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03/10/2008, 9:50am, EDT
Monday, March 10thSanDisk's nano-beater leaked on Amazon
More details have surfaced about SanDisk's upcoming Sansa Fuze music player, according to an Amazon leak. The listing confirms the Fuze's role as a direct iPod nano rival with a 1.9-inch screen, music and video playback on 4GB of storage, and a jog wheel for navigation. Unlike the Apple player or rivals like the Zune 4, the Fuze would add a microSDHC slot for as much as 8GB or more of additional storage. It would also bring an FM radio and voice capture through a microphone.
The player should ship in at least black, pink, and red colors with at least a 4GB capacity, though one leak also pointed to a blue version and suggests that different colors may accompany different capacities, such as a potential (though unconfirmed) 8GB version. Amazon puts the price of the Fuze at $100, a full $50 less than the price of an equivalent iPod nano and other premium devices. No clues are given as to the official release date, though an announcement is expected very shortly. [via Pocket-lint]
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If someone wants to make the next iWhatever for their company, it's going to have to be quite different and function much better. Until then, it's all a bunch of "me too!" operations that can't get the press or recognition to even think of competing.
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Plus expandable flash memory! All for less.
Seems to me that could at last give the iPod a run for its money, as long as whatever they use as an iTunes equivalent doesn't suck.
I'd pass though on the PlaySkool colors.
I think those are two features that would be great for Apple to add but they stubbornly won't. Just add these features Apple and be done with it.
I can hear the responses already. Well then don't use the FM radio or voice recording.
But they're great small features that should be on every iPod.
If IT is serious about making the iPhone happen, they will adjust filters to be more specific when relating to these two apps. The reason usually cited for filtering is to stop people from streaming music (oddly enough, I can stream music ONLY through iTunes- they haven't caught on yet).
Does anyone know what ports software updates and such use? If it is port specific, it'd be a simple change, or if your filters allow for specific sites to become exceptions to filter rules, then your necessary utilities would get through.
Personally, I see the point as mute. These hold-over measures might help, but when enough people clamor for adoption, especially those with hire/fire power, IT will have to relent.
I sincerely dount Apple will make a "business" iphone, their track record shows that "pro" models are simply more powerful and retain features that still use the same OS/software. The best you can hope for is an external keyboard connect via the dock connector. Look to a 3rd party for that little piece of hardware.
If IT is serious about making the iPhone happen, they will adjust filters to be more specific when relating to these two apps. The reason usually cited for filtering is to stop people from streaming music (oddly enough, I can stream music ONLY through iTunes- they haven't caught on yet).
Does anyone know what ports software updates and such use? If it is port specific, it'd be a simple change, or if your filters allow for specific sites to become exceptions to filter rules, then your necessary utilities would get through.
Personally, I see the point as mute. These hold-over measures might help, but when enough people clamor for adoption, especially those with hire/fire power, IT will have to relent.
I sincerely dount Apple will make a "business" iphone, their track record shows that "pro" models are simply more powerful and retain features that still use the same OS/software. The best you can hope for is an external keyboard connect via the dock connector. Look to a 3rd party for that little piece of hardware.