I like my Sansa

I recently bought a Sansa e260. Overall I think it is pretty good. I love the size, the feel, rhe battery life, the sound, and the FM tuner. Most of its drawbacks have to do with managing your music and navigating through the device. The buttons need more tactile feedback -- it can be hard to tell when you engaged them. I often hit the record button by accident (it is on the side). There is no back button, so often you have to go back to the main menu to select a different album. It seems like you can only create one playlist. I've also found editing the music somewhat irritating. The best way to do it is to drag and drop from your music folder with the device in Flash Mode - this way it is easy to go back and delete folders or songs. When you load music with WMP there is no way to delete unless you delete it from your music library and then re-sync the device - if there is another way I haven't figured it out.

One time it shut itself off and wouldn't turn back on. Apparently it froze - when that happens you have to hold the power button down for two minutes to re-set. I had to call Sandisk to figure that out.

Overall it was a good value, and the drawbacks are mostly just a just a little irritating rather than serious problems.



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Much nicer than an iPod nano.

First thing I noticed when I took it out of the package is how sleek this thing looked. It's small enough to be nearly unnoticeable in ones pocket. I loaded it with music right away. It took a while to charge (left it over night.) The player sounds as good as an MP3 player can. It's intuitive to use and has a lot of features not available on the iPods. I highly recommend this line of MP3 player to anyone looking to purchase one.

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Very good MP3 player.

Very good MP3 player with a reasonable price. So far I have no problems with it. The display is really bright and crisp. Watching a video on the small screen is OK, what does one expect from a 1.8" screen? Well, it's really possible to watch a movie on it and enjoy it if you are in a doctor's waiting room filled with old newspapers and magazines, for instance. I hope SanDisk will increase video support playback, Quicktime MOV takes a lot of space compared to other video formats. The user interface is pretty straightforward. Transfering music to the player is like transfering files to an external harddisk, no fuss. It's small, easy to carry, sound quality is great and much cheaper than an iPod.

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