key player, which you can use as player and USB key w/o any additional software. So as soon as it was released in Canada I bought it. How great my surprise was when I hooked it up with my latop and it wasn't recognized as usb-drive!!! I was shoked. As player's package doesn't include any manual I had to look it up on the internet and even though I found it, its existence is not obvious, which is strange for fresh product. On the other hand talking about package contents SanDisk included lanyard, which Sony didn't. (Sony 9/ SanDisk 7).
So manual said that in order to use player properly I had to download Win Media Player ver. 10 or higher (I had ver. 9). I downloaded it and problem was solved. However you have to keep in mind, that it should be installed on each and every PC which you plan to use player with. (Sony 6/ SanDisk 7).
The player itself is rather attractive and stylish. I like its design. The only con is that lanyard hooks on usb cap, which means you can potentialy loose player carrying it on the neck. (Sony 10/ Sandisk 9).
Menu is easy to navigate through, buttons are ergonomic, you can easily use player without taking it out of the pocket. Display is quite informative, but its brightness is insufficient, you can hardly read it on a bright day. Max. volume is not the highest one and even though it's not improtant for me it is for many people. Then there are minor bugs which I hope will be fixed in future firmwares (eg. player sometimes doesn't save radio recordings, in radio mode vol. up doesn't work once you turned it down to minimum) (Sony 7/ Sandisk 9).
Extra features include mic and recording from radio which are quite cool but for which I couldn't find much use. I would prefer to have clock (as Sony player has) and extra settings insted (such as ID3 layout setup in Sony). (Sony 9/ Sandisk 6).
The last but not the least is price. I paid 70 CAD for my device, which is half of the price of Sony player I used to have. (Sony 5/ Sandisk 10).
Summing up Sandisk Sansa Express is very affordable player of good quality with all basic features. If you are buying your first mp3 player Sansa Express is definetly a good choice. However if you look for more and price is not crucial for you, look elsewhere. -
"Great budget DAP (with a display)" on by fugufish
Pros: Small size, OLED display, Easy to navigate, FM radio, voice recording, easy to transfer songs to, microSD slot.
Cons: USB charging only, lousy stock earbuds
Summary: IMO the CNET reviewer rated this player far too low. She touted all the great features and then concluded that it didn't sound as good as a $200 iRiver Clix, had only a 2 line OLED display with no album art or photo support and then nailed it with a 6.7. Huh?? How many $60 DAPs have these features?
The Sansa Express has a great feature set and sounds great for $60. The micro SD slot is a fantastic value add. The stock earbuds are bad but a set of Sennheiser MX400s ($9.95)made it sound 150% better. Sandisk just released a new firmware that cleared up some bugs.
Overall a great little player that sounds decent, is nice and small and a joy to take running. Buy one! -
"good budget mp3 player" on by spartan2142
Pros: direct connection USB file transferring and recharging, FM radio/recording, EQ, good value, very small
Cons: very small buttons, FM recording takes up very large amounts of space and tends to freeze when saving, doesn't get nearly as loud as other mp3 players, and the middle buton feels clumsy
Summary: I expected better from sandisk. I have always used their mp3 players and I consider this one a step down. the 1 Gig of memory is decent for a flash mp3 player and the no-cable-needed USB connection is convenient but the sound is quiet even on its default LOUD setting and you can hear some low system noise. Overall, the value makes up for it's flaws. I paid $60 for it and it's a decent mp3 player but I wish I would have spent a little more and got a bigger, louder mp3 player with better control and feel.
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