SANDISK INTRODUCES THE SANSA FUZE+ MP3 PLAYER—OFFERING A BEST-IN-CLASS COMBINATION OF FEATURES, EASE OF USE AND VALUE
New Player's Touchpad,
Large LCD Screen, microSDHC Card Slot and Innovative "Film Strip"
GUI Deliver a One-Of-A-Kind User Experience
Milpitas, Calif., August 31,
2010-SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader
in flash memory cards, today announced that it has set a new
standard for sub-$100 portable media players. The Sansa® Fuze™+ (plus) MP3 player is
available now, delivering a best-in-class combination of features,
ease of use and value.
The Sansa Fuze+ portable media
player, successor to the popular Sansa Fuze MP3 player, offers
consumers the quality and flexibility they demand at a price that's
hard to beat. The completely redesigned media player delivers a
hassle-free and satisfying user experience that enables
unparalleled freedom in how consumers access their favorite digital
content. Music and video lovers can expand the player's storage
capacity according to their needs, quickly navigate their libraries
of files and enjoy high-quality audio and video playback.
"The Sansa Fuze+ is the most
versatile portable media player available for under $100," said Tom
Bailey, senior director, AV retail, SanDisk. "We developed an
entirely new product to provide consumers with a stylish,
affordable device that performs exactly as a sophisticated yet easy
to use player should."
Feature-rich Form
Factor
The Sansa Fuze+ portable media player offers a sleek and thin
styling that fits comfortably in the palm of a hand, and its new
capacitive touchpad provides the sensation of using a touch-screen
without obscuring the device's viewable area. The player's bright,
colorful and large 2.4" QVGA LCD screen produces sharp, vibrant
images when viewing videos or photos.
Consumer-friendly "Film
Strip" GUI
The player's unique GUI operates like a film strip, enabling
intuitive screen navigation that creates a more natural, crisp and
satisfying user experience. Left to right finger sweeps select
functions such as Music, Video, Podcasts, FM Radio and Photos,
while up and down sweeps or double taps on the touch-pad let users
explore and select individual categories and files.
Easy
Compatibility
The Sansa Fuze+ portable media player's broad audio and video
CODEC pack ensures easy compatibility with most major media
formats.
- Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC/M4A (DRM-free iTunes
songs), FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Audible, Secure WMA, Podcasts
- Video: H.264, MPEG-4, WMV, Flip Video*
- Photos: JPEG, BMP, TIFF*, GIF*, PNG*
The Sansa Fuze+ portable media
player is compatible with Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating
systems. The media player is also preconfigured for seamless
synchronization with Rhapsody, eMusic and Napster.
microSDHC Card
Slot
The Sansa Fuze+ portable media player is fully compatible with
SanDisk slotRadio™ cards or any microSD™
card loaded with music, photos or videos**. Consumers can slide
these cards into the player's microSDHC™ memory card slot to
instantly expand their music, photo or video libraries without
consuming any onboard storage.
- SanDisk slotRadio cards give consumers
immediate access to some of their favorite styles of music,
including Rock, Country, Oldies, Classical and Hip Hop/R&B.
Most slotRadio cards contain 1,000 songs**** featuring top artists
from the Billboard® charts, and are available for only $39.99.
- microSDHC™ cards let consumers fill the player
with additional content-up to 4,000 songs1 or 64 hours of video
(H264 video @ 384 kbps)1 per 16GB card. This feature creates
interoperability with compatible devices such as mobile phones with
microSD card slots.
Additional
Features
The Sansa Fuze+ media player's rechargeable battery lasts up to 24
hours of audio playback or up to five hours of video playback2. For
enhanced versatility, the device also includes a recordable FM
radio, gapless playback and a microphone for audio capture.
Pricing and
Availability
The Sansa Fuze+ is available in red, white, black, blue and
purple. The player is available now at major retailers and at sandisk.com in 4, 8 and 16 gigabyte (GB)***
capacities carrying MSRPs of $79, $89 and $119 respectively,
although in-store pricing will be set by retailers.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards -
from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer
branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio
includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and
camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for
consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices;
and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P
500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United
States.
* Requires Sansa Media
Converter via Sansa Updater. See kb.sandisk.com.
** Cards sold separately.
*** 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.
**** slotRadio cards contain songs pre-programmed in
music playlists for unlimited playback with slotRadio card
compatible devices only. Visit slotRadio.com for slotRadio compatible devices.
Much like radio, these songs are played in sequence and cannot be
re-wound or re-arranged, yet in slotRadio, individual songs can be
skipped as often as you want. Song and playlist files cannot be
copied or viewed (for example on a PC). Titles feature songs from
Billboard and other music charts. slotRadio content is subject to
change.
1 Approximations: results
will vary based on file size, resolution, compression, bit rate,
content, host device, pre-loaded files and other factors. See
www.sandisk.com
2 Based on continuous
audio playback at 128kbps MP3; video playback at 512kbps MPEG-4;
battery life and performance may vary depending upon usage and
settings; battery not replaceable.
SanDisk's product and executive
images can be downloaded from
/corporate/media.asp
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SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Sansa
are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United
States and other countries. Sansa Fuze and slotRadio are trademarks
of SanDisk Corporation. microSD and microSDHC is a trademark of
SD-3C LLC. Other brand names mentioned herein are for
identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their
respective holder(s).
This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product
introductions, technology measurement standards, applications,
features, markets, and customers that are based on our current
expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may
cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that
may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include
among others: the market demand for our products may grow more
slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate
for these products in new markets that we are targeting, our
products may not be available at the prices, or in the geographies
or capacities that we anticipate, our products may not perform as
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