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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?"

3 of 401 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Does it have the horsepower for Ogg? by ConsumerOfMany · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, it is truly amazing that major electronics manufacturers haven't taken the time to adopt a format that a minuscule percentage of their target audience uses to encode their music. I also cant believe no one make a wheel chair accessible treadmill. Bastards.

  2. I welcome... by daeg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I welcome any MP3 player for Windows that doesn't (a) hijack my file associations (b) install at least two services that launch on startup (c) freeze my entire system if the device is unexpectedly unplugged (d) try to re-invent my GUI to look like another OS using non-accessible controls (e) allow me to easily access the device itself without crazy hacks and (f) uninstall cleanly.

    Works better on Mac, I know :-)

  3. Re:Missing one feature. by normal_guy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I prefer the term bright white "I just bought a $300 music player and I'm listening to my shitty 128kb MP3s with the free shitty $5 earbuds that came with it."

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    Linux: Free if your time is worthless.