Hi, just ordered it, but missed the sale. But wanted to try it, I like the battery idea, when i go camping, I do not have a way to charge the zin. I like the idea of a speaker and now the zin has one, but you still got to charge it by com. Hope it comes with cables, does it? Is this buy com reliable? MMM On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:24:17 -0600 "doc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've seen a few people who have put together guides to accessible > MP3 > players, and they all tend to overlook this one. I don't know why, > because > it's just as screeneless, reasonably priced, and it's a rather > unique piece. > This is the Sansa Shaker by Sandisk. I got a deal on it from > www.buy.com > in May when the red 1 GB model was on sale for about 20 bucks with > free > shipping. If you want to skip my description and see the official > one by > Sandisk, use this here link > http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Default.aspx?CatID=1253 > otherwise, you can read ahead. > > So, this thing may be overlooked because it is marketted towards > kids. But I > think if you are a gizmo nut like me, you just won't care and will > find it > fun to use. It comes in various colors and you can get it with > either 512 > megs of storage or 1 GB, and I think you can also use a 2 GB SD card > in the > 1 gig model. Oh, that's right! This is a player that has no on-board > memory, > but will store your stuff on standard SD cards. > First, what's it look like. Again, for you gizmo fans, you'll like > the > shape. It's pretty much a cylinder with a flat top and bottom and > it's > thinner in the middle than it is toward the ends. I suppose it's > what you'd > call an hourglass shape. I call it my salt shaker because it also > looks like > a high-tech salt shaker. The controls are way way easy to use. > First, on top > there's a small speaker, and although the sound is strong and not > extremely > shrill, the fidelity is limitted, probably best for voice > recordings. There > is one button which is flush with the rest of the unit, and that's > more > towards the bottom. This is your power and your play/pause button. > There are > two standard mini headphone jacks on it so two people can listen at > once if > you like. Finally, there is a band at the top for adjusting volume > and a > band at the bottom for skipping tracks forward or back. You just > grip the > band and twist it one way or the other to perform a function, and > let go > once you have things the way you want them, since they spring back > when > you're done. It is called the Shaker because you can also skip > tracks by > pressing and holding the Power/Play button while your track is > playing and > give it a vigorous shake up and down. You'll hear a camera shutter > noise and > it will skip tracks. I'm not sure if you can control in which > direction > it'll skip this way, so it may be a sort of randomizer. > It's powered by a single AAA battery, and the website claims that > will last > ten hours while you are under headphones. The battery and the SD > card as > well as the port for the USB cable that comes with it are located > under a > twist-off cover on the bottom of the unit. You do not need special > software > to transfer files, so you can just use Windows Explorer to copy and > paste > from one location to the player. I believe it will only play MP3 and > .wav > files, and it comes with a small folder of sample MP3 files. I find > that it > will not play some MP3 files, but not sure what exactly it's picky > about. > But I'm pretty sure it'll play most MP3 files. It does not avhe any > resume > capabilities, so when you shut the player off and turn it on later, > you are > at the beginning of the file you were listening to. > I actually use mine to play books on, even though the books are on > MP3 CD as > well. I can just use its little speaker and play my book while doing > stuff > in the kitchen or whatever. It's a nice little player, and it seems > to do > what it does well. Yes, I still think the Zen Stone is the most > versatile > off-the-shelf player, but this one is good if you want to either > store > things on multiple SD cards or you just want a groovy-looking gizmo > to play > your files on. It's worth a look if you just want something to play > your MP3 > files on. > > Please feel free to share this review wherever you'd like, as I > don't think > too many folks know about this one. Also, you can send it to anyone > you know > who might be putting together a guide for off-the-shelf players. > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Sps mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ogts.net/mailman/listinfo/sps_ogts.net > > __________ NOD32 3301 (20080727) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Michael Thanks You... TickTalk Publishing Invites You... And www.ticktalk.net Welcomes You... Read Our Stories And Have A Better Life! ____________________________________________________________ What a capital idea! Click now for great vacation packages to Washington DC! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nLWAgoFaZWUxBU339PGJXLdg7PMP3GzAWe2UwsYo1UH3NMq/
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