Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
Review: SanDisk Sansa e270: I had high hopes for this player (first presented at CES 2006) and I’m not really disappointed. CNET’s giving it an “excellent” nod along with a 8/10 rating.
Drawbacks: buttons surrounding the scrollwheel are a bit difficult to use, low system noice be heard through headphones at low volume levels (?!), photos [...]
The dutch company presented the GoGear HDD1850 during this year’s CES, The model will probably replace the 6GB HD-based HDD1630. It’s got 2 more gigs of space, a longer (not wider) screen and its battery is supposed to last for 18 hours. Still no video capability (just photos and album art). There’s support for music [...]
SanDisk presented the e200 series which is clearly aiming the Nano market. SanDisk’s vice president and general manager, Nelson Chan, said: “Ultimately, we would like to make this a two horse race, and reach 35-40 percent market share.”
Spec-wise, they seem to outperform Apple’s offering. There’s MP3/WMA support as well as support for music subscription [...]