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Accessories Are No Longer Just for iPods

By: Grahm Skee on September 2, 2006 10:13 AM

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SanDisk has signed deals with 40 companies to produce accessories for the Sansa line of MP3 players, according to their press release. These companies will join SanDisk’s “Made for Sansa” licensing program much like the “Made for iPod” program. The third party accessory manufacturers are already showing an impressive line up of goods found on their Made for Sansa landing pages: Macally, Altec Lansing, Griffin, and DLO to name a few. These products include a vast majority of the same types of accessories iPod owners have been enjoying for years, including several different kinds of speaker docks, chargers, FM tuners, cases, cables, headphones with built-in docks, and the list goes on.

SanDisk is moving forward in building an ecosystem for their players. I hope that other manufacturers will very soon follow suit.

thanks sannet

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Comments

Michael on September 2, 2006 4:51 PM

The logo and name is just too much like the "Made for iPod" Couldn't they have worded it differently? I actually thought this was a photoshopped logo made by ABI until I saw it was on Sandisks page.

Something like "Designed for Sansa" or something like that would have been better in my opinion.

608zz on September 2, 2006 5:21 PM

From one non-ipod-owner to another, I have not once complained that there weren't enough accessories for non-ipods. The fact that my iAudio had everything built-in was one reason I chose it over an ipod.

Utew on September 3, 2006 12:18 AM

Actually I kind of like the idea of a "Sansa Ecosystem" logo program.. has a nice eco-friendly ring to it.. might bring in an entire new audience.. ;-)

608zz on September 4, 2006 12:16 PM

"Made for Sansa" = ExactlyLikeipod

608zz on September 4, 2006 12:21 PM

And I'm not talking about just a catchphrase.

As someone once said "It's deja vu, all over again!"

Dave on September 4, 2006 4:05 PM

SanDisk is a joke. The Sansas really do define "iPod Clone." They do so little to differentiate themselves from the iPod as it is, this "ecosystem" program makes it even worse. All SanDisk is doing is trying to make a quick buck from parents who don't want to spend money to buy one of dem newfangled iPods for their kids and from "rebellious" users who want to be "different." And here I thought Creative was bad.

And for the record, I am not an iPod owner.

Utew on September 4, 2006 5:37 PM

Dave, Either you got up on the wrong side of bed OR you haven't realized yet, that there are only so many *practical* designs that can be made with the materials at hand. PDA's are similar and before that hand-held calculators.. all in a vertical, rectangular design.

And people buying non-iPods, could... just be looking for the best player available....

What is it, that brings out the venom when something is similar to an iPod? You'd think that nothing had ever been invented before it came along....

lsutgr on September 25, 2006 12:11 AM

Anyone know when these accesories will be avaiable? I own one of these players and the links to the "Made for Sansa" pages say coming soon.

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