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* Sansa Connect Review-o-Rama *
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Hello folks! The brand spanking new wifi connected Sansa Connect is out finally. I just wanted to compile a review roundup mega-post that will link out to all other reviews, impressions, videos, photos, whatever of the Sansa Connect. Got one I don't have? Let me know by posting a comment!
By the way, I'm a ZING employee (if you don't know where ZING fits into all of this...try this).
Also before, we start, you'll see some reviews say the device is 15.2 ounces...umm that's like 1 pound almost. It's actually closer to 3 ounces so it won't actually feel like a block of cheese in your pocket.
Here we go...
UPDATE 4/18/2007: Gizomodo's Frankenreview
Some eager beavers over at MobilitySite got to Circuit City first and put out a nice unboxing vid. MobilitySite also hooked the interwebs up with a more detailed walk through video of the major differentiating features of the Sansa Connect.
Gadgetaholic was also one of the very first to give their 2 excellent cents.
Engadget also figures out that Sansa Connects snuck into Circuit City stores a few days early. After returning home from the local Circuit City, they give a nice hands on review.
Not to be outdone, Gizmodo gropes the Sansa Connect too. Gizmodo goes one further by dropping some science and actually showing an unedited video of downloading a song over the air so that future Sansa Connect owners can see how it works before buying one for themselves. This is a great video that underscores how easy it is to grab the tunes without a PC.
AnythingButiPod also give a great vid on the Sansa Connect's major features. They even have a nice Sansa Connect Forum for those of you who want to discuss your experiences with the device.
Ars Digital has some nice words to say as well.
EarlyAdaptor notices that the Sansa Connects are sold out at the SanDisk online store.
Blogging Molly thinks it's time for a review in haiku.
Damion at ZuneThoughts wishes his Zune can Zing.
Jezlyn is promising a review really really soon now. UPDATE: And here it is. (Also, thanks for the photo). She also gives us a piece of her mind about the Yahoo Music Jukebox.
Rodfather just picked up his Sansa Connect and loves it.
SeekingAlpha wants a little more out of the Sansa Connect.
Even our friends to the north at Gadgets.ca think the Sansa Connect is a great alternative to the iPod and Zune.
CrunchGear weighs in and says "me likey".
Yahoo toots their own horns at Ycoolthing
The big players notice the interwebs have gone abuzz about the little-wifi-mp3-player-that-could and jump on the bandwagon. Yahoo hits up their Y! music blog with the official announcement (and by far the best photo of the device in action to date).
Wired does an "big news" channel unboxing and eventually a short and sweet review.
The WSJ takes notice of the Sansa Connect and writes it up as well (but demands you pay to read their article...sorry).
CNET also sends out a very nice review of the Sansa Connect.
Both PCWorld and PC Magazine give a nice thumbs up. ComputerWorld thinks the Sansa Connect "surpasses iPod and Zune -- for now". Laptop magazine also likes it.
For you geeks, here's some details of the guts of the Sansa Connect.
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Archived Comments (1) Post a new comment below.
The Sansa is awesome...I've discovered so much new music, and with so little effort.
That being said, here's a few suggestions for future firmware upgrades:
playlist management: ability to create new playlists, as well as move and copy songs to other playlists
shuffling within a playlist: within a playlist, enable shuffle feature, as well as sort by artist, song, etc.
downloading: while songs are downloading, add an option to remove from download AND never to download artist again (for some reason it keeps wanting to download U2)
dave b | May 1, 2007 01:29 PM