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Popular Audio Player and Pre-loaded microSD Music Cards Extend the Fun
Indefinitely for Fans of Rock, Country, Hip Hop/R&B, Oldies, ‘80s & ‘90s Hits
 Toronto, October 16, 2009 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced the Canadian launch of the new Sansa® Clip+ MP3 player and six genre-specific slotRadio™ cards. The Sansa Clip+ MP3 player comes equipped with a microSD™ memory card slot for convenient playing of these pre-loaded 1,000 song* slotRadio genre cards, giving consumers instant access to their favorite styles of music. Each card contains several hand-crafted playlists featuring songs from Billboard® chart-topping artists.
 “The introduction of the Sansa Clip+ MP3 player and slotRadio cards is perfect for anyone who wants quick and convenient music enjoyment at an affordable price,” said Eric Bone, vice president, retail product marketing, SanDisk. “We made a great product – the Sansa Clip MP3 player– even better. With the addition of a microSD card slot, the Sansa Clip+ MP3 player is compatible with pre-loaded slotRadio cards that eliminate the hassle of software installations and time-consuming music selection, while enabling new music discovery and past-favorites rediscovery. It doesn’t get any easier than this.”
Feature-Packed Music Player and slotRadio Cards Deliver Major Music Enjoyment
The new Sansa Clip+ MP3 player is a small, stylish, portable device fully compatible with SanDisk slotRadio cards as well as any microSD card pre-loaded with music. By sliding any of these cards into the Sansa Clip+ MP3 player’s memory card slot, music lovers can instantly listen to premium songs and handcrafted playlists without consuming any of the device’s onboard memory.
SanDisk slotRadio Cards Offer Instant Access to 1,000 Hits from a Variety of Genres
- Rock: The Rock card includes Classic, Hard and Modern Rock hits from some of the genre’s biggest artists. Songs are organized into playlists by decade, theme and mood, creating perfect soundtracks for working out, chilling out and everything in between.
- Country: With music from both legends and today's hottest stars, the Country card features love songs, belles and road trip favorites.
- Oldies: The Oldies card is sure to stir up nostalgic memories of sock hops and jukeboxes at the five and dime with love ballads, Pop, R&B, Motor City and Rock inspired playlists.
- Hip Hop/R&B: The Hip Hop/R&B card is organized into themed playlists that cover every mood and tempo from relaxing old school R&B classics, love jams and ballads to current beat-driven Hip Hop hits.
- ‘80s & ‘90s: The ‘80s and ‘90s card includes many of the chart-topping songs from those decades’ most popular genres—Pop, Rock, R&B/Hip Hop and Alternative—organized into five curated genre + decade playlists, plus a motivational Workout playlist and a low-key Chillout playlist for relaxation.
- Health & Fitness: The Health & Fitness card offers just the motivation one needs to get fit, with a variety of beats to inspire a good workout. It even includes special Spa and Yoga playlists.
Users can easily navigate between the playlists and skip forward through songs at the press of a button; however, songs cannot be transferred from the cards.
In addition to slotRadio cards, Sansa Clip+ MP3 player users can insert a microSD card loaded with their own music library to enjoy — up to 4,000 additional songs1 per 16 gigabyte (GB)** card. The cards are compatible with several other devices, including mobile phones with microSD card slots.
Sansa Clip+ MP3 Player Features
Tailor made for budget and time-conscious music fans looking for the best MP3 player for the money, the Sansa Clip+ MP3 player offers outstanding sound quality; long-lasting rechargeable battery; bright, easy-to-read screen, and compact wearable design.
- Great sound – one of the best sounding MP3 players on the market
- microSD expansion slot which is compatible with slotRadio cards or any standard microSD card
- A wearable clip for hands-free portability and effortless enjoyment of digital music on the go
- Large(1”), bright (OLED) screen with a simple user interface that makes it easy to choose playlists or songs sorted by title, artist, album, genre
- FM tuner with 40 presets for listening to sports, tuning in at the gym or your favorite music station
- Built-in microphone to record thoughts while on the go
- Equalizer mode to fine tune the listening experience
- Rechargeable, lithium ion battery with up to 15 hours of life2 – one of the most competitive battery performances for an MP3 player of its size on the market today
- Solid state flash memory for skip-free playback of music
- Support for many music download and subscription services including Rhapsody®, Napster, eMusic and others
- Designed to work seamlessly with a wide range of music formats, such as MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and Audible files (for audio books), in both unprotected and protected files
The Sansa Clip+ MP3 player is the first Windows® 7 certified MP3 player (along with the Sansa® Fuze™, Sansa® View, and Sansa® Clip portable media players). This compatibility simplifies the user experience, and offers a smooth transition to the forthcoming operating system.
Consumers can show off their style by choosing the Sansa Clip+ MP3 player in red, blue or black. (Capacity and associated colors vary.)
Pricing and Availability
The Sansa Clip+ MP3 player will soon be available at Future Shop and Best Buy stores nationwide and at sandisk.ca, bestbuy.ca, and FutureShop.com. The Sansa Clip+ MP3 player comes in a variety of capacities, including 2GB* of onboard memory for up to 500 songs1 for $49.99 CAD (MSRP), 4GB which holds up to 1,000 songs1 for $59.99 CAD, and 8GB, which has an up to 2,000-song1 capacity for just $79.99 CAD.
SanDisk slotRadio cards (starting at $39.99 CAD MSRP) will be available in early November in Best Buy and Future Shop retail stores, and are available today at slotRadio.com.
The Sansa Clip+ MP3 player updates SanDisk’s Sansa audio/video product family, which includes the popular full-sized Sansa Fuze MP3 player.
For more information on SanDisk products, visit: www.sandisk.com
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk’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.
*These slotRadio cards contain songs pre-programmed in music playlists for unlimited playback with slotRadio compatible devices only. Visit slotRadio.org for slotRadio compatible devices. Much like radio, these songs are played in sequence and cannot be rewound or rearranged, yet in slotRadio, individual songs can be skipped as often as you want. Song and playlist files cannot be copied or viewed (for example on a PC). slotRadio content is subject to change. Titles feature songs from Billboard and other music charts.
** 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity not available for data storage.
1 Approximation based on 3.5 minute songs at 128 kbps. Approximations: results will vary based on file size, resolution, compression, bit rate, content, host device, pre-loaded files and other factors. See www.sandisk.com
2 Based on continuous playback at 128kbps MP3; actual life and performance may vary depending upon usage and settings; battery not replaceable.
SanDisk’s product and executive images can be downloaded from
http://ca.sandisk.com/Corporate/MediaKit/
SanDisk’s web site/home page address:http://www.sandisk.com
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Sansa are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Sansa Fuze and slotRadio mark and logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. slotMusic mark and logo are licensed by SLOTmedia Group LLC. microSD mark and logo are trademarks of SD-3C LLC. Rhapsody is a trademark of Real Networks, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. 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, applications, 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: 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, these products may not perform as expected, these products may not be available in the geographies, at the time or at the prices 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 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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