The article is wrong, not all sansa mp3's have bookmarking. The view does NOT. It has the resume feature, which is NOT bookmarking.
For it to have true bookmarking then the centre button press, certainly in the view, should be replaced with an exit from the audible (or long/voice audio file) to file list, as in video, instead of currently going to eq, which for an voice audio file is irrelevent.
The videos & feature list I've seen so far don't show this.
Th UI is neater than the view. I hope that the next firmware update for the view will replace the UI totally with the one on the fuze. PLEASE!!
Sansafix, you said 'You can choose to resume the content or restart it'.
Is this like for video files with the popup overlay?
Does the centre button exit an audiobook/podcast file as it should, and so bookmarks?
The pop up is similar to video, it prompts you to resue or restart.
Center button cycles thru album art.
If you are listening to a book and then navigate to another content and start it, then come back to the original book you will get the popup. It will remember your place in the Audiobook content. So to set a bookmark just ff/rew / to the content where you wish to place the mark, pause, then select other content.
Just to clarify, the Fuze’s Audiobooks folder acts different then previous players. In previous players only .AA files could be put in the Audiobook (Audible) folder. With the Fuze, any file .AA or otherwise (as long as it’s music) can be placed in the Audiobook folder and show up in the Audiobook section of the Fuze’s user interface. No longer will you have non .AA Audiobooks showing up in the music folder. Simply drag and drop your .wma, .AA or .mp3 Audiobook into the Audiobooks folder and it will show in the Audiobooks folder in the player’s GUI.
The audiobook notation will have to be edited into the ID3 tag, or the file will have to be dragged into the proper folder, if I understand it correctly. Otherwise, all the eggs will be in one music basket. Editing the tag is easily done in MediaMonkey, WiMP, Rhapsody, or many others.
Does anyone know if the database will refresh on every power on if there is a microSD card in the player? If so, how long would the process take with an 8 Gig card?
If it’s similar to the Sansa Connect, and I remember correctly, the microSD card is only read upon power up (not waking up from sleep), unless a change has been made to its contents. The amount of time to do the refresh depends on the number of files on the card. I had a 8GB card loaded with ~256kbps MP3s, and it took several minutes to refresh.
I ask because I currently have an e280R. I like the newer scroll wheels on the View and Fuze, but after reading about the View’s firmware, I don’t want it anymore. I was hoping the Fuze would come out in 16GB initially. Since it isn’t, I was debating just picking up an 8GB and putting in an 8GB card. My only issue with that is on my e280R, everytime I turn it on, it has to update the DB if a card is inside. It doesn’t have a ‘sleep’ ability either.
I ask because I currently have an e280R. I like the newer scroll wheels on the View and Fuze, but after reading about the View’s firmware, I don’t want it anymore. I was hoping the Fuze would come out in 16GB initially. Since it isn’t, I was debating just picking up an 8GB and putting in an 8GB card. My only issue with that is on my e280R, everytime I turn it on, it has to update the DB if a card is inside. It doesn’t have a ‘sleep’ ability either.
Yeah, I’m actually starting to lose interest in using MicroSD cards for storing music, because of the amount of time required to read them. Unfortunately my music library is now at 12GB, so if I want my entire library on my player, I’m “stuck” with my iPod Video … which is actually a really nice DAP but a bit on the large side for outdoor activities etc., plus it has that disk inside.
I’ve considered getting the View, but am put off by reports of firmware problems etc. What I’d really like is the reliability and sound quality of the Clip (or Fuze?) in a 16 or 32 GB size but so sez a lot of people.
Sansa Store items only ship to Australia, Canada and New Zealand outside of US. The Fuze should hit shelves at the major electronic retailers in EMEA mid to late April.