3GSM 2007 Top Headlines featuring MobileBurn.com

Our friends over at MobileBurn.com have done a wonderful job covering 3GSM 2007 over in Barcelona, Spain. Mui Bueno! Here is a select list of updates straight from their editorial staff covering the show floor in order from earliest to latest:

* Microsoft to Launch Windows Mobile 6 on Monday
* Motorola Launches MOTORIZR Z8
* Motorola's MOTOQ q9 Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone
* It's Here: Nokia's E90 Communicator
* Nokia N77 for DVB-H Mobile TV
* Slim Nokia E65 Business Wonder
* World's Thinnest Slider, the Samsung SGH-U600
* SanDisk Introduces the Largest Capacity of the World's Smallest Flash Card for Mobile Phones - the 4GB micro SDHC
* HP iPAQ 500 Series Voice Messenger
* Preview of Nokia S60 Feature Pack 2

And there you have it! Continuing updates can be found on their dedicated 3GSM 2007 Homepage

New Line of SanDisk Sansa Players

The team at SanDisk was onto something when they decided to start competing with the likes of Apple in the portable mp3 player market which is currently dominated by the numerous flavors of the iPod. SanDisk has released a number of mp3 players onto the market under the moniker of Sansa, and have attracted quite a positive response with their smooth silky design and intuitive interface. I recently purchased a Sansa, specifically the e250R which comes bundled with a two-month trial of Real Rhapsody and I LOVE IT. I have taken it with me on my travels across state and to my office to relax while I work. I've even looked at other things one can do with these players, including this. I don't imagine I'll have anything bad to say about the upcoming line of players that were showcased by SanDisk at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.


Starting in the lightweight division, the Sansa Express has a list of features that's surprising given its small size. Unlike any of the other players in the Sansa line, this one can be plugged directly into your computer's USB port without the use of a USB cable. It comes with a microSD card slot for expandable memory, an FM tuner, a vivid OLED display, and a mic for voice recording all for only $60 bucks!


Heading off the middleweight division is the Sansa Connect which brings streaming music to your ears via a WiFi connection and includes support for photos and internet radio. Topping off this truly mobile mp3 player is a handy microSD card slot to expand upon its initial 4GB of space.


Arriving at our heavyweight division we have for you the Sansa View showcasing true video capabilities sporting DVD-quality video and a wide variety of video file types and resolutions. It has a vibrant 4" screen and a built-in speaker to show off its multimedia prowess and comes with an SD/SDHC expansion slot for future expansion sizes up to 32GB! This 8GB player, like my Sansa e250R mp3 player, comes preloaded with content sure to keep new buyers busy playing with it long before they even get around to uploading their own material. Out of all of the devices being showcased by SanDisk at this year's CES, I'm looking forward to this one the most.

SanDisk Introduces 32GB Flash-based Notebook Drive

SanDisk will be releasing en masse a solid-state disk drive for notebook computers real soon. What does this mean for you the consumer? You can look forward to faster hard drives that drain up to 87% less power, thereby increasing the time you can spend on your wonderfully decked-out notebook PC. After spending a week using a company-owned laptop out in the field and waiting forever for apps to load, something like this would be a boon for me. Unfortunately, it looks like me and the rest of the regular consumer market will have to wait up to 5 years before this technology becomes affordable enough.

Read on: Arstechnica

My Black Friday Special: Sandisk Sansa e250R MP3 Player

Among those hapless souls waiting in line at one of many department stores nationwide on the eve of Black Friday, I found myself camping out alongside my cousin and uncle in front of a Fry's Electronics store in Houston, TX. This story I shall tell in a later blog post. For now however, I will fast forward to Best Buy ten hours later among the hourdes of senseless shoppers. While my uncle was scoring the latest deal on an HD Toshiba projector I found myself in the mp3 section checking out the latest sales. In the end, I came out on top with a Sandisk Sansa e250R 2GB mp3 player for only $99 bucks!

I will be featuring a review over this mp3 player in the coming days right here on Convergence Daily, but for now here is a tidbit covering this lovely device. This mp3 player also happens to play movies, FM radio, display photos, and do voice recording. This particular model is branded with Best Buy's Rhapsody player software which is comparable to Apple's iTunes and includes a microSD slot for extra storage (among several "one-ups" on Apple's iPod). So far this product is exceeding my expectations and I have yet to tap into its full potential after just a week's worth of use. Be on the lookout for the write-up over the Sansa e250R in the coming days!