SanDisk announces Sansa Express MP3 player

SanDisk announce an affordable, cable-less, flash-based MP3 player: the 1-gigabyte (GB) 1 Sansa Express. Designed for the value-conscious consumer, the compact Sansa Express stands out amongst the competition as an affordably priced device with many high-end features, including a microSD™ expansion slot, FM tuner, recording capabilities, data storage and a direct connection to a consumer’s computer – no USB cable required.

Sansa Express

Sansa Express specification:

Cable-less battery charging and USB 2.0 connectivity

Bright, four-line OLED Screen (1.1″)

A microSD expansion slot for additional memory capacity with SanDisk TrustedFlash™ content cards

Digital FM tuner, with FM recording2

Voice recording with a built-in microphone

Data and document storage

Up to 15-hour Lithium Polymer battery life

Cool, blue backlit effect

Simple to use controls for fast device interface navigation

The Sansa Express can hold up to 3GB of music—or 750 songs4 —by utilizing a 2GB microSD card in the player’s memory expansion slot. This card feature also enables secure transferring of music to other devices equipped with microSD card slots such as mobile phones and PDAs.

About the size of a pack of gum, the dimensions of the Sansa Express MP3 player are .99 inches wide x 3.09 inches long x .64 inches high.

Available in March 2007 in the U.S. and Europe, the Sansa Express will be priced at $59.995 (MSRP).

Matt

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