Rockin' the metallic hot pink; that takes some guts. If it's not too much trouble, couldja post some FM recordings? I'm curious what kind of quality you can get from that. I'm also a bit curious if you could hack apart the case and attach a bigger FM antenna, but I doubt you're up to that with you precious pink 'P3 player.

Sorry, couldn't resist the consonance =)

I’ve recently purchased Clip on http://go.shopsansa.com . I’ve got because of small size and rather big screen for that tiny thing. I highly recommend it!

I've had some problematic Sansa devices before, could any Clip owners comment on these isssues:

1. Is the blue backlight in the circular control pnale appropriately visible or blindingly bright?

2. Is the volume rocker switch sturdy? These things break easily on their older models. Does it have clicky action like a real switch? :)

3. How is the volume range? I had to adjust the gain on all MP3s by -10dB because the range of 'soft' volumes is very limited on the e240, in other words the volume goes from off-normal-loud-extremely loud with not much of a range between 'off' and 'normal'.

The problem was that it made the FM radio very loud as you can't fine-tune the adjustment like you can with MP3s.

I wish Sansa would make a 40+ gig mp3/mpeg player...I'm in the market for something to replace my Zen Touch which is on the verge of kicking it, and I'd prefer to not buy a Zune or Ipud.

Ownership Bias: When one reviews a product they already own and use for personal use. Of course you are going to like the product!

Lightly touched on here:
http://pegcitygamers.blogspot.com/2007/11/understanding-ownership-b...

Darn it ... still no OGG support. Otherwise I'd want 2. One for each car.

If only it came with a standard replaceable battery or had known documentation on how to replace it if it fails, which it will some day.

I love my m240. They do know how to make a good MP3 player.

I bought one of these for my little sister for Christmas. Well actually the 1GB version. Seems pretty decent, especially for the price, although I would have liked to see AAC support on it.

As an alternative, Insignia (BestBuy) offers a 1GB and 2GB miniature MP3 player that's slightly thinner and only a hair longer, also has an OLED display, supports drag-and-drop in Explorer and .M3U playlists from WinAmp, and regularly turns up on eBay for about $25 shipped (for the 1GB model) and $35-40 shipped (for the 2GB model).

It comes only in Model T Black, but my manhood says that's just fine.

"For the last while, a Creative Zen Nano has filled in as my flash-based MP3 player, and it's largely been good. "
That's what I'm still using. It has most of the advantages noted above... except for the clip! (plus also has direct ripping from any audio source to MP3s by just plugging into the headphone jack of that audio source). It does use an AAA battery (that lasts for a very long time) - of course using that battery size defines the height and thickness of the player (with the width about 3x that of the battery).
Shuffle is very pricey for what little it offers.

I also enjoy Sandisk players if only because they support drag & drop functionality. I know 90% of users love installing iTunes and using it for ALL their media (*shudder*) but I don't, so it's nice.

Does it have the same problem the Sansa Express has, where the "shuffle" feature doesn't shuffle? Mine just seems to generate a new 'random' order for playback that it'll stick to over and over again until you edit the playlist, and then it generates a new list that it sticks to. So it's not really shuffling at all.

Btw that back-lit blue circle light looks really spiffy.

Refurbished 1GB Shuffles are available for $39 at apple.com. I got one for my mother for her trips to the gym. She can handle a couple of buttons, but a UI would just confuse her -- playing a set of songs in order (and pausing when necessary) is fine. I don't think she's ever even used iTunes to change the songs, and is still listening to whatever I helped her load on there when she got it.

On the other hand, I don't want to go anywhere near iTunes -- or any 3rd party organizer software, actually. I just want to drag and drop MP3s (and the occasional WMA). And an FM radio is a huge plus (AM would be nice too). So I've been looking at the Clip. I'm impressed you can get 15 hours out of it considering the displayless shuffle only gets around 12 (albeit from a smaller battery).

So I think you have convinced me to get one.

Just not in hot pink.

I just read about the 4GB version recently. The Clip has been praised compared to past Sansa players for the general sound quality as well. For $80 it seems like a great little piece for ultra-portable playback, now only if a company would come out with something comparable in form and price that does ogg playback. With small capactiy flash players having the advantage of better-SQ ogg playback is a definite advantage. Rockbox maybe? :) I know one company semi-actively encourages Rockbox development, is it Sansa or another?

mini usb port ftw. i like my ipod but dislike the need for a separate cable as most of my other devices run through mini usb. the ability to add songs without needing to install itunes is great as well.

My daughter has the exact model you picture above. It's freaking fantastic. Integrates perfectly with WMP11, no drivers needed. Although I don't see it mentioned in your posting, (Maybe she does have a different model) but hers has a built in FM tuner in hers, and it even will record the songs broad casted!

This unit is definitely a "Shuffle" killer.

I've long liked the Sansa MP3 players; good to see them getting some love :)

I don't think I have ever since these player pictured side-by-side with CPUs for a size comparison, and that's a Phenom too. Yay!