Sansa Connect: ZüNE U R B0NED

Terrorbyte

I kid, I kid. Still, this thing looks pretty awesome ... for you anti-iPod types.

SanDisk was quite a bit more accepting of our touching urges when it came to the Sansa Connect, so we got to spend a little bit of quality time with the unit. The screen was plenty bright, sharp and sizeable considering the form factor, and while the design imparts a bit of a pudgy look to the player, there's really not a lot of bulk here. We're fans of the simplistic interface, but since not a lot of the functionality was in "live" mode, it's hard to tell how effective the unit will actually be at managing all of its wireless sharing and syncing functionality.

Source + More Pictures Here: Engadget

Cokomon

I have a Sansa e250 and I really enjoy it. What is this, though? I notice the friends list thing. Is it more of an online enabled mp3 player? It looks like a phone without a number pad.

Echo

I'm a bit interested. Is the wheel an actual wheel?

Cokomon

Echo wrote:

I'm a bit interested. Is the wheel an actual wheel?

If it is anything like the one I have, yes, yes it is. It works quite well for quickly scanning through music.

MinionOfCthulhu

I would not name my product after a character from A Song of Ice and Fire. That's just asking for all sorts of disasters to befall what you're selling.

Monoxide

This actually looks really neat.

PikaPuff

I thought it was a joke at first, but every day I have more of an urge to buy a Zune just to piss Terrorbyte off.

Also, this pudgy lil' guy looks neat. I'm still undecided btween about 5 different mp3 players now for the past 2 years, so.... yeah.

Echo

It gets +2 Interest Points if the battery is replacable.

Cokomon

Echo wrote:

It gets +2 Interest Points if the battery is replacable.

I can open the case on my e250 and take out the battery, if that means anything to you.

Echo

Cokomon wrote:

I can open the case on my e250 and take out the battery, if that means anything to you.

As long as I don't require power tools to open it, I reckon that's replaceable enough. There's always someone selling maching batteries online.

Cokomon

Yeah, all you need is a glasses screw driver or something similar.

Couscous

MinionOfCthulhu wrote:

I would not name my product after a character from A Song of Ice and Fire. That's just asking for all sorts of disasters to befall what you're selling.

Maybe they are hoping that the comkpetitors will die like most of the characters in A Song of Ice and Fire.

MarvellousM

Cokomon wrote:

I have a Sansa e250 and I really enjoy it. What is this, though? I notice the friends list thing. Is it more of an online enabled mp3 player? It looks like a phone without a number pad.

I also have a Sansa e250 and love it, this looks like a really nice little device. Pity my wife would kill me if I bought it.

JWFokker

Holy fuck, I must have one. It's been a long time since I wanted a particular electronic gadget so hard.

deadonthestreet

Hey this looks pretty awesome.

Terrorbyte

deadonthestreet wrote:

Hey this looks pretty awesome.

You should seriously check out the CES junk on Engadget. It's like a gadget orgy.