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SanDisk Releases New iPod rival

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fighting-fire-with-fire dept.

codemachine writes "SanDisk has released its new iPod rival: the new Sansa e280 music player. It has twice the capacity of the iPod nano at a similar price. Even better, it can be expanded through its mini-SD slot, and comes with an FM tuner. The device is said to work well with both Windows and Linux, without adding any drivers. Some work on reverse engineering this product line has already begun. Might this be a great alternative MP3 player for Linux users?"

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  1. Even so, nothing beats a wax cylinder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The wax cylinders I listened to as a kid sound so much better than anything today.

    Then again, it could just be my hearing is shot from all that fighting in the Great War.

    1. Re:Even so, nothing beats a wax cylinder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      except for a video of a one of a kind wax cylinder breaking....

      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-117124602 4685658304&q=techtv/

  2. Missing one feature. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does it have the bright white "please rob me" earbuds?

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  3. Fatal flaw by pr0nbot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rather than an iPod rival, they should have released an iPod killer. Doomed to failure.

    I'll leave the "no wifi, meh" quotes to others!

  4. from the well-thats-not-very-exciting dept by rayde · · Score: 2, Funny

    No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. ;-)

  5. That's no iPod killer! by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a Zune killer! 8^)

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  6. Re:A Fable by larry+bagina · · Score: 1, Funny

    Attn Mods: this isn't an allegory about iPods, it's an allegory about gay sex:

    "And now this," said Farmer Steve, placing a specimen of Farmer Sim's shriveled fruit in the sheriff's open mouth.

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    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  7. Re:ya but.... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...nothing will EVER be as cool as an ipod.
    How about Bruce Willis on a hoverboard listening to bootleg OGGs of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic on a homemade altoids-tin music player, kissing Salma Hayek, and fighting Christopher Walken, Jet Li, the Rock, and an army of robot sharks with rocket-packs?
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  8. Yeah, but chicks dig ipods by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you buy this for your girlfriend, she'll just look at you funny. (yes, i know, its /., bear with me) If you buy her an ipod, though, she'll pretty much have to (tm).

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  9. Re:ya but.... by Slovenian6474 · · Score: 5, Funny

    almost, but the ipod still has a scroll wheel.

  10. Re:A feature I wish my iPod had... by AdamWeeden · · Score: 5, Funny
    Took me 5 minutes...
    Wow that's almost faster than you can say "I voided my warranty..."
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  11. Re:ya but.... by flokati · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...and fighting Christopher Walken, Jet Li, the Rock, and an army of robot sharks with rocket-packs
    When I think of fighters, I think of Christopher Walken. Then maybe Jet Li or the Rock. But Christopher Walken first.
  12. Re:Does it have the horsepower for Ogg? by Kadin2048 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I admit that it looks like a 1908's garage door opener

    What would that look like? A hook on the end of a long wooden pole?

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  13. I already found the major flaw of this system. by D14BL0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The name is horrible. Sansa e280 doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as iPod.