Will a new version of the Fuze be out in 10 weeks? I hope so. I hope it will have long battery life and micro SDXC support. I would love it if it has HD radio and variable speed playback with pitch correction. I am using the Clip+ and Fuze(I have more than one of each). I resisted buying the Fuze+ and Clip Zip. I hope the next player will be a great improvement over the original Fuze.
Will Sandisk’s next player be out in 9 weeks? I hope it will be out then or sooner, and that it has longer battery life than the Fuze, tactile buttons, and micro SDXC card support. HD radio would be great , however I am not expecting it this year, and have greater hopes for it next year.
PLEASE tell me you don’t intend to make this a weekly habit/contribution to your own thread saying the same thing for the next 2 - 3 months!
Wouldn’t surprise me if he did. JK98 is nothing if not persistent.
Judging from Sandisk’s last two players, the next one might be disappointing as well. The Clip Zip doesn’t seem so bad, however it just doesn’t seem any better than the Clip+. Why doesn’t Sandisk put a door over the card slot? Olympus puts a door over the card slot on their latest recorders with a card slot. Yes it will cost a bit extra to add this, however imo it is well worth it.
Tiger Direct just had a small _ 32 GB _ flash drive for $10 after rebate ($20 before rebate). At those prices, absolutely no reason not to have 64 and 128 GB Clip Ultras . . . .
Tiger Direct just had a small _ 32 GB _ flash drive for $10 after rebate ($20 before rebate). At those prices, absolutely no reason not to have 64 and 128 GB Clip Ultras . . . .
Sure there is…nobody would buy memory cards anymore! :laughing:
Tiger Direct just had a small _ 32 GB _ flash drive for $10 after rebate ($20 before rebate). At those prices, absolutely no reason not to have 64 and 128 GB Clip Ultras . . . .
Sure there is…nobody would buy memory cards anymore! :laughing:
True–but you’re charging more for the ultra-capacity players. ;)
Tiger Direct just had a small _ 32 GB _ flash drive for $10 after rebate ($20 before rebate). At those prices, absolutely no reason not to have 64 and 128 GB Clip Ultras . . . .
Sure there is…nobody would buy memory cards anymore! :laughing:
True–but you’re charging more for the ultra-capacity players. ;)
So would you buy a 64GB Clip for $200? lol
The 64GB devices from other manufacturers all have cost $350 or better (and I’ve had a couple of them), although they are more full featured.
Tiger Direct just had a small _ 32 GB _ flash drive for $10 after rebate ($20 before rebate). At those prices, absolutely no reason not to have 64 and 128 GB Clip Ultras . . . .
Sure there is…nobody would buy memory cards anymore! :laughing:
True–but you’re charging more for the ultra-capacity players. ;)
So would you buy a 64GB Clip for $200? lol
The 64GB devices from other manufacturers all have cost $350 or better (and I’ve had a couple of them), although they are more full featured.
For a 128 GB player, likely, yes, if it functioned well. Let’s not forget that the original iPod (with a 40 GB hard drive, if I recall correctly) was $500.
But there’s no need to go there: there’s no need for the player to be $200. As I wrote above, Tiger Direct was selling a 32 GB flashdrive for $10 after rebate ($20 before). Putting the memory from 4 of those in a player would only cost $40 (or $80, ignoring the rebate). Add that to a $50 Clip player cost and you have a 128 GB player for $90 (or $130), with the memory manufacturer getting the full price for its memory.
Some memory company, such as SanDisk, could make a killing from this.
Tiger Direct just had a small _ 32 GB _ flash drive for $10 after rebate ($20 before rebate). At those prices, absolutely no reason not to have 64 and 128 GB Clip Ultras . . . .
Sure there is…nobody would buy memory cards anymore! :laughing:
True–but you’re charging more for the ultra-capacity players. ;)
So would you buy a 64GB Clip for $200? lol
The 64GB devices from other manufacturers all have cost $350 or better (and I’ve had a couple of them), although they are more full featured.
For a 128 GB player, likely, yes, if it functioned well. Let’s not forget that the original iPod (with a 40 GB hard drive, if I recall correctly) was $500.
But there’s no need to go there: there’s no need for the player to be $200. As I wrote above, Tiger Direct was selling a 32 GB flashdrive for $10 after rebate ($20 before). Putting the memory from 4 of those in a player would only cost $40 (or $80, ignoring the rebate). Add that to a $50 Clip player cost and you have a 128 GB player for $90 (or $130), with the memory manufacturer getting the full price for its memory.
Some memory company, such as SanDisk, could make a killing from this.
Let’s be honest though…while I agree with you that in theory there’s no need for the player to cost $200, I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell that they’d charge less than $200.
And it gets even better: Fry’s Electronics has a sale today on a _ 64 GB _ flash drive for only $30, with no rebate required. Again, take the memory from 2 of those as the storage basis for a player and you have a 128 GB jukebox player with only $60 for the storage cost. Absolutely do-able.
And it gets even better: Fry’s Electronics has a sale today on a _ 64 GB _ flash drive for only $30, with no rebate required. Again, take the memory from 2 of those as the storage basis for a player and you have a 128 GB jukebox player with only $60 for the storage cost. Absolutely do-able.
Then you’re assuming the developers can figure out how to handle a database for a player with that much capacity…a task they failed at with the Fuze+ with a theoretical maximum of 48GB.
I could be wrong, but it seems to me the problem is that Sandisk keeps reusing the same code, possibly to the extent that the latest model (the Clip Zip) is running on what amounts to a beefed-up c200 firmware, with some of the same 10(?)-year old limitations. If they do introduce a new model, it’s probably time to start from scratch on the software.
I could be wrong, but it seems to me the problem is that Sandisk keeps reusing the same code, possibly to the extent that the latest model (the Clip Zip) is running on what amounts to a beefed-up c200 firmware, with some of the same 10(?)-year old limitations. If they do introduce a new model, it’s probably time to start from scratch on the software.
You are absolutely right. It especially has needed a “refresh” since memory capacities and capabilities have grown…