Sandisk Enters Portable Video Market January 12, 2007

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Sandisk makes some nice MP3 players but has decided, somewhat late in the game, that there's money to be made in the growing portable video market as well. The result is its “first pocketable video player”, Sansa View. This Flash-based player comes with a 4in widescreen display, 8GB of internal storage and a Flash memory extension slot than can handle SD or SDHC cards. That means it can store up to 33 hours of video or 2,000 songs, as well as thousands of photographs.

The company is touting it as one of the thinnest out there, measuring 78.5mm x 123mm x 16.9mm, and it also comes - unusually - with an integrated speaker so that you don’t have to keep swapping earphones with friends when you want to show them a clip. The lithium-ion battery is good for four hours of video and 10 hours of music [could be a lot better] and the unit is compatible with Windows Vista.

Sansa View will ship in Europe in Q2 with a price tag ranging from £180-200. For detailed specs jump now.-Martin Lynch

Detailed features of the Sansa View:

Sleek, thin “pocketable” design– at 78.5mm x 123mm x 16.9mm (0.66” thick)
Support for a wide array of video, music and photo formats
Large 4” widescreen color display
SD™ expansion slot for additional memory capacity. Supports SanDisk TrustedFlash cards and the new SD High Capacity cards (SDHC™)
Slideshow capability for photos with the ability to add background music
AV-output of audio and video content to a TV screen through a 30-pin connector (up to 1080i with docking station) or 3.5mm headphone jack
Integrated speaker
Simple interface with backlit controls for easy navigation
Rechargeable, removable Li-Polymer battery[3]
Preloaded content, including full-length movies, short films, video clips, music and photos
Works with most download and music subscription services, including Rhapsody, MTV Urge™ and Yahoo! Music™

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