At 7 A.M., Sandisk announced the Sansa View video and MP3 player. This svelte little number will have numerous tricks up its sleeve (no ship date announced yet): In addition to holding and playing your MP3, protected and unprotected WMA, and WAV audio files, it'll support MPEG4, WMV, and H.264 video, and play them at 30 fps.

But wait, there's more: You can also view JPG photos; it's Audible-compatible, for audiobook listeners; and it plays digital FM radio, with 20 presets. The color screen is a 2.4-inch TFT with 320-by-240 resolution. It'll have a voice recorder and a MicroSD/SDHC slot. Take that, video iPod nano!

The dimensions of the new Sansa View will be a petite 4.29 x 1.95 x 0.35 inches, and it'll weigh 2.9 ounces. Right now Sandisk is planning on 2 storage capacities: 8GB for $149.99 and 16GB for $199.99. Tim Gideon will post a review on PCMag.com just as soon as he can get his hands on one; we'll keep you posted.

More pictures after the jump.