Sandisk Sansa slotMusic Review

The Sandisk Sansa slotMusic Player is a very portable and compact, inexpensive player with nice music playback capabilities. It is a totally new concept and it remains to be seen if it will be successful. It has received just a lukewarm response yet. It is coupled with a whole new way of music distribution - through microSD cards. The players have no display or memory and run music directly from the memory card. The compact body sports a few buttons to control playback and comes with bundled headphones.

Design:

It sports a very solid metallic design with sturdy build quality. As it has no memory or display, it is very rugged and suitable for people who are very rough with their devices. It has dimensions of 2.8 x 1.4 x 1.4 inches and weighs just about 60 grams, very compact and portable. It comes with standard earphones and a AAA battery. It sports music playback control buttons - play / pause, next, back, volume which blend in with the design. All in all, nice design and build quality.

Sound Quality:

It plays the MP3 and WMA audio formats and offers nice sound quality. It is compatible with upto 8 GB MicroSD cards and is fast and zippy. This is the best you can get in $20. The sound quality is way better than expectations. With no DRM restrictions, you can simply copy your music onto a MicroSD card, insert it into the player and start listening to your favorite tunes.

The Sansa slotMusic can be used with slotMusic cards that can be bought for $15 each. You can also use your own MicroSDs loaded with your own music.

Pros:
Inexpensive
Light and Durable

Cons:
No Internal Memory

Final Words:

The Sandisk Sansa slotMusic player is a great buy at just $20. It doesn’t have many features but does its core job quite well, and at such a throwaway price, it is great deal.

Our Rating: 3.5 / 5.