Fashion accessory? I have a promotional photo of the e280 being worn by a woman in a low-cut black dress. The Sansa is, shall we say, well framed in the photo. The lanyard must have been pulled back for proper “dangleage”, as the device is in necklace mode.
My wife likes the photo, it’s well done. She wonders which part of the photo has more of my attention, as I tried to see if it was a v1 or v2 device. The scroll wheel is lit, making the determination difficult.
Now that’s a proper fashion accessory. Audio device first, fashion comes second. I mentioned to my wife that metal back and lithium battery are kept at optimum temperature when used in this configuration.
The wee Shuffle is already disassembled on the Internet, interesting layout. Man, the things you can do with bladder type LiPo batteries! Okay, the novelty has worn off. The device “can be used without the dedicated headset”, according to one story, “but you have to use the device without volume control.”
Let me add a few things together. Fashion seems a priority, and doing without the volume control? Isn’t the sound the reason you have an electronic device clipped to your shirt? I just officially spilled my coffee on this one!
Rumor has it that somebody is going to actually play music with it… pretty soon.
See what SanDisk did? Hit the market with the amazing wee Clip , knocked that one out of the ballpark, and all the competition can do with it is play with the form factor. Nobody thought that such sound, and as we’ve seen, such capabilities, would be possible in the little Sansa.
When I first played with it, I ran straight for the big headphones, and have been quite happy listening to the music, using different phones, big ones at home, and IEMs on the fly. I rotate between all of the Sansas in my “squadron” of devices.
The biggest problem? I have music everywhere! OGG, FLAC, mp3, WMA, audiobooks, podcasts, videos… good times!
I have a voracious appetite (actually, the Sansas do) for µSD cards now. Gotta feed the Monsta!
Bob :smileyvery-happy: