New SanDisk player to take on iPod nano
updated 08:35 am EST, Mon March 13, 2006
New SanDisk player
A USA Today interview with SanDisk CEO Eli Harari talks about the company's pending release of a new player to take on Apple in the flash player market. SanDisk, which is currently second with 10 percent marketshare, is trying to leverage its lower flash memory costs and its 150,000 retail locations: "This month, we're introducing a new player, the Sansa e200, and it's superb. We feel it's far better designed than Apple's Nano, which also uses flash memory instead of a hard drive to store the music. Our new Sansa is priced attractively and has many more features than the Nano. You can view pictures and videos on our unit. We have FM radio, voice recording, a slot to add extra memory from a card, and a removable battery. The Nano doesn't have those. You have to ship the unit back to Apple if you have a problem with the battery."
