Hi,
is the Sansa Express SanDisks only MP3-player featuring USB-stick functionality (e.g. plugging it in a pc without needing an extra cable) at the moment?
Thanks for your help!
DreamFlasher
Hello DreamFlasher, Welcome to the Community!
The Sansa Express has a direct usb connector, so no need for a cable!
No it also functions as a usb drive. You can drag data onto it as well
Yes, but there are caveats. I live and die on a usb drive. I plug it and unplug it between 3 machines at home and work all day long. I was extremely excited to get the Express so I could do this and get an MP3 player to boot. I bought a 2gb sandisk micro sd card, which is a nice replacement to my old 1 gb thumbdrive.
The only problem is that everytime you plug and unplug the device, it completely loses where ever you are in a pod cast or in your play list. Even if you do the “shut down while playing” trick, it still screws it up. Add tihis to the not-really-random random shuffle, and it is very annoying.
If you intend to use it as a USB stick, just be aware of the tradeoffs.
One other thing, you have to load the device as a MSC, but if you need to update the firmware or sync songs or playlists, you need to be in MTP mode. That is another annoyance, but in this case, I don’t think Sandisk can do anything to fix it.
Well… thank you for all your answers, they were helpful in anyway - but I am sorry to say; you did not answer my question. I will try to explain better: I want an MP3 player with an USB-plug (“no extra cable needed”) - and I know the Sansa Express has this. BUT: Are there other players of SanDisk having this, too? I hope I articulated a bit clearer this time 
At this time, that is the only SanDisk Sansa MP3 player, with that feature.
Thanks Baggage for the short and pregnant answer! Your forum is great
I’ve seen this at Wal-mart:
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Samsung%20YP-U2JXB%20Direct%20Insert%20USB%20MP3%20Player:1994092230
Don’t know a thing about it, but it almost looks like a rebranded express. Button layout and everything. Doesn’t come with a lanyard, and doesn’t have expandable micro-SD card support, so not sure why you’d consider it over the express, unless it is less buggy.
Message Edited by akerkhof on 08-17-2007 10:18 AM
