Sum ‘n’ substance:

Thumbs up: Ergonomic design; is low-priced, user-friendly interface; dedicated volume controls; offers a plethora of handy features, including a MicroSD card slot, Rhapsody DNA, a voice recorder, an FM tuner, and support for FLAC, Ogg, Audible, and podcasts; built-in belt-clip; sound quality is pretty decent.

Thumbs down: The SanDisk Sansa Clip+ has a poor battery life; monochrome display is small making it difficult it for some to read;

Inside the trunk:

• Product type: Flash player
• PC interface(s) supported: USB
• Flash memory installed: 2 GB
• Weight: 0.1 lbs
• Dimensions (W x D x H) :1.4 in x 0.6 in x 2.2 in
• Audio system built-in display: OLED
• Built in equalizer
• Battery power: 15 hours.

The whiz-kid speaks: Sansa have come up with a follow up to the sansa clip. The sansa clip+ has been unveiled and this has cleaned up all the faults of its older brother. The player continues with its compact design, plethora of features, solid sound quality–and all at an unbeatable price. The Clip+ is available in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB options for $39.99, $49.99, and $69.99, respectivel

Razzle-dazzle:
As previously mentioned the clip+ sports a very compact design and has an uncanny resemblance to its predecessor. Just minor adjustments have been made to the design such as the player’s control pad is square rather than circular, although the configuration is the same five-way with play/pause, track FF/RW, and a contextual menu button surrounding a center select key. Also, the dedicated volume rocker has moved from the right edge to the left (under the standard mini-USB port) in order to make some space for the MicroSD card slot. SanDisk has also eliminated the hold-and-power switch, electing instead to add a power button to the top of the player and integrate hold functionality into the home key on the front. The overall design of the clip+ is less bulky but it is quite sturdy. It has a brushed plastic to cover its insides. It is available in blue, red and black.

Inside dope:
This Sandisk features the same UI like its previous one but the feature list is a lot more impressive than its predecessor. Some major omissions include wireless capability and support for photo and video, but for a device this size and for such a budget-friendly price, these features are not only unnecessary, but would ruin the overall functionality. What you do get is playback of a wide array of audio formats, including MP3, secure WMA (subscription music), WAV, FLAC, OGG, and Audible.

It also features a built-in mic for voice recording and an FM tuner with an autoscan mode and 40 preset slots. The big news with the Clip+ is the addition of a MicroSD card slot, which is capable of accepting SDHC cards, currently available at up to 16GB. A 16GB card comes in around $40, which means you could get yourself a 24GB flash player for around $110. That’s an absolutely incredible deal. And it gets better too; the Clip+ will integrate content on the card with your onboard music library, so you don’t have to access the two separately.

The performance of the clip+ has barely changed from its previous one which is not a good thing, obviously. The midrange was detailed and well-executed while the bass did not have any distortion but could use some extra thump. Overall sound quality was decent. The good news is that the clip+ offers a signal-to-noise ratio of 92dB; bad news is the poor quality headphones it is packaged with. Do yourself a favor and get a pair of decent sounding headphones, it will be worth it. Also, the FM radio reception of the Clip+ is better than that of the Clip.
The battery life could have been better. It runs out of juice in just 15 hours.

Nitty-gritty: The sansa offers loads of features with good quality sound for just under $69.99 .That is bloody cheap. It represents the evolution of the Clip and Sansa have done good job here. If you’re thinking about getting an Mp3 player and it did not fit your budget, the Clip+ will satisfy your every need.

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