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Who is the number one MP3 maker out there? Mac-heads will shout "iPod" with glee and begin doing the Snoopy dance in an ill-advised attempt to mimic the familiarly redundant and, perhaps slightly irritating, silhouette advertisements.
Fine. Who would be in the number two spot? The spot that isn't spending money hand over fist in high-dollar propaganda campaigns? That would be SanDisk with their Sansa line of personal entertainment players, quietly moving from third place in market share in Q4 2004 to second place in market share, with over twice the market share of third place. With SanDisk's position in the creation of flash disk technology, they can create personal entertainment devices cheaper than their competitors.
A perfect example of this is SanDisk's Sansa c100, which delivers a high-quality, large capacity music player with a 1.21 inch color screen, encased in an advanced Titanium alloy from Liquidmetal Technologies that is stronger than steel and highly resistant to scratches and wear, supporting Microsoft PlaysForSure subscription and download compliance, including an FM digital tuner with 20 channel presets and FM on-the-fly recording and voice recording via a built-in microphone and running on a single 'AAA' battery. You can get the 1GB version for $119.99 USD or a 2GB version for $169.99 USD.
Those looking for more power should check out the Sansa e200, featuring a slim new design, a 1.8 inch TFT color screen, high-quality audio, photo viewing and video playback capabilities and a staggering - not to mention industry leading - 6GB capacity. The e200 is available in 3 "flavors" - the 6GB version (e270) for $279.99 USD, a 4GB version (e260) for $229.99 USD and a 2GB version (e250) for $179.99 USD. |
