Archive for October, 2010

SHOULD APPLE BUY SANDISK?

By Steve Alexander. Apple ( AAPL ) had quite a newsworthy week last week, reporting Q4 earnings and then holding a press conference in which they unveiled their newest laptop, an upgrade of the super-thin MacBook Air that uses flash memory in lieu of a traditional hard disk drive.On the company's conference call, a common question came up: what is the company planning to do with its more than ... [News Source]

Tech Test Drive: SanDisk Sansa Fuze-plus MP3 (purple, 8GB)

SanDisk Sansa Fuze-plus MP3 (purple, 8GB) The good: The Sansa Fuze-plus comes in a variety of colors and capacities, at super-affordable prices. [News Source]

Tech Test Drive: MP3 players

Sometimes it seems like an iPod world. If you're looking for an alternative, here are some MP3 players that accept songs encoded for the iPod. [News Source]

SanDisk (“VH1 Classic”) slotRadio Card Offers 1,000 Songs Featuring Rock and Pop Legends From the 70s, 80s and 90s

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that it has teamed up with VH1 Classic to create an epic playlist of music containing 1,000 premium songs featuring hundreds of rock and pop artists. By simply inserting the SanDisk® (“VH1 Classic”) slotRadio™ card into the compatible Sansa® Clip+, Sansa® Fuze™+ or ... [News Source]

CHRONICLE | CNET REVIEWS / MP3 players that are AAC-compatible

Zune HD (32 GB) Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5 (excellent) The good: Brilliant OLED display; HD Radio tuner; long battery life; movie rentals and subscription music integration. The bad: Not compatible with a Mac;... [News Source]

New mp3 player joins the mix

The SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ portable music and video player has a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD screen controlled by a touch pad for up, down, left and right navigation. Comes in 4, 8 or 16- gigabyte versions, in white, purple, red, blue and black. [News Source]