SanDisk Sansa e280 (8 GB) Digital Media Player

Pros: compact, photos-video, FM radio, voice recorder and up to 20 hours of battery life
Cons: small LCD screen, funky controls, no wall charger

I'm a music junkie. I have an M P3 player and a c ell phone that can play MP3s, yet I wanted a tiny MP3 player that I could use while working, hiking or walking. When my wife and I ...

Pros: Small, cool looking, sounds great, user-friendly interface, long battery life, many player functions
Cons: Small screen to watch videos. There is a slight buzz/squeal on voice recordings.

Summary I was looking for a flash-based alternative to my Creative Zen Micro yet with more memory. I found the Sandisk Sansa e280 8 GB flash memory player which met and in fact exceeded my needs and expectations. Specifications 8 ...

Pros: Feels solid, No special software needed to transfer MP3's, user replaceable battery, expandable memory
Cons: Limited to only QuickTime format for video

E200 Series Overview The Sandisk Sansa e200 series includes the E250, E260, E270 and E280. The 2GB, 4GB, 6GB and 8GB respectively are high capacity flash based MP3 players that compete in features, as well as price, with the iPod Nano. All four ...

Pros: Great user interface; space for some 1600 tracks; good sound quality; cheap
Cons: SanDisk-specific USB cable; problems with microSD slot; small buttons; Windows Media Player only playlists

I own my SanDisk Sansa E280 for one month now, and I must say I am very happy with it. The user interface is good: the screen is large enough, and the scroll wheel works very well to scan through long lists of songs. The common complaint about the small ...

Pros: Light. Great battery life. Good sound. Micro-SD slot. Looks good. Feels solid. Great support.
Cons: Proprietary cable for transfer and charging. Limited accessories. No OGG support.

I got the Sansa e280 to replace a nice, but short lived, Coby hard-drive player (Reviewed elsewhere). I'd had a couple of hard-disk players, and wanted to go solid state for faster response and better battery life. The little Sansa player had ...

Pros: Excellent build quality, long battery life, great screen.
Cons: Somewhat quirky interface, unimpressive extra features.

The SanDisk Sansa e280 8GB MP3 player has a color screen and a full set of features: it plays audio and video (MP3, WMA, and QuickTime video), displays photos, and has a built-in FM tuner and voice recorder. Although the e280 does a great job of playing ...

Pros: Tons of features. Looks great, sounds great
Cons: Barren of accessories. Only earphones, a power/transfer special USB cable are included. Nothing Else.

Recently my RCA model RD1028A MP3 player died. I wanted something else. Something new. Something that looked good! So I set about my search for the perfect MP3 player. My Criteria: Expandable so I could add memory Plays a wide variety of music ...

Pros: Works well; light & sturdy; extra features and GOOD PRICE.
Cons: Headphones (easy to replace). Not too much else.

I THOUGHT I was going to buy an iPod Nano - I have an Intel iMac and I love it. I went to Best Buy because I wanted to look at an 8 gig Nano. I had made up my mind that 8 gb was the minimum capacity I could live with. Well, they hadn't heard of 8 gb ...

Pros: Great Player - rugged, good looking, works with Windows Media Player !
Cons: No Album Art. Support calls routed (at their expense) to USA.

My Daughter had a Nano as a Birthday present, and I like the idea of sync'ing my CD collection to one device, which I can connect to an FM Transmitter (legal since Dec 06)and carry it around in the car with me. Although the Nano is intuitive and easy ...

Pros: No additional software needed. User replaceable battery. Bright and clear display. Great sound quality.
Cons: Doesn't come with a charging base. Instead it comes with just a cable.

In the last 6 months I've purchased and used three portable music players 1. iriver Clix. 2. iPod Nano 2nd Gen. 3. SanDisk Sansa e280. The Sansa is the best of the bunch. There are two things that I believe every player should offer: 1. Ability ...

Pros: small, affordable, high capacity for a flash player, Linux-compatible
Cons: slow startup time

After using my father-in-law's Sansa e280, I bought this MP3 player for myself for $180 from Amazon.com and have used it for a few days since it arrived. I have seen that this player works well with Windows Media Player 10. My experience using the ...

Pros: Price, features, drag n' drop your music, expandable memory.
Cons: earphones, not as solid as it looks, slow boot,

Right off the bat I have to say that this is my first mp3 player and that I am not the most familiar with all the "techno babble" that goes with it. This being said, I think my opinion can still be pretty relevant since not all electronics consumers are ...

Pros: easy to use, flexible, expandable, inexpensive
Cons: dumb record button

My wife has been a Pod person for several years, and has been trying to pull me over to the dark side for most of that time. I am primarily interested in recorded books, and have been relying on cassette technology, so it was a big step to go to this. A ...

Pros: Small, FM Radio, Voice Recorder, Video formats, photo viewer, microSD slot
Cons: not long-lasting, unreliable, no wall charger, video formats limited, comes with earbuds, freezes

I'd been waiting for this digital audio player since BEFORE it was released!  When the original Sansa's were released, I just knew this would be the ipod killer!  The 8GB model wasn't available when the E200 series was ...

Pros: Very good sound and volume on pre-loaded music. Controls are easy to use.
Cons: The Rhapsody software actually prevents you from adding songs - what a great concept!

I purchased the SanDisk Sansa e280R to use it primarily for music. After spending about 20 hours over several days trying to get the software to recognize the unit, and re-installing the software several times, I still only have the pre-loaded music. I ...