http://hifiblog.com/past/2005/09/15/briefly-sandisk-sansa-e130-review-rokr-e1-faq-portalplayer-happy-news-micro-players-chart-6gb-zen-neeon-available-ipods-law/ Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:29:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://hifiblog.com/past/2005/09/15/briefly-sandisk-sansa-e130-review-rokr-e1-faq-portalplayer-happy-news-micro-players-chart-6gb-zen-neeon-available-ipods-law/#comment-17 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:33:14 +0000 http://hifiblog.com/past/2005/09/15/briefly-sandisk-sansa-e130-review-rokr-e1-faq-portalplayer-happy-news-micro-players-chart-6gb-zen-neeon-available-ipods-law/#comment-17 [...] We’ve got a new line of flash-based players from SanDisk; like their predecessors (e100 series) we expect these will get the job done nicely and decently (that’s why we’re covering it), but won’t turn any heads. These will come in 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB capacities with the first one (m230 - 512MB) going for $80 and the last (m260 - 4GB) for $200. (The low price of the 4GB player is justified cause they use their own 70-nanometer NAND/MLC 8-gigabit chip.) They run on a single AAA battery for 19 hours, according to the company’s press release. PlaysForSure support is here, so your tracks from subscription services will play just fine. The FM tuner and voice recorder are welcomed features as well. Sadly, there’s no SD slot like in the e100 series. Available in the States now, while the Europeans will have to wait till November. According to Engadget, if you sign up for at least 6 months service of Real’s Rhapsody To Go ($15/month), you get a $80 rebate. [...] [...] We’ve got a new line of flash-based players from SanDisk; like their predecessors (e100 series) we expect these will get the job done nicely and decently (that’s why we’re covering it), but won’t turn any heads. These will come in 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB capacities with the first one (m230 – 512MB) going for $80 and the last (m260 – 4GB) for $200. (The low price of the 4GB player is justified cause they use their own 70-nanometer NAND/MLC 8-gigabit chip.) They run on a single AAA battery for 19 hours, according to the company’s press release. PlaysForSure support is here, so your tracks from subscription services will play just fine. The FM tuner and voice recorder are welcomed features as well. Sadly, there’s no SD slot like in the e100 series. Available in the States now, while the Europeans will have to wait till November. According to Engadget, if you sign up for at least 6 months service of Real’s Rhapsody To Go ($15/month), you get a $80 rebate. [...]

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