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SanDisk Introduces the Sansa Fuze+ MP3 Playera"Offering a Best-In-Class Combination of Features, Ease of Use and Value

^{Published on 2010-08-31 04:55:28 - Market Wire}
 

MILPITAS, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that it has set a new standard for sub-$100 portable media players. The [ Sansa® Fuzea"+ ] (plus) MP3 player is available now, delivering a best-in-class combination of features, ease of use and value.

"We developed an entirely new product to provide consumers with a stylish, affordable device that performs exactly as a sophisticated yet easy to use player should."

The Sansa Fuze+ portable media player, successor to the popular Sansa Fuze MP3 player, offers consumers the quality and flexibility they demand at a price thata™s hard to beat. The completely redesigned media player delivers a hassle-free and satisfying user experience that enables unparalleled freedom in how consumers access their favorite digital content. Music and video lovers can expand the playera™s storage capacity according to their needs, quickly navigate their libraries of files and enjoy high-quality audio and video playback.

aThe Sansa Fuze+ is the most versatile portable media player available for under $100,a said Tom Bailey, senior director, AV retail, SanDisk. aWe developed an entirely new product to provide consumers with a stylish, affordable device that performs exactly as a sophisticated yet easy to use player should.a

Feature-rich Form Factor

The Sansa Fuze+ portable media player offers sleek and thin styling that fits comfortably in the palm of a hand, and its new capacitive touchpad provides the sensation of using a touch-screen without obscuring the devicea™s viewable area. The playera™s bright, colorful and large 2.4a QVGA LCD screen produces sharp, vibrant images when viewing videos or photos.

Consumer-friendly aFilm Stripa GUI

The playera™s unique GUI operates like a film strip, enabling intuitive screen navigation that creates a more natural, crisp and satisfying user experience. Left to right finger sweeps select functions such as Music, Video, Podcasts, FM Radio and Photos, while up and down sweeps or double taps on the touch-pad let users explore and select individual categories and files.

Easy Compatibility

The Sansa Fuze+ portable media playera™s broad audio and video CODEC pack ensures easy compatibility with most major media formats.

• Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC/M4A (DRM-free iTunes songs), FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Audible, Secure WMA, Podcasts
• Video: H.264, MPEG-4, WMV, Flip Video*
• Photos: JPEG, BMP, TIFF*, GIF*, PNG*

The Sansa Fuze+ portable media player is compatible with Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems. The media player is also preconfigured for seamless synchronization with Rhapsody, eMusic and Napster.

microSDHC Card Slot

The Sansa Fuze+ portable media player is fully compatible with SanDisk [ slotRadioa" ] cards or any [ microSDa" ] card loaded with music, photos or videos**. Consumers can slide these cards into the playera™s microSDHCa" memory card slot to instantly expand their music, photo or video libraries without consuming any onboard storage.

• SanDisk slotRadio cards give consumers immediate access to some of their favorite styles of music, including Rock, Country, Oldies, Classical and Hip Hop/R&B. Most slotRadio cards contain 1,000 songs**** featuring top artists from the Billboard^® charts, and are available for only $39.99.
• microSDHCa" cards let consumers fill the player with additional contenta"up to 4,000 songs¹ or 64 hours of video (H264 video @ 384 kbps)¹ per 16GB card. This feature creates interoperability with compatible devices such as mobile phones with microSD card slots.

Additional Features

The Sansa Fuze+ media playera™s rechargeable battery lasts up to 24 hours of audio playback or up to five hours of video playback². For enhanced versatility, the device also includes a recordable FM radio, gapless playback and a microphone for audio capture.

Pricing and Availability

The Sansa Fuze+ is available in red, white, black, blue and purple. The player is available now at major retailers and at [ sandisk.com ] in 4, 8 and 16 gigabyte (GB)*** capacities carrying MSRPs of $79, $89 and $119 respectively, although in-store pricing will be set by retailers.

About SanDisk

SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards a" from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDiska™s product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. [ SanDisk ] is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.

SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Sansa are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Sansa Fuze and slotRadio are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. microSD and microSDHC is a trademark of SD-3C LLC. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, technology measurement standards, applications, features, markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: the market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting, our products may not be available at the prices, or in the geographies or capacities that we anticipate, our products may not perform as expected and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.

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