Sansa e280 MP3 Player

Behold my new Sandisk Sansa e280 MP3 player.

























Having been music-less on the for too long since my free iPod broke two years ago, I decided that it was high time that I got myself a new MP3 player. After intensive research and check to my budget, I decided that this 8GB flash memory baby is the one for me~!









You might ask why wouldn't I go mainstream by choosing the so popular iPod Nano, but I just refuse to go for an iPod after having bad experiences with it. I also think that iPod has become quite monopolistic and corporately stingy as there are lots of products that just cater for iPods and the worst is the use of iTunes that forces you to manage your songs with it which in my opinion is a the worst application for music management, EVER~!

With my Sandisk, I can play videos, make voice records, radio records, picture library and of course play music. It also has a miniSD memory slot for memory expandability~!!!

With all these features, navigating thru the interface is probably the only thing that is less superior than the iPod. Other than that, everything is great~! Sure, watching a video is a bit difficult because of the small screen, but it is bearable, you just can't watch your movie with subtitles because it is too small and would be pixelated.

The size is similar to the Nano, just a little bit thicker, so you can share many of iPod's accessories. The look is pretty slick and fancy and best of all you can change the batteries yourself~! A huge savings if you were to use any iPod where you need to go to the Apple Store and pay thru your nose to get the battery replaced. The battery life is pretty good too, I've been using the gadget the whole day while I was at work for 3 days until the battery was low.

Transferring files to the Sansa e280 was a breeze as you just need to drag and drop your music files into the music folder when you hook up the player to your computer. You can only play QuickTime (.MOV) files and JPEG or BMP pictures where there's an included software for you to convert them.

The Price? I got it at a bargain at B&H PhotoStore online for $170, shipping included. Not bad, as this baby goes for $250 everywhere else, and the iPod Nano goes for $220 for the 8GB version.

All-in-all, there could be some improvements in terms of the interface, but other than that, it is a wonderful all in one multi-player for you to show off~!