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Monday November 19, 2007
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Just a quick note to all Sansa Connect owners who have not updated their firmware in a while: Your player does more than it used to. You now have video playback! Also, you can now do an artist search in the Get New Music tab when perusing Yahoo! Music selections (the initial exclusion of this feature was something I may have whined about a few months back).
The video specs look like this: 320 by 240 resolution at 30 fps, and it plays only MPEG-4. Since we no longer have our Sansa Connect inhouse (yes, even analysts have to return the toys when they're finished), we'll have to rely on you, intrepid Connect owners, to tell us whether these features work well and increase the value of the device. Apparently, simply connecting to the Internet gives the player its upgrade automatically, so you may already have the firmware and not realize it--though it's hard to miss: Your "Photo" section is now called "Photo and Video." Let us know how it works!
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Gearlog
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July 6, 2009 8:45 AM
fantastic product, and the update is still viable.
yahoo! music download service discontinued, but can still listen to internet radio via wifi. that's the coolest feature ever. not as wicked cool as slacker media device, but if you're staying in range of a wifi hotspot for a while, the sansa connect gets the job done. video quality is so-so, but just having it in this player is a treat. not the hottest thingy on the market, but at the current price point, a superb value.
you WILL have to use the sansa connect recovery utility to update the firmware, or the wifi won't work. but the process is very straightforward, and almost idiot-proof.