Ipod Nano Sansa E280

Don?t get me wrong. iPods are popular for thousands of good reasons. But this is to remind you that there are other good options out there ? and the sansa is one of them.

The e200 line of portable music players are small (3.5 by 1.74 by 0.49 inches and sturdy (nice metal case on the back). They come in a number of different memory configurations: 2GB (e250, $140), 4GB (e260, $180), 6GB (e270, $220) and the unit under examination here, 8GB (e280, $250).

It should also be noted that the sansas also accept microSD expansion cards ? currently peaking at 2GB. That means my test unit contained 10GB of storage space. Using SanDisk?s computations, 8GB is good for 2,000 songs (4 minutes each, ripped at MP3 128Kpbs). My 10GB sansa, therefore, could theoretically hold 2,500 songs.

Code: ipod-nano-sansa-e280