SanDisk Sansa e280 (8 GB) Digital Media Player Reviews

SanDisk Sansa e280 (8 GB) Digital Media Player

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  • iPod Alternative?

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 24, 2007
    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

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Sandisk Sansa E280

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Dec 29, 2008
    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

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Great Hardware But Needs a Fully Functional OS

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 11, 2008
    Pros: Nice ergonomic design; solid; back lighted selection wheel feels great to finger
    Cons: Buttons are hard to use as they are small; operating system is inadequate

    Summary: The ideal MP3 player has not yet been created, and while the Sansa e2xx series is very good for many of the things, the software is poor for podcasts. Also, it should be possible to put the software into a reduced eyesight mode (for someone with less ... read more

  • Great music player... no more, no less.

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 29, 2008
    Pros: Excellent build quality, long battery life, great screen.
    Cons: Somewhat quirky interface, unimpressive extra features.

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Great little player with room for expansion

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 31, 2008
    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.

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Happy with my first mp3 player

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Dec 19, 2007
    Pros: Many options, fast and easy transfers, simple navigation. I'm very pleased with it.
    Cons: Keep in it's sleeve or the screen WILL get scratched.

    Summary: I was somewhat leery of spending so much on one little gadget, but I had some tax return money and really needed something to listen to the music of MY choice while on the go. I got a really great deal on Buy.com (you should sign up for their specials ... read more

  • good alternative to iPod nano

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Nov 23, 2007
    Pros: easy to use, flexible, expandable, inexpensive
    Cons: dumb record button

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Exceeded my expectations by far

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Nov 19, 2007
    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

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Still happy with it after more than 2 years

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Oct 24, 2007
    Pros: Price, features, drag n' drop your music, expandable memory.
    Cons: earphones, not as solid as it looks, slow boot,

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Rhapsody Software Glitches

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Sep 15, 2007
    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!

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Is the Sansa E280 Versatile Enough?

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jul 14, 2007
    Pros: Tons of features. Looks great, sounds great
    Cons: Barren of accessories. Only earphones, a power/transfer special USB cable are included. Nothing Else.

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • And Goldilocks said: "Just Right!"

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 29, 2007
    Pros: Works well; light & sturdy; extra features and GOOD PRICE.
    Cons: Headphones (easy to replace). Not too much else.

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Sandisk Sansa e280: A Terrific Flash-Based MP3 Player

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 16, 2007
    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: 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 ... read more

  • Full featured flash MP3 player--works with Linux

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 5, 2007
    Pros: small, affordable, high capacity for a flash player, Linux-compatible
    Cons: slow startup time

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Sansa e280 (UK) - great player

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 3, 2007
    Pros: Great Player - rugged, good looking, works with Windows Media Player !
    Cons: No Album Art. Support calls routed (at their expense) to USA.

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Sandisk Sansa E280 - iPod Challenger Steps Up

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 1, 2007
    Pros: Feels solid, No special software needed to transfer MP3's, user replaceable battery, expandable memory
    Cons: Limited to only QuickTime format for video

    Summary: 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 ... read more

  • Express Reviews
  • So Easy, Even I Can Use It

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Nov 12, 2008
    Pros: Compact.
    Easy to use.
    Has many useful features.
    Cons: Lanyard is inadequate.
    Earbuds that come with it are not so good.

    Summary: I wanted an mp3 player to help me learn the arias I need to memorize for my voice classes.  This little player holds an enormous amount of music, and it was easy for me to load it onto my computer and then onto the player.I have a wide range

  • Christmas present, Heck ya!

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Jun 2, 2008
    Pros: long battery life, easy controls, one touch voice record button.
    Cons: small lcd screen for videos..slippery in the hand without a case.

    Summary: I love this thing, it is a simple device for playing MP3's, listening to FM radio, storing photos, voice recording (very touchy and picks up ALLOT of audio detail), storing videos. it has what is called a "micro SD" which is a format for removable flash

  • I love the Sansa e280

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Feb 15, 2008
    Pros: Ease of use, sound quality
    Cons: none

    Summary: I recently purchased the Sansa e280. This is my first experience with an MP3 player. I absolutely love it. I don't have a single negative comment on it. It is very user friendly. My husband has an MP3 player of a different brand and I found it to be

  • If you want Quality and Ease of use, this Sansa is for you!

    Rated Show by the Epinions community
    Feb 4, 2008
    Pros: Easy to operate.Great Quality and Durability for a MP3/4.
    Cons: Nothing I can think of is bad about it.

    Summary: The SanDisk Sansa is a Great little Gadget. I bought my 14yr. old daughter another brand of MP3/4 and it didn't work half as well as this one. The Quality, Price & Ease of Operation had me buy one for each family member! It comes with Two Jelly-Bean

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