How does the SanDisk sansa fuze mp3 player stack up to an ipod?
SanDisk’s MP3 players have long been the popular alternative to Apple’s all-conquering iPod players. Over the years they’ve managed to couple great value with decent usability and pretty slick design too. And Sansa players such as the venerable e-series and the more recent View have always crammed the features in. Surprisingly, though, it has taken SanDisk nearly a year to respond to Apple’s ‘new’ squat nano. We had the View months ago and the brilliant Clip, but neither took on the anodised iPod head on. The View was simply too big to rival its pocketability and the Clip too cheap and chirpy. Now that the Fuze is finally here, however, SanDisk at last has a direct competitor to Apple’s most popular player. http://www.trustedreviews.com/mp3/review/2008/06/22/SanDisk-Sansa-Fuze/p1 SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB Video MP3 Player (Silver) Other products by SanDisk 263 Reviews List Price: $94.99
The Sansa Fuze is a red colored portable audio and video player that is constructed of a hard plastic back plate with a sort of rubbery material coating, and a glossy plastic face. The use of the rubber material on the back is very useful since it is very resistant to scratching, and it also does a nice job of keeping the Fuze from sliding around on flat surfaces. The glossy front face is fairly resistant to scratching, but you will need to be careful if you carry it around in your pocket with your keys or any other sharp objects – it will start to show scratches and nicks otherwise. Other color choices – including blue, black, pink and silver – are also available. The Fuze features a photo viewer, FM radio, voice recorder, MicroSD/SDHC expansion slot and a video viewer. It sports a 1.9″ screen with 64k color display and a resolution of 224×176 pixels. It includes either 2GB, 4GB or 8GB of built-in memory and the MicroSD slot allows you to expand the available storage space even furthe
