By Chris WoodPosted Monday 10th September 2007 12:19 GMT
If this had been the same price (£129) or cheaper than the iPod Nano then it might have stood a chance. As it is, a memory card slot and a radio aren't enough to justify the extra price.
I've just been looking at the new Nano in the Apple store, and I have to say I was impressed with both the size/shape of the device and the quality of the screen/interface (not so much with the iPod Classic though, the interface lag makes it basically unusable).
By philip jefferyPosted Monday 10th September 2007 21:30 GMT
I bought a Sandisk Sansa earlier this year I prefer it over a nano, but I don't really see why Sandisk brought this new one out when they already had a Sansa out.
By Martin HillPosted Tuesday 11th September 2007 02:24 GMT
Hmm, the Sansa View has a 25% bigger screen and longer battery life than the new iPod Nano (7hrs vs 5hrs of video playback could be handy though do you really need more than 24hrs audio playback?) but at the cost of being 35% thicker and 67% heavier. Considering this is a market segment particularly sensitive to size and weight, these are fairly big disadvantages.
The Sansa has an FM radio and voice recorder (both optional add-ons for the Nano) but has no games, calendar and contact synching, notes or an online store with 6 million songs, hundreds of TV shows, movies, or hundreds of thousands of free video and audio podcasts.
The Sansa with it’s proprietary 30-pin connector also lacks the huge 3rd party ecosystem of 3,000 speaker systems, clock radios, arm bands, cases and other peripherals or the dock-connector integration (often with steering wheel controls) in the majority of new cars on the market today or aircraft dock integration etc.
And it comes priced from 16% to 55% more expensive than the 8GB iPod Nano. They may be gunning for the Nano, but their attempt probably falls short in too many areas.
Comments on: SanDisk guns for iPod Nano with slim video viewer
hmm, #
By Michael Sheils Posted Monday 10th September 2007 12:08 GMT
Not a Nano beater then #
By Chris Wood Posted Monday 10th September 2007 12:19 GMT
Non starter #
By MattW Posted Monday 10th September 2007 12:27 GMT
Insane pricing. #
By Edward Pearson Posted Monday 10th September 2007 13:20 GMT
"BANG! #
By Luke Posted Monday 10th September 2007 13:28 GMT
UK conversion #
By N1AK Posted Monday 10th September 2007 14:13 GMT
Try the Sansa it is better than a nano #
By philip jeffery Posted Monday 10th September 2007 21:30 GMT
Specs comparison #
By Martin Hill Posted Tuesday 11th September 2007 02:24 GMT
@Martin Hill #
By Chris Morrison Posted Tuesday 11th September 2007 10:21 GMT
Not very nice #
By Martin Hill Posted Tuesday 11th September 2007 14:35 GMT
8.8 mm thick & Press Release Link #
By Anonymous Posted Wednesday 12th September 2007 01:10 GMT
Riddle me this... #
By Matthew Brown Posted Thursday 13th September 2007 10:44 GMT