Looks interesting... but no 16GB version. :(

You'd think that with all the people that went out of there way to modify the home screen menu of the sansa e200 that they might try somthing new, but nope, we got the Connect, the View and now the Fuze that all have that still on there -_-

Oh and if that Micro SD card is any sign of its actual size, it looks like its going to be atleast two times the size of the clip. Would call that significantly bigger then the clip, probibly going to be the same size roughly as the 3rd generation Nano.

MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN,... sound as good as a Sansa Clip and its a DEAL!!!

Why the hell couldn't they have made this with a typical usb mini connection?

(Nano fan)"ha! my emaciated looking player has a .1 inch bigger screen than your emaciated looking player!"

I think for the price of the 8gb most people should and will jump for the View. but for 80$ for the 2gb, someone could get an e250,60,or 70 online and rockbox it
the 4gb is in competition in a sense with I guess the Zen, Zen V, T400, etc.

I looked on youtube and saw a video of one of the producers for the Sansa Fuze show the product and talk about it. She said that the sansa clip got very good reviews as far as sound quality, so sandisk decided to put the same sound technology and sound chip in the player, so in other words, yes- the player's sound quality will be as good as the clips' sound quality. Too bad the 8gb version only comes in that hideous silver. I want black too much, so I guess i'll just have to settle for the 4gb version :(

here is the link to Mightyman50's video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rxLcpJ41ELg

Thanks, i added the video to the post.

Looks more like an iPod Nano. People would think its a cheap imitation.

What the hell? I was really excited about this player but not so much so now that I found out it's highest capacity will be an 8GB model. If they really wanted this to be an Ipod Nano competitor they should have put more capacity in it. 16GB's of flash should be standard in new players now I think. I really like the design of this player because I've been eyeballing the nano for months now but I wouldn't buy one simply because I don't want to deal with the nightmares of itunes and apple's drm crap. I may buy one of these players only because this is the closest thing to the nano but I just wish they had put a higher capacity in this. I'm sure I will feel quite cheated having to buy an 8GB memory card to expand this... but I still think it's a cool looking player... and why don't they make the UI look better buy now?

All i want to know is if the wheel is stationary like the clip or moves like the view.

I can't wait to read the reviews about this player since I'm leaning towards buying it. I really don't like the proprietary connection but I can live with it. The one thing I really want added in terms of firmware is the file/folder browsing. Lets hope for the best. I'm looking forward to the Fuze review.

"Looks more like an iPod Nano. People would think its a cheap imitation."

Aside from wishing this came with a higher capacity I would take this player over the Nano any day. Screw what people think about it. Sure the Nano looks great, but the Fuze is a great looking player as well. Does the Nano have that cool blue ring that glows around it's wheel?... no it doesn't. So all those goofballs waving their Nano's can kiss my Fuze... well, when I get one.

You're almost right. Except that blue lit ring isn't that cool but annoying. I can live with it anyway. :-)
At least it doesn't have an Apple logo on. :-p

Why Sandisk couldn't wait 'till I get bored about my Clip!! :-D

i think the fuse is great and sleek looking, but suriously, theres nothing special about it. theres nothing that makes it 'special'. i guess because you can easily relate it to the nano gen.3 so much. i think there isnt so much hype because its just too predictable. we didnt even need to read or watch the video to know whats on it.

I bought one last year,the sound quality is not very good. But I bought one for my friend as the birtyday gift, he said it is very good, I check them carefully, I found the earphone with new one is much better than before!

it looks too much like the 3rd generation ipod nano, but its not nearly as attractive. the blue and red color makes it look like it was made by playskool. if it sounds anything like the ipod, apple may have a problem.

Okuno, how did you buy one last year when it's just coming to market?

Or are you talking about the clip???

And if you are talking about the clip, you may be in the minority.