Sandisk ships Sansa with FM tuner

Author: Wil Harris
Published: 13th December 2006
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The Sandisk Sansa now comes with an FM radio, should you so desire it.

The Sandisk Sansa now comes with an FM radio, should you so desire it.

Sandisk is now offering its popular Sansa MP3 player with an FM tuner, for when you want something a little bit more 'live' than MP3s.

We previously looked at the Sansa e200 here, and came to the conclusion that it is a great little MP3 player if you're looking to buy something that isn't an Apple iPod. In fact, we'd go so far as to say that if you want a non-Apple MP3 player, this is the one to get.

Apple offers an FM tuner as a plug-in to the iPod, but the new Sansas will offer it as a built in option for a premium of about £7, which is pretty paltry in the scheme of things. The 4GB Sansa e260 costs about £95 and with the FM tuner will cost just over £100. That compares pretty favourably to the new iPod Nano, which costs just over £100 for the 2GB version.

The Sansa e-series also offers (admittedly miniscule) video and photo playback, and you can get it in 2, 4, 6 and 8 GB capacities.

We've heard from a lot of people that like the Sansa because it offers a drag-and-drop / file directory structure interface, which many people prefer to the iTunes / Tagging system. A quick straw poll of the office reveals four Sansa users and three iPod users (including your writer, a rabid Apple fanboy), so draw your own conclusions.

Let us know your thoughts on the FM Sansa over in the forums.
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Quote _DTM2000_ 13th December 2006, 14:00
I think I'll be getting one of those next year. Even without the radio it's a great deal. I just wish they'd start to include DAB radios instead of FM, or even better both.
Quote Duste 13th December 2006, 14:11
Hell, I'd use anything over an Apple iPod, even if it could play music. ^___^ An FM tuner isn't such a bad idea, actually. It means that people don't necessarily need to download music to listen to it, they can simply tune into their favourite radio station.
Quote mashles 13th December 2006, 14:54
The sansa e2xx has always had an fm radio in it, its just the EU firmware had it deactivated because theres some radio fee thing they would have had to pay, thus putting the price up. People just put the US firmware on them to get radio though, so i guess they decided they might aswell make a version with radio in the EU.
Quote sadffffff 13th December 2006, 17:07
thanks for clearing that up mashles, i was just about to say that theyve always had an FM tuner (that you can record from!) in fact i think i might pick one up for my girlfriend for christmas
Quote BioSniper 13th December 2006, 17:13
The only thing that puts me off a Sansa is the lack of anything around the 20GB+ size.
If I'm going to take music with me I want to take the whole lot ;)
Quote M4RTIN 13th December 2006, 17:15
so im guessing you could save teh price premium the radio one has by just putting different firmware on the base model.. also its not an mp3 player ive heard of before, theres so many different oens after all. but it does look a nice alternative to an ipod
Quote Gunsmith 13th December 2006, 18:11
man i so need to get me a sansa, damn xmas getting in the way and eating up all of my money!
Quote DXR_13KE 13th December 2006, 18:47
nice.... my next mp3 player and pen drive....
Quote Autobot 14th December 2006, 18:07
I have the SanDisk Sansa E250R and its really nice. I think it has alot of features that puts the Ipod Neener to shame. Not only does it have fm radio, but you can record from the radio, record your voice, has a rechargable battery that the USER can change and has a small slot on the right side that accepts a Micro-SD card. The interface is really easy and the sound it great, especially when you get yourself a good set of headphones. If you get the E250R you get a bunch of preloaded music and software that updates the music to whats new, but the preloaded music takes up ALOT of space. The preloaded music takes up about 1.5GB of space. If you get the basic E250 you get no preloaded music, but you can use software to hack the interface to fit your taste. Whats really nice about the whole Sansa E200 line is that the aftermarket accessory manufacturers are taking ahold of this new MP3 player like they did with the Ipod Nano with everything from cases to radio bases.
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