Sansa MP3 Player - $29.99

One more music deal for ya...

Right now at buy.com you can get a Sandisk Sansa 1 Gig C140 MP3 Player for $29.99, shipped. If you haven't used Google checkout yet, you can use that and bring your total down to only $19.99!


About the MP3 Player

The C140 has a color screen, supports Microsoft PlaysForSure subscription music, has a digital FM player with 20 station presets and can do voice recording. There is even a photo viewer, but my experience is that the included software it is a little bit buggy and somewhat frustrating.

It runs on 1 AAA battery, which seems to last longer than other similar players I've used. It will run all day on one battery if you are just playing music. When you plug it into the computer (USB) to copy new songs that seems to really strain the battery. Overall, we're very happy with it's battery usage, but bought a cheap pack of rechargables to lower costs even further.

Although this is only a 1GB MP3 player, you can still fit quite a bit of music on it. The number of songs that it holds will depend on then length of songs and the bit rate of your mp3. I usually get about 200-250 songs on this size of player.


Music For Your MP3 Player

We use the Rhapsody To Go service for music both at home and on the go. I've been a Rhapsody subscriber for 3-4 years now and love the wide selection of music they have available. I mainly listen to Contemporary Christian Music, but haven't been disappointed with their huge library in other genres either.

The computer based service costs $9.95 a month and the To Go service is only an additional $5. I have the computer program installed on 3 computers. This allows each computer to have access to all of my playlists. The To Go service allowed us to authorize two MP3 players. We use these in the car, when we're exercising or when we want to take some music to a friend's house. I even keep a set of small speakers in my office at work and just plug in my Sansa when I get there - much better than listening to the radio! Click here to get a free 14-day trial of Rhapsody.

There are other similar services that may also work with the Sansa C140. The Rhapsody site has a nice comparison of the services.


Enjoy!
-Z