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SanDisk Sansa e260 (4 GB) MP3 PlayerThe Sansa e260 is built with tough titanium alloy that serves a dual purpose: sexy style, and unprecedented durability. The Sansa e260 can...
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The Sansa e260 is built with tough titanium alloy that serves a dual purpose: sexy style, and unprecedented durability. The Sansa e260 can take a licking and keep on ticking and with battery life of up to 20 hours, that’s a whole lot of ticking on a single charge. Store photos, videos, and music on the built-in 4 GB of flash memory that’s expandable with a microSD memory card. The entertainment doesn’t stop there, you can even listen to your favorite radio stations with the FM tuner if you manage to reach the end of your 1000 song library. Priced right and filled with features, the e260 is another noteworthy digital media player from SanDisk.
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e260 is better than Nano, heres why:
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Pros: Plays Video. FM Tuner. Price/Storage excellent value. Expandable. Can change battery. Use: USB Drive.
Cons: Not many accessories. Mechanical wheel works fine but not as cool as touch wheel.
The Bottom Line:
This is a good value, and if you compare it to Nano, then it is an EXCELLENT value.
I recently purchased a new nano for my fiancee, and one of the e260 for myself. My thought was that I wanted to buy her a nice expensive unit, and I would settle for the less expensive unit. However, it turns out that the e260 is way better than the Nano. I'll break down why, and to be fair there is a couple of things also listed that the Nano does better.
THINGS THAT e260 DOES BETTER THAN NANO:
1.) e260 can do more
- You can play video on the e260 - great for little vacation clips from your camera.
2.) e260 screen is bigger, more colorful and brighter
3.) e260 battery is replaceble, no need to throw your unit away when the battery dies (since apple ipod would charge too much to send it in and get battery etc).
4.) Price per Storage ratio. Nano cost $175 for 2GB, e260 was $140 for 4GB (prices at my purchase time) Thats TWICE AS MUCH for LESS MONEY.
5.) e260 is more scratch and break resistant. Built better.
6.) e260 has an FM TUNER, you can listen to radio!
7.) You cannot use a coupon or coupon code on any Apple products at any store anywhere, you can with e260.
8.) e260 has memory card slot, yes you can add even more storage and/or move stuff off/on with a little micro-sd card.
9.) Battery charge - you get at least a couple of hours more from full charge out of the e260.
10.) Drag and drop your music onto the unit, no need for management software. This means the unit can also be used as a file storage device like a USB drive.
THINGS THAT NANO DOES BETTER THAN e260:
1.) Nano is slightly thinner.
2.) Nano has more accessories on the market, its hard to find them for e260.
3.) The scroll wheel of e260 is mechanical, the nano scroll is sort of touch based. Some prefer the mechanical, but the touch based is prefered by me.
Its no contest for me, I will never buy IPOD again, you just do not get what you pay for. Really, if there was an IPOD Nano out there with the same features as the e260 and same storage space, apple would charge over $500 for it.
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