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Sandisk Sansa M250 2GB Introduction
With Sandisk’s Sansa M250, you can make your music go mobile! The Sansa m250 MP3 player from SanDisk supplies 2GB of storage, providing plenty of room for your favorite music files. An FM tuner with 20 presets presents an additional audio option; repeat, random, and continuous playback modes let you customize the beats for up to 19 hours on one battery charge.

Sandisk Sansa M250 2GB Design
The compact yet robust industrial design offers an easy-to-use interface with an indigo-backlit LCD screen showing the song’s vital information. The main menu includes Play Music, FM Radio, Recorder, and Settings, and overall navigation is logical and easy, thanks in part to the big controller buttons. When compared to other mp3 players, the design seems bulky and looks weird.

Sandisk Sansa M250 2GB Features
In addition to playing both MP3 and WMA audio files, the Sandisk Sansa M250 also sports an FM radio and digital voice recorder. It supports Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 and features PlaysForSure support for portable music downloads and subscription services such as Rhapsody To Go, Napster To Go and Yahoo! Music Unlimited. It’s powered by one single AAA battery, which will provide up to 19 hours of battery life.

Sandisk Sansa M250 2GB Performance
SanDisk’s Sansa m200 Series MP3 players are a perfect example of what Sandisk offers. The flash-memory-based models are available in sizes ranging from 512 MB to 4 GB, with reasonable prices. These players include FM radios, built-in microphones for voice recording, indigo blue backlit displays, and carrying cases. The 2 GB Sansa m250 will hold approximately 32 hours of CD-quality MP3 tracks (encoded at 128kps) or 64 hours of WMA tracks (at 64kbps).

What’s included in the package
Sansa 2 GB MB player, carrying case with armband, stereo headphones, AAA alkaline battery, USB 2.0 travel cable, CD-ROM with drivers and online user guide, printed Quick Start guide.

Conclusion
The SanDisk Sansa m250 provides a nice package of features at a low price. A sophisticated music library sorting lets you browse the music in your player by artist, album, song title, genre, year, playlist, and other useful criteria. With 5 equalizer types, you can optimize your sound for your favorite style of music. You can also use the built-in microphone and voice recording function to capture interviews, classes, and short voice notes to yourself.