macnn/electronista
08/27/2007, 8:20am, EDT
Monday, August 27thSanDisk takes aim at Shuffle, nano with Clip
SanDisk on Monday kicked off the release of the Sansa Clip, one of its smallest and most capable screen-equipped players yet. Although smaller than most matchboxes, the Clip has both a four-line color OLED and an iPod-like wheel that helps users easily pick tracks in spite of the small size. Audio quality is also the best you could expect for the class, SanDisk claims. The Clip additionally blurs the lines between traditional in-pocket players and wearable models with its namesake clip fastening the player to a belt or detaching for a thinner profile in a closed space.
The new Sansa plays prerecorded Audible books, MP3, and WMA tracks as well as live FM radio with the option of recording radio stations; through the use of flash memory and the OLED, playback lasts for an estimated 15 hours. A built-in microphone also allows for voice recording. Cost is also a driving factor behind the player: the basic Clip offers 1GB of storage for $40 in a single black color, while a 2GB version at $60 adds the choice of blue, pink, and red in addition to the doubled storage. SanDisk hopes to ship both models during the fall.


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Apple won't respond to this because practically no one really cares about a microphone or a teeny-tiny screen on a teeny-tiny player. I'm sure Apple will boost the storage capacity of the Shuffle when it becomes economical, but that's it.
By the way, it appears to be about twice the size of a Shuffle, so Apple's got that going for them.
And in response to photobug, it has 3 more lines than the Shuffle. I couldn't possibly use a Shuffle because I jump around in my music quite a bit (the drawback to being a musical omnivore), plus with only 2GB of space, that list isn't going to be terribly long. Granted, I wouldn't want a screen that small on my 30GB 5G iPod. But then again, an OLED screen the same size as my current one would please me to no end. My iPod is strictly for music.