SanDisk Sansa Fuze 4 GB MP3 Player (Pink) | List Price: $99.99
Discount Price: $67.99
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Brand: SanDisk
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 1,000 songs
- Watch your favorite video clips or share your photos on the 1.9-inch color screen
- Digital FM radio with 40 preset stations
- Voice recording with built-in microphone
- Expand your existing 4 GB memory with the microSD/microSDHC slot
Outstanding value [Posted on 2008-10-29]
We previously bought a Sansa c240 1GB MP3 player for our daughter and she outgrew that capacity. So I bought an 8GB microSDhc card, only to discover the c240 didn't support more than 2GB. So, we bought this 4GB Fuze in pink to replace the c240.
I'm thrilled. The card works, of course, for a 12GB capacity. The feel of the product is great. Feels like an iPod. Has the same sort of wheel interface. Doesn't have the "Cover Flow" selection screen, but that's a patented Apple interface. Screen is very bright and surprisingly easy to read.
Like all Sansa products, it came in the door with old firmware. I've learned my lesson here! Download the free Sansa Updater and let it check your product, even if it's BRAND NEW.
Connected to Windows Media Player and transferred her ripped CDs without a glitch, also connected to my Napster To Go account and had no trouble downloading and playing subscription music.
Sound quality is excellent, but the supplied ear buds have a very thin wire without any reinforcing. They SOUND good, but I'll bet she breaks them inside of 90 days. Might be prepared for that with a spare set of ear buds.
The only thing I didn't REALLY like about it was how it presents itself to your software as two separate devices. The 4GB internal memory and the 8GB card. The software seems to manage just fine with sending files wherever you want them, but it's irritating to me to see the dual devices.
For the price, this player CANNOT BE BEAT. I'd buy one again in a heartbeat, and I'd tell my mom to buy one.
3 times and no charm [Posted on 2008-11-04]
I went through 3. Yep, and all three went on to have the "ticking/skipping" sound when I turned up the volume. It wasn't the earphones. It wasn't the format of the songs: it comes with sample songs on which I tested the volume. Then I look this little flaw up in google and one forum says that Sandisk is "working on it." Nice, well while they work on it this player is heading back to the store. Buy this with a warranty, just in case.
Does what I want it to [Posted on 2008-11-04]
This is my 11 year old daughter's first mp3 player. She got it largely to play audible books, but she has discovered she likes to listen to music on it, too. The Fuze works well for both. She also likes to watch podcasts (National Geographic, Discovery, etc) and the screen is nice enough for young eyes. She finds the Fuze easy to use...I only had to show her how it works once. Given her age and prices, this was a good alternative to a nano.
The converter works well if you want to load iTunes files, although it can be a slow process. She wanted movies on it, too, but it was a pain to get movies in the right format. Battery life is better than I expected.
Overall, I'd say the Fuze does exactly what we hoped plus a bit more. She's had it for 3 months, has used it a fair amount and it's still working, which is a minor miracle, considering her tendency to leave things lying on the floor and walk on them...
Great mp3 player- who needs an iPod?! [Posted on 2008-11-22]
I had an ipod and found it very difficult to figure out how to load songs onto it, etc. I wanted a very simple drag and drop music player. I had a very small mp3 player from sandisk a few years ago so I thought I'd check them out again. I got this fun pink mp3 player and I love it! It is so easy to use! You don't have to install any software on your computer to load songs to it. Its drag and drop technology just like using a flash drive. The quality is great and I will never buy an iPod again! Plus, its SOOO much cheaper!
Good Product at a Good Price Point [Posted on 2008-11-29]
I shopped long and hard for a good MP3 player for my wife and finally found the one that gave us the most for our money. The SanDisk Sansa Fuze 4 GB MP3 Player is a user friendly MP3 player, video playback device, and picture viewer. We also looked at the IPods, Sony, and Microsoft MP3's (which are all great devices), but the price points were too high in comparison. We can afford a $200 to $400 MP3, but really can't justify spending that kind of money for a device that we use during our wourkouts that does the exact same things that our $80 device will do. The battery life is good, sound quality if great, the picture quality is good, and the video playback feature is also pretty fair. We especially like the expandable memory card slot. The SanDisk Fuze is an all around good product and has a full line of charging and carying accessories available for it as well.
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