SansaClip 2GB music player

SansaClip 2GB music player

Shannon Rodricks, Jun 05, 2008 2019 hrs IST

It's a tough cookie to crack; but will this take away the crown of the 'Best "Mini" Music Player'?

Cool Design, Sturdy build, Easy wearability, Ease of use, Good interface.

Unsatisfactory reproduction of lower frequencies, Slightly higher price.

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Build and Design



It seems that Sansa was inspired heavily by the iPod range while designing this player. Like I said before, this player bears a striking similarity to a shrunken iPod mini. It incorporates a clip that facilitates the player being clipped onto a belt, pocket or any wrist band.

This player has an all plastic finish but a solid build quality; as in there is no creaking of sub-standard plastic when the player is held in a firm grip and the face of the player does not bevel inwards even under considerable force.


Left-side View




Right-side View


The player is small, light weight and simplistic yet elegant in design. The layout is similar to iPods with the D-pad emulating an iPod jog dial sans the touch feature. The D-pad is easy to use and doesn't require the user to use a lot of force. The beauty mark mentioned before is the button designated as the Home key. Pressing it will get you to the main menu from where you can choose the task that you want to perform. Anyway, I'll speak more about that later; right now let's focus on the design. This player gets 4.5 out of 5 for design from me. The buttons and connection ports are well-placed on three sides of the player, avoiding cramping of buttons. This makes for easy access and use. Sandisk has managed to fit maximum functionality in the least amount of buttons possible without making things too confusing.

The screen is a 4-line OLED display that supports basically two colours: cyan and a dark shade of yellow. This screen is sufficient for displaying the icons for different functions: music player, Voice recording, FM player and settings. The display is crisp and passed the oh-so-abundant sunshine test (refer to the testing part for details).

The SansaClip is a rugged player that survived through moderately rough usage. The only relatively fragile component seems to be the clip. Sansa seems to have recognized the fact and provided for that. The clip is detachable. One thing that I need to point out though is the unshielded USB port. It is prone to damage from moisture and dust clogging over an extended period of time; a trait experienced in other devices using the same design.

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USER COMMENTS

The recent firmware update adds ogg format support and improves battery life and adds support for podcasts. The review also does not mention that the player supports both MSC and MTP USB modes so you can use it with programs like Windows Media Player 10/11 to manage the device and create playlists and also use it in linux without any problem.

by jaikrishnan, chennai, on Jun 06, 2008 07:24 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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