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To: slacker711 who wrote (26763)	10/12/2004 8:48:29 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 60323

SanDisk Introduces New Line of Portable Digital Music Players in Time for the Holiday Season biz.yahoo.com Tuesday October 12, 8:31 am ET Affordable Digital Music Players In 256-Megabytes, 512-Megabytes and 1-Gigabyte Capacities Store and Play Digital Music Purchased From Popular Windows Media Audio Music Sites SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2004-- SanDisk® Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK - News) today introduced the SanDisk Digital Audio Player, a small, portable player that uses embedded flash memory instead of a rotating hard drive and plays for up to 15 continuous hours on a single AAA battery. The new Digital Audio Players combine crystal-clear sound with a sleek design and sport a three-button/one-joystick design and easy-to-navigate user interface. They feature MP3, Windows Media® file and Windows Media-based DRM file playback, FM radio and voice recording and can double as a USB data storage device. Because the players have the ability to play Windows Media-based DRM files, they can be used with any of the popular music purchase sites, such as Musicmatch® music store. "The new Digital Audio Player line offers all of the key features you need in a portable music player at a highly affordable price," said Eric Bone, director of retail product marketing at SanDisk. "It uses reliable flash memory which offers greater durability and ruggedness, smaller size, no noise of a rotating drive, and the ability to play hundreds of songs on a single AAA battery. In addition, it is designed to work seamlessly with a wide range of music sites that offer popular music formats such as MP3 and Windows Media as well as Windows Media-based DRM files from music subscription sites. This will make an ideal gift for the holidays." Ida Rose Sylvester, senior semiconductor analyst at IDC, said, "Leaders in flash memory cards and USB flash drives are leveraging their expertise into flash-based compressed audio players, and control over memory sourcing could be the critical competitive difference in the market. SanDisk has ownership in a NAND flash fab, and can leverage that to their advantage." The SanDisk Digital Audio Player is available in 256MB (red), 512MB (blue) and 1GB (silver) capacities. Additional features include: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 for fast music transfer speeds Up to 1GB internal storage Support for MP3, Windows Media file and Windows Media-based DRM music files Up to 15 hours of continuous use with a single AAA battery Digital FM radio with 20-presets Integrated voice recorder with built-in microphone Four-line Indiglo Backlit LCD that display song titles and artist names Compact design and shape Playback # of Playback # of Model time(a) songs(b) time(a) songs(b) ------------ --------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ Red, 256MB 4 hours MP3 60 8 hours, WMA 120 ------------ --------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ Blue, 512MB 8 hours, MP3 120 16 hours, WMA 240 ------------ --------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ Silver, 1 GB 16 hours, MP3 240 32 hours, WMA 480 ------------ --------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ The SanDisk Digital Audio Player is available now with suggested retail prices of $99.99, $149.99 and $199.99 for the respective 256MB, 512MB and 1GB capacities. They are sold at many of the 80,000 stores worldwide where SanDisk sells its products. The Digital Audio Players are "plug and play" with PCs and the Macintosh® due to USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) compliance when used with Windows® XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Mac® OS 10.1.2+ and Mac OS9.2.1+. A driver is included for Windows 98SE support. The Digital Audio Players include the following accessories: stereo headphones, carrying case with armband, USB 2.0 cable, AAA Battery and Install CD with Musicmatch 9.0 basic and Windows 98SE driver.

To: slacker711 who wrote (26763)	10/12/2004 10:10:05 AM
From: Pam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Hi Slacker, Trying to decipher the gutsy call- -weakening NAND pricing- self-explanatory (although we have been getting mixed messages from diff pieces of news recently and Samsung raising prices ahead of 4th Q) -DSC headline risk- Inventory glut at low-end DSC? or attack from Cell Phone Camera's at low-end? -slowing manufacturing benefits- negative to neutral for Sandisk but positive to neutral for FLSH- I am having hard time figuring this one out! Sandisk just started manufacturing 90nm MLC chips and Samsung doesn't start 70nm SBC till 1Q2005 so what am I missing here?? and what is positive for FLSH? What options look attractive here? -Pam