Sansa News

DECEMBER 28, 2007 -- Free shipping and product discounts have kept consumer PCs busy, though the e-tail growth rate this holiday almost surely won't match recent years, reports Investor's Business Daily on CNNMoney.com. ... Amazon.com, the Web's No. 1 online retailer, on Saturday said five of the top 10 items on its electronics best-seller list are Apple iPod players. Amazon rival Buy.com reports strong sales of Microsoft's Zune and SanDisk's Sansa players. [News Source]

Apple may be planning to get into the movie rental business and license its digital rights management technology, and it could announce a deal soon. Licensing FairPlay to companies like Microsoft or SanDisk would allow the Zune or Sansa to play songs and videos purchased from the iTunes Store; right now, you can play iTunes Store purchases only on iPods. [News Source]

iTunes users might soon be able to download Fox movies, and Apple could also be ready to reverse its stance on licensing its FairPlay DRM, according to reports. Licensing FairPlay to companies like Microsoft or SanDisk would allow the Zune or Sansa to play songs and videos purchased from the iTunes Store; right now, you can play iTunes Store purchases only on iPods. [News Source]

Free shipping and product discounts have kept consumer PCs busy, though the e-tail growth rate this holiday almost surely won't match recent years. ... Amazon rival Buy.com reports strong sales of Microsoft's Zune and SanDisk's Sansa players. [News Source]

SanDisk Sansa Clip Cnet rating: 7.5 out of 10 (very good) The good: Impressive sound quality; ultra compact, gym-friendly design with removable belt clip; useful features include FM radio and Rhapsody DNA integration. The bad: FM radio reception isn't great; connection of the Clip with Rhapsody was problematic. [News Source]

Shopping for gadget lovers or technophiles isn't always the easiest task. ... For the Internet lover: Sansa TakeTV from SanDisk — $100 for 4GB or $150 for 8GB. The Sansa TakeTV is an inexpensive and simple way to transfer videos from your computer to a USB flash storage drive that you can hook up to your TV to view the videos. It works on both PCs and Macs but only supports the following formats: DivX, xVid and MPEG-4. It does come with a remote, and the video-playback quality is good. [News Source]