The Best of Both Phone, and Tablet-
"Pretty good for what it does, small learning curve" on by Bluepig45
Pros: Radio tuner, Micro SD expansion, navagation wheel, screen, battery life, recognized as a drive letter and folder structure.
Cons: I found it hard to believe the case had a noticable gap, and it is not that it was not properly pressed, as no amount of gentle manipulation will get it to seal. I think this is what has most people worked up. I also got several "bad track" notices.
Summary: Some of the disgruntled 1 star ratings are laughable and wreak of moronic Global Warming hyperbole/lie. People pay $150 for a toy and want it to paint their houses. This is a fantastic device for the money (I just purchased the 32Gb version), and aside from the case design and import problems, I could not be happier. Yes, it could have been better built, and yes they could have worked out the import issues before release, but that has been resolved with the FREE patch.
http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1376
We all want the best for the cheapest, and we want it now, but freak out when the first revision is not exactly perfect. Give me a break. Everyone tries to compare all MP3 players to the Apple product line, but they are not comparing apples. Apple locks their devices out from their owners, and tags all imported MP3's or AAC's thusly corrupting the file for proprietary use. Apple does not have and never will have a tuner. Apple does not and again, will never have memory expansion. I use a MacBook Pro 15.4 and a 24" iMac, but I am not ignorant enough to portray Apple as the end all do all, and yes both have done time away from home at the Genius Bar for repairs. Please go back and remember that Sony was the first in this market, Apple just improved on what was there at the time. If you relegate yourself to the belief that ONLY APPLE OR DEATH model, please choose death.
Ps. A $4 protective housing not only closes the case, but protects it from simple morons. -
"A decent sucessor for the e200 series" on by Conquistador64
Pros: Wonderful display, nice images, great storage, SD slot
Cons: Occasionally freezes, mediocre sound quality
Summary: This player is not a nano killer. However, it is a hybrid between an MP3 player and a Portable Media Player that makes it fairly unique. With 16gb of flash memory for only $200 ,I think it is a great deal. Putting videos on it is a breeze (as long as you can find the media converter) and the photos,
radio and voice recordings are of better quality than that of the Sansa e260.
Unfortunately, all mp3 players have their flaws. It has mediocre sound quality and on one occasion, a movie that I was watching on the nice, colourful 2.4 inch screen froze. I simply held on the power switch located at the left side of the player to restart the player. I was quite disappointed when I did not find any fast forward button. Perhaps it is a hidden feature that I have yet to find but otherwise, the feature is lacking from the player.
The player is a great deal for its money and people who are interested in a small PMP with a decent amount of space should think about buying it. -
"case gap allows debris under screen" on by jeffcorbett
Pros: easy to use.
Cons: case is faulty.
Summary: case is faulty not sealed properly first time i took it out i got debris under the screen later realized that the case (on the side with the mike hole) is not sealed big gap took it back and got another but it had the same problem. I made them open 5 more and all had the same fault some worse than others so 7 0f 7 were put together like s&*t check your player if you have one or buy one soon.
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"Very slick and well built" on by banuu2
Pros: easy to use. New scroll whell very nice and easier to use than the e280
Cons: media converter is not compatible
Summary: so far i can only listen to music from Rhapsody to go. Media converter does not recognize the View. The Sansa Website says that Amazon unbox is supported but my player does not recognize downloaded movies. This player is very promising assuming sandisk works out software kinks.
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"$180 price for $40 functionality" on by merelyjim
Pros: nice MP3 playback, slick interface
Cons: video locks-up, clueless tech support
Summary: Bought this 4 months ago, and from the start, video would play fine for 29 minutes... and then lock-up. Works fine as an MP3 player, but you'd get the same performance out of a $40 player. Tech Support's only fix is for me to turn it on and off endlessly in the hopes that the device will magically fix itself.
If you're looking for video, loo to Apple instead. (And yeah, it hurts me to say that that!)
SanDisk Sansa View user reviews (16GB)
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