When Is The Next Firmware Update for the Sandisk Clip Sport?
Soon (that’s what’s been said).
What will it do though? Add any additional functionality?
Raise the file limit to 2x 4000. (One can dream.)
3000, maybe?
I just do not get it. SanDisk had a very popular player in the Zip. As a follow up they made a player with fewer hardware options running an OS that may never be Rockboxable. I_s everyone at SanDisk retarded?_
Well said, Miikerman!
I don’t think SanDisk will ever enter the High-End market or serve explicit audiophile demands. SanDisk is and will remain associated with ultra-compact players for a mass market. And from what I get higher sound quality needs larger electronics components with higher voltage (e.g. DAC), thus larger housings for better heat dissipation (and it’s not about output power in the first place), all of which would be reflected in a higher price.
So – although SanDisk players still stick out among the mass of ultracompact players in terms of sound quality – SanDisk’s now main goal seems to be to remain competitive in view of smartphones used as MP3 players. I highly doubt that this will work out, the less so as some smartphones meanwhile have reached similar sound quality and functionality. And I doubt that there are people who decide between smartphone and MP3 player on the basis of the price difference.
I for one have decided to go for audiophile players (FiiO) which are still portable, even for exercising.
“I just do not get it. SanDisk had a very popular player in the Zip. As a follow up they made a player with fewer hardware options running an OS that may never be Rockboxable. I_s everyone at SanDisk retarded?”_
You need to keep in mind that the Clip Zip got 15 hours of battery life using a 290 mah battery. The Clip Sport gets 25 hours of battery life using a 220 mah battery. So the Clip Sport uses only around 45% of the power the Clip Zip and Clip+. This leads me to wish for a version of the Clip Sport with 16GB built in, and a 440 mah battery, giving 50 hours of battery life. Hopefully this could be priced at $75.
I would also like to see a $99 player from Sandisk that is larger, has a 2" or larger display, has 50+ hours of battery life, and integration of card memory with internal memory(or even better, no internal memory and two card slots which are integrated into one database).
when is soon thats what’s ben sead?
when is soon thats whats been said?
@miikerman wrote:
@panda1212 wrote:
when is soon thats whats been said?
Only SanDisk knows. But soon is earlier than later . . . .
Very true! – Not just miiker, but also wiser than many… 
When is the next firmware update and realese date?
@panda1212 wrote:
When is the next firmware update and realese date?
Please stop asking this same question over & over. 
No one here knows, including the Admin of this forum. When it is released by SanDisk, it will be posted here. And not before.
