SanDisk Sansa m250 2 GB MP3 Player (Black) by SanDisk
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Digital camera reviews of SanDisk Sansa m250 2 GB MP3 Player (Black)
Digital camera Review: A nice mp3 player
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife needed to walk after her heart problems and she is not the handiest with technology. She easily adapted to this product and likes it. It is a great size for her. Thank you for your prompt attention to this order.Digital camera Review: A screaming deal that will probably also give you a headache
Summary: 2 Stars
Sandisk is discontinuing this model, thus the 80% price break. While that's not necessarily a mark against the unit, the software glitches I've experienced from Day 1 certainly are. A quick check of the Sandisk discussion boards reveals that a number of people (including myself) have experienced freezing of the unit right after a file transfer. This can be fixed by plugging in the drive to the USB port with the "hold" button turned on (ensuring MSC mode, which makes the unit behave like a flash drive) and formatting the drive with an FAT32 format. Why, after multiple firmware upgrades for this model, this is necessary to do so is beyond me. That procedure does seems to have fixed it for the moment. I am disappointed to note that there is no way to play all of the files loaded onto the unit as a group unless you create a playlist and transfer your files with MediaMonkey or Windows Media Player. If you use straight drag and drop to transfer your mp3s as a folder to the unit, the player will show you each artist, album, or song individually but has no provisions to play all of the music arranged in a particular folder. Also, be aware that the photograph above is quit misleading. The angle obscures the rounded back of the unit and its much thicker than you think (about an inch at its thickest part). I bought this unit to replace my beloved but limited-capacity Creative MuVo. Those are also being discontinued and the 2 GB version is coming down in price. If you have the opportunity, check out that one instead.
Sept '08 Update: Stay far far away from this one, guys. I tried giving this as a gift and I've been feeling bad about it ever since. It just doesn't work very well at all. The software freezes more often than not and it's so much work just to load it with songs that you'll find yourself just doing without most of the time. Get something by Creative instead, even if you pay a little more. Those people know how to make mp3 players easy to use!
Digital camera Review: A workable mp3 player.
Summary: 5 Stars
A real plays for sure mp3,it accepts downloaded music for sure. No problems playing music,completely operational probably best bang for the buck.Digital camera Review: AAA Battery.
Summary: 1 Stars
Why, in this day and age, would I want to buy something that runs on a AAA battery when there are many a more user friendly Mp3 players on the market. Don't get me wrong, 2GBs of memory is quite good, it's just that why wouldn't Sandisk make a rechargable internal battery when all, ALL, of the other Mp3 players on the market have one.
I've owned what you could call its sister device (a smaller 1GB device) that worked exeedingly well, it even had a rechargable battery. It works as well as the 1GB device, but the use of a AAA battery is what kills the potential for this device in my mind. There is no, absoloutly no excuse for the need for batteries in an Mp3 player.
Digital camera Review: AAA Power!
Summary: 5 Stars
For the price and the ease of downloading from my music libary, this is A GREAT BUY. Now,let's see if it holds up. After the hurricane hit, I was the only one that still has power to hear my music. Keep those AAA powered units on the market!!!!