SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 Player
- Sleek design includes a with advanced features and an user friendly interface
- Enjoy superior sound playback when you take advantage of the digital FM tuner, on-the-fly FM recording, and voice recording options
- Runs on a replaceable and rechargeable Lithium ion battery for up to 20 hours of battery life
- 1.8inch screen size
- Flash-based player supports subscription music stores and provides everything you need for music, photo, and video clip playback
The Sansa e200 Series MP3 players are the flagship products of SanDisks audio line. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based player provides everything you need for music, photo, and video clip playback.The very attractive, sleek design includes a 1.8 TFT color screen with advanced navigational features and an easy to use interface. You can also avoid scratches and cracks with the durable metal backing. The Sansa e200 provides superior sound playback and supports Microsoft PlaysForSure subscription music. The SanDisk Media Converter supports most image formats to enjoy photos and small personal videos.You can take it with you. Keep your media in your pocket with the SanDisk Sansa e280 flash memory digital audio/video player with 8 GB of storage. This sleek, light device enables you to enjoy music, video, and photo slideshows on-the-go. Features include MP3 and WMA playback, Microsoft PlaysForSure support, FM tuner (with recording ability), voice recorder, and a bright 1… More >>
SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 Player
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5 comments
T238 on November 21, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Why would I buy this when the 8gb nano is the same price?
$150, definitely yes. $200, maybe. $250, no thanks.
Scott Styles on November 21, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I’ve got an engineering degree in computer science. I’ve been supporting multi-million dollar web applications for years. It took me 4 hours to get this device to sync properly with the Rhapsody music subscription service that it is promoted for. There is no way a normal person is going to be able to get it to function in any capacity except as a straight mp3 player.
It’s not ipod caliber quality, the only reason you’d get it is for the Rhapsody service. If you are not highly technical and patient, move on!
Player itself works fine.
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Edit – 4 days after getting this thing synced properly, it decided the device was no longer authorized to play the DRM’d music. Only Rhapsody songs that are added again seem to work. Filling the 8 gigs over a USB 2.0 connection takes hours.
All this after upgrading to the latest version of Rhapsody, the latest version of Windows Media Player, and the latest firmware for the player. Further investigation indicates this sort of thing is a common problem with the Plays for Sure protocol used by the Sansa to integrate with the music subscription services, though Rhapsody seems to have the worst reputation. That could mean it’s just the most popular.
Get an ipod. They’re #1 for a reason. A lot of the high reviews and comments on reviews for this product are either people that haven’t used it with a music subscription service or viral marketing from Real or Sandisk.
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Hopefully the final Edit –
We finally got this thing to work right. It turns out that if part of the memory gets corrupted, the DRM doesn’t work properly, resulting in the problems described above. Oddly enough, you have to reformat the player using windows, like you would a 3.5″ floppy disk. Since doing this it has worked almost flawlessly. I’d bump the rating from 2 stars to 4 if Amazon would let me.
Rhapsody technical support was no help, BTW. We installed Napster as a last ditch effort to get the thing working, and the first thing the application told us to do was fix the corrupted memory by reformating the player. Too bad for Napster it made Rhapsody work again as well.
Gregory I. Garcia on November 21, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I knew the sync software wouldn’t work on a mac, but i had expected to be able to drag-n-drop my music and video onto it in data mode. But this won’t show up at all, not even as a drive or storage device.
Probably works great, but if you have a mac, it doesn’t work at all so i had to return it.
Deimos on November 21, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I got this it between IPOD’s when I was going from Nano to a new IPOD classic. It was alright but it’s just a cheap copy of an ipod with less features, performance and space. Not only that the click wheel is complete crap for those of you that are used to the awesomeness and accuracy of the IPOD wheel. This thing also crashed alot with only half the drive full of music and 1 music video on it. I would not buy one of these again it’s IPOD all the way from now on.
Mrs. marialab on November 21, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I was excited to order this ,nice unit…but very limted compatibility with what’s out there…i should have gotten an IPOD.