SanDisk has actually played with the concept of offering a player with removable media only, even multiple ports. The first card would function as the base memory.
The idea has some merit, as a lower-cost device can be customized to the desired base capacity, with the second port available for further expansion, or a handy SlotMusic / SlotRadio card.
I am a bit more traditional, preferring that the player have resident NAND memory for the firmware, music database, and more direct (much faster) access times. The machine makes lore sense with a hard-wired base memory. It sure is better in terms of reliability, as the requisite controller and data transfer have to be fed through that 4-pin connection. The Shaker and slotMusic devices have no internal memory, come to think of it.
If the parsing and database issues can be streamlined sufficiently, as these cards are growing more voluminous by the day, it makes sense. Time will tell…
Stuffing that much capacity in something as small as the Clip doesn’t make sense to me…with that much capacity, we only have a day’s worth of juice available in a very small battery. Perhaps something like the e200’s size (and removable battery) would be better.
Bob 
