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October 30, 2009 3:15 PM PDT

MP3 players with memory expansion

by Jasmine France
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In the beginning, MP3 players relied heavily on memory-card expansion slots, because built-in memory was painfully scarce. My, how the times have changed. Nowadays, internal flash chips offer up to 64GB of storage, and memory-card expansion slots--which almost exclusively take some form of SD media--are merely offered as an extra feature.

Luckily, there's a decent array of MP3 players currently on the market offering this extra, so if you're keen on the option of adding more space on a whim--or you just want to use memory cards a la MiniDiscs, swapping them in at intervals--you have plenty of worthy choices.

Check out the expandable MP3 players.

For more than five years, Jasmine France has covered a variety of tech products for CNET--from scanners to keyboards to GPS devices--but she's happiest where she is now: sitting atop a pile of MP3 players, "testing" every music service known to man, and jamming a variety of earbuds in every shape and color into her absurdly small ears. E-mail Jasmine.
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by hellninja64 October 30, 2009 5:24 PM PDT
the ipod touch 3G has a 64GB chip, i don't know why you put 32GB
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by Tech Diva XXX October 30, 2009 5:40 PM PDT
I thought they offered both.
by hellninja64 October 30, 2009 6:08 PM PDT
they do im just saying that the touch can go over 32gb
by PiCASSiMO October 30, 2009 5:34 PM PDT
Please tell me that the (Micro?) SD card placed in that Sansa player is just for show, and it will fully be seated inside the unit without being snagged on? Otherwise, it's a very bad design.
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by HulkSmashForever November 1, 2009 2:28 PM PST
The microSD card slides nearly completely into the Clip+'s side, and is practically flush with the side of the player when fully inserted.
by DrKristen October 31, 2009 7:08 AM PDT
go ton e of these recently from gomemory.co.uk
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