One user posted that 8 Gigs of memory is not worth it, and they suggested that instead of purchasing this you should purchase a creative ZV:M and another person suggested that 8 GIGs of flash memory is not necessary.

These points are a bit off because they have forgot the fact that flash meoory is superior to HD in every way , size ; battery consumption ; durability. It only has to catch up to Hard drives in cost per GIG. This player opens the door for people who want access to a music collection between 4 and 8 gigs when they're on the go, and who want this in a small player that they could easly exercise with. It also eases the threshold for people who have a music collection over 8 gigs, but may buy it because it is "close enough".

Flash memory is the next gen storage medium for daps, phones media players etc. we will soon be seeing phones with "32 GiGs of memory, high quality video and audio, and huge battery life".

buying flash is buying the future, get with the times.

by kyletimms (See profile) - August 21, 2006 11:21 PM PDT

One user posted that 8 Gigs of memory is not worth it, and they suggested that instead of purchasing this you should purchase a creative ZV:M and another person suggested that 8 GIGs of flash memory is not necessary.

These points are a bit off because they have forgot the fact that flash meoory is superior to HD in every way , size ; battery consumption ; durability. I only has to catch up to Hd in cost per GIG. This player opens the door for people who want access to a music collection between 4 and 8 gigs when they're on the go, and who want this in a small player that they could easly run with. It also eases the threshold for people who have a music collection over 8 gigs but may buy it because it is "close enough".

Flash memory is the next gen storage medium for daps, phones media players etc. we will soon be seeing phones with "32 GiGs of memory, high quality video and audio, and huge battery life".

buying flash is buying the future, get with the times.

by kyletimms (See profile) - August 21, 2006 11:20 PM PDT

Hopefully this will force Apple to reduce the prices of their current Nano's. ($280 Canadian for the 4GB Nano IPOD). 4 GB is more than enough for me. However, watch Apple do something evil like make the IPOD Nano even thinner or have longer battery life as well as 8 or 10 GB capacity. Then I might be waiting again. :-P




Been waiting for the price to go down. This should hopefully do it. The only but to this if Apple releases a higer capcity Nano

by sanjayb (See profile) - August 21, 2006 10:56 AM PDT

If you go to Sandisk's website and download the beta version of their auto updater, it will update to the new 01.01.11 firmware, eventhough the website still says 01.00.12.

by effyman (See profile) - August 21, 2006 10:14 AM PDT

not only is the 6GB already expensive, the 8Gig is gonna add another, what 30, 40 dollars?

For the same price or cheaper? i'd ratehr get a Creative Zen Vision:M.

Sandisk is coming out with some great innovations, yes, but the more and more they make there players the more expensive they will be. Who wants an 8gig flash player for the same price as an iPod Video?

Too pricey! No one wants to spend so much money on a flash player!



Mm01

by musicman01 (See profile) - August 21, 2006 9:21 AM PDT

Yes, more size = more movies, music, whatever... but we're not yet really filling
things, if all the reports I've seen are true.

by pencoyd (See profile) - August 21, 2006 9:00 AM PDT