SanDisk - Sansa Fuze +

Amalgam

Cnet doing a quick video tour of Sansa's new 'Sansa Fuze +'.

http://cnettv.cnet.com/sansa-fuze/9742-1_53-50092499.html

New features seem to trump the need for Rockbox, namely, the support for unprotected Apple sourced AAC and H.264. Looks interesting. Not keen on the larger size of the player. I liked the shape of the original Fuze.

Specifications/Features:

* Capacities**: 4GB, 8GB, 16GB
* 2.4" bright QVGA screen (320 x 240, 30 FPS) LCD screen
* Audio formats: MP3, WMA, Secure WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Audible, Podcasts
* Video formats: MPEG-4***, H.264, WMV and Flip Video™***
* Photo formats: JPEG and BMP; photo formats can be further extended with Sansa Media Converter PC software download∞, enabling TIFF, GIF, and PNG formats
* Digital FM Tuner with pause and record functions
* Rechargeable battery lasts up to 24 hours for audio playback and 5 hours of video playback†
* Hi-speed micro-USB 2.0 port
* Expandable microSDTM card slot and microSDHCTM card slot
* Ready for slotRadio™ & slotMusic™ memory cards
* Sleek industrial design with “invisible” capacitive touch control and highly intuitive graphical user interface

Amazon.com (US) with various memory configurations and prices: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=fuze%2B&x=0&y=0&tag=abi-frm-20

Sandisk Sansa Fuze + micro site: http://www.sandisk.com/microsites/sansafuzeplus/index.html?

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I left the iTunes world behind me about 2 or 3 years back, dragging along a large clutch of .m4a audio files with me. I wonder does AAC support include the .m4a extension?

pleasant Co.

I suppose it depends on your needs, for my needs this brings nothing to the table so I'll be sticking with my Rockboxed clip+.

I can see nano users going for this, assuming they're not just after the apple logo :P

Amalgam

Engadget have posted a review.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/01/sandisk-sansa-fuze-review/

Brian

It looks unnecessarily massive, prefer the size and design of the original Fuze.

Amalgam

Engadget seem to be making excuses for the player too.

Some odd quirks, it will not display artwork from self ripped\created iTunes audio, only artwork from purchased iTunes audio. (AAC)

Brian

I had problems with album art with my Fuze too... until I Rockboxed it.

cnocbui

It looks cheap and nasty compared to a Nano. I can't see why any Nano user would want to downgrade to that.