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 enlarge | Brand: SanDisk
Category: CE
Buy New: $45.95
New (4) Used (1) from $34.95
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 13215
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.7
MPN: 2GB PINK
Model: 2GB PINK
ASIN: B000WJ5MQG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Great music player December 30, 2007
This is a perfect music player for my daughter (8 yrs. old). Very easy interface for her to learn (the other Sansa players need a "home" button as well). Easy to put music onto the player. Great value for the price.
perfect little player December 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this mp3 player. It's easy to use, has a bright screen and great sound. The menus are very intuitie and everything is easy to navigate. 2gbs is perfect for a day or two and the clip feature is fantastic..it's one of the reasons I purchased it.
5 stars
Great MP3 Player December 1, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
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My wife has a 1st gen Nano. I haven't owned an MP3 player other than my phone, but I wanted something tiny for exercise and I didn't want to buy anything for myself that was that expensive.
I saw this item when looking at other Sansa items. I happened to see it was going on sale the next day at Best Buy Black Friday ($35). My wife was out shopping and picked one up for me. I loved it. I went back to the store on Saturday and bought four more to give as gifts.
It is much tinier than the other Sandisk flash players with the same capacity. I wouldn't choose those over this player. The item is light enough that the clip really holds it on my clothing. The plastic clip mechanism looks like it could break if you sat on it, but mine is too new to tell how durable it is. The rest of the device seems solid enough.
The screen is bright, as are all OLED screens. OLED is a display technology that is relatively new to the consumer. It does not look like an LCD, as you would find on a typical MP3 player, but instead like a car radio's plasma or LED display.
The 2 GB is fine for my use to hold 300 or so songs. I accept the compromise of only having 2 GB in exchange for the size. It's still much smaller (and lighter) than my wife's first generation nano. Plus, if I ever get tired of what's on there, I've switched to listening to the radio. The radio is acceptable, but your reception may vary... take in mind that this is a tiny player and doesn't have a big antenna like your car. It works fine for me. I've noticed that the reception improves once the screen shuts off after 10 or so seconds of not pressing buttons.
I went through a series of steps to attempt to make my wife jealous of my new toy.
1) Dance with the tiny item clipped to me - no response.
2) Share the earphone with her while listening to the radio - "Oh, it has a radio?"
3) Share the earphone with her will replaying the same radio that I just recorded - "What? you can record the radio"
4) Share the earphone with her while replaying her voice that had recorded earlier - "I want one."
Recordings are saved to a *.wav file.
You do not need to install any software to Windows XP to use this player. It mounts as a USB-based hard drive and you copy files to it. The Best Buy version comes with a disk that I did not install that was a digital music store. One reviewer said that the disk was not Vista compatible. Don't use that as a reason to not consider this player if you run Vista because the player itself should work like a USB drive.
One last feature is that you can use the Sansa Clip as a USB flash drive if you bring along the 10 inch USB mini to standard cable to connect the player.
Executive summary: If you can accept the 300 song limit, buy this player.
The New Leader In Small MP3 Players November 29, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
BACKGROUND: I was in the market for a small MP3 player with primary usage at the gym. I was looking for a rechargeable unit as my previous player ate AAA batteries about every week or so. I considered three options of which the Sansa Clip was one of them. I eliminated the iPod Shuffle due to its cost and lack of display. The other primary contender was the Creative Zen Stone Plus (I rejected the non-Plus model due it its lack of display). I will reference how the Sansa Clip won out throughout the rest of the review.
SET UP: The Sansa Clip is about as simple as it gets in this area. It requires no additional software installation. My home system runs XP SP2 with Windows Media Player 11. When I plugged the player in to charge, it was detected and recognized automatically. I told windows to "Take No Action" as the default behavior when the device connects. This allows me to maintain complete control over the syncing process. My unit charged in about an hour.
MUSIC TRANSFER: You have the option of using simple drag and drop of MP3 files to the device as you would a USB flash drive. However, using Windows Media Player allows you the more advanced feature of playlists. Since I primarily use my MP3 player at the gym, I created multiple playlists for warm up, workout, and cool down. The workout lists are about 90 minutes while the others about 20 minutes. I really liked that I was able to create multiples of each for variety. Right now I have three of each with about 1.5 Gb still remaining to use as I please. Using Windows Media Player, you can sync albums, songs, or playlists as you would with any other device. The Sansa Clip fully supports all of these options so it is a nice low effort, highly functional set up.
SOUND QUALITY: This is an area where the Sansa Clip is pretty impressive. I previously had the Sansa M230, and I can tell a significant difference in sound quality. I am able to hear a lot more detail in the higher ranges (such as high hat cymbals). I am using the headphones that came with the unit, but I would image that higher quality headphones would sound even better. The player also has a series of preset equalizer settings for different music styles as well as one that you can customize.
DISPLAY: This is a distinguisher between the Clip and the Zen Stone Plus. The display is larger and easier to read. The mix of blue and yellow against the black background is also pleasant.
NAVIGATION: The Clip has a normal four button dial that is common to most small MP3 players. With the crisp, clear display it is easy to move around and select music by artist, album, song, or playlist. The only thing that I have noticed that doesn't work quite the way I would like is that if you navigate away from the song that is playing there doesn't seem to be a way to get back to it to see the details of what's playing. This is pretty minor, though, because I do not regularly navigate away from the song that is playing.
FM RADIO: This is about what you would expect from a unit with no external antenna. Strong signals come in clearly, but it is not going to match what you can pick up on your car stereo. This is a nice to have feature for me so it is plenty adequate.
OPTIONS: As I mentioned previously, my primary usage comes at the gym. I had used the song timer to measure the time between reps while lifting weights on my M230. However, the Clip has a power saving feature that shuts off the display after 15 seconds by default. However, you can change this to 30, 45, 60, or 90 seconds which should cover your needs. After adjusting mine, I wake up the display after completing a set. When the display shuts off, it's time for the next set.
USE ON THE GO: This is the other area where the Clip separates itself from the Zen Stone Plus. You can clip the player to your clothes or an arm strap (I use the one that came with my M230). The Zen Stone Plus requires purchase of a separate armband accessory for an additional $15.
COST: At base price, the Zen Stone Plus and Sansa Clip are a push. However if you factor in another $15 for an armband you have a clear winner given the other advantages.
CONCLUSION: The Sansa Clip is now the leader in 2 Gb small MP3 players. Give it a spin and you won't be disappointed.
 Sandisk not compatable with Vista November 28, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought the 2g Sandisk on 'black friday' at Best Buy for a great doorbuster price of $34.99! Could not get it to load on my computer with Windows Vista. Back to Best Buy with my computer in tow to talk to the Geeks. They could not get it to load either. Got a new one off the shelf...same problem. I just wanted an entry level mp3 to download NPR programs and some music. The FM radio worked great. I'm glad I bought this item at Best Buy instead of off the Internet. Although I was frustrated in not getting the thing to work for me, I felt good about Best Buy standing behind the product and giving me a full refund with good customer service. Still looking for an entry level mp3 but more hesitant
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