SanDisk Sansa 1GB Shaker - Red - SDMX9N-1024R-A18 - Great Gift Idea! An expansion slot accomodates SD cards loaded with your favorite music!

My 9 year old loved this(she had a shuffle before this and never really used it) and of course when my 16 year old and wife saw it they both wanted one. Needless to say I've ordered four so far and may order more. The speaker works great. Not very loud but it's really enough for a personal player. Easy to put songs on. I just put sd card in reader and copy mp3s to it and put back in shaker. It comes with a USB cable you can use to do this if you don't have a SD card reader.
 
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When I ordered the Sansa Shaker I expected it to be a little larger than it really is. As it turns out the small size was a plus. The 1 gig SD card which came in the shaker is a great feature. The "shaker" function does not work but the little player is still really great. The sound quality is extremely good even with 2 sets of earplugs plugged in at the same time. My grand children have had a blast playing with the shaker and it is very durable. It has been bounced around like a ball and still works fine. One of my 18 month old grand sons goes to sleep holding the shaker with an SD card holding his favorite songs. May be one of the best purchases I have made in a long time.
 
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Our 3 year old loves this thing. He takes it everywhere and couldn't be happier. There's plenty of space on the card for hours of kids music and he never gets bored. He doesn't get the shuffle mode but he is happy to just let it play through on it's own. He turns it on and off and pauses with no problem though. The external speaker is very clear and fairly impressive for the cost. We've changed out the ear buds for regular headphones if he wants them, we just have to make sure the volume is good for him. We have had so many other parents ask us about it and we're going to buy extras. Highly recommended for any young musician or aspiring singer.
 
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This Sandisk sansa shaker is an excellent mp3 player, the ease of portability outweighs all the cons this player has. Since I got this I been using in my living room, bedroom and Patio. The volume is not big but okay. Its very easy to use battery life is also okay. Pros : Inbuilt Speakers, 1GB SD Card(expandable), portability Cons: No LCD Display
 
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My 75-year-old dad is going through dialysis and needs to stay quiet for about 4 hours. He has a Classical LP collection that I converted to MP3 format. Most MP3 players are small in size and the buttons are too small for him to use. This MP3 is great for him because all these reasons: 1) the red color stands out, 2) built-in speaker and produce very good and loud enough volume, 3) SD card is not built-in which means I can download music onto different SD cards and my siblings can download music and send my dad the SD cards, 4) the buttons are quite easy to use - volumn control and advance or backward to songs, 5) run on two AA batteries, 6) anti-skid bottom keep the unit in place. One thing that was hard is for him to replace the betteries. The top is a bit hard to open. Definitely want to keep the instructions on that. I bought 6 units to give to my nephews as gifts and one more for my dad, as a backup.
 
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This little goodie is awesome. It has a nice speaker for the size of the product, and two ports for headphones or earbuds so two people can listen at the same time. It comes with a card that can be changed up to more memory, also comes with a battery. (AAA size.) You can either move the top ahead to the next song, or shake it and move it ahead! What fun! It's too cute, and great for any age. Kids and adults enjoy this cool little gizmo. Being able to hang it from a belt loop is very handy. Love it!
 
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Neat idea, built-in speaker sounds surprisingly good. Clip is useful for hanging on a belt loop. My five-year-old loves it and learned how to use it quickly. Problems are: 1) if you neglect to turn it off after use, it seems to go to "sleep" and the only way to wake it is to remove and re-insert the battery; 2) The shake function (to move to another song), doesn't seem to work. But there is a next / previous song switch, so this is not a big problem. The bottom line is, I don't want my five-year-old listening through headphones or earbuds, so I think this is a great product for the $.
 
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My four year old grandson has one of these that he takes everywhere with him.I bought this one to give to my other grandson at Christmas.It is easy to use and easy to hold for smaller hands. The built in speaker is good for kids,you don't need to worry about the volume being turned up too loud with the ear phones.Great price!
 
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This is a great deal. My son loves his shaker and I am tempted to take his with me to work instead of my MuVo. It comes with a removable 1G SD memory card that I replaced with a 2G. Now the thing has over three hundred songs and its only half full :} Tons of room to grow. This a only a music player, no screen, no video but thats whats great about it. The fruity player (shuffle) will cost $40 more and it doest even have a speaker or an extra headphone jack.
 
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Great deal at $15. Featureless but fun. No display and no options. Adequate on board speaker and two headphone jacks make it unique. Removable memory (SD card) makes it easy to change styles of music for different occasions (buy some extra SD cards and swap on the go). Battery/card slot cover is captive by short tether, but it takes an adult to put it back on correctly else it keeps opening.
 
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Simply stated: Great Little Mp3! Hate to say it I like it better than my iPod! Bought four so I could give some as gifts!
 
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Great sound quality, Sound from speaker is good with high enough volume. Actually was a gift to my wife...We both liked it...Downside.....well...eats battery very fast...faster than what i expected. Overall its a good product.
 
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No one can beat buy.com price i got this shaker for 15 dollars and it works right of the box. for the price its the best product
 
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i bought this for my grandaughter's birthday. i think she will love it.
 
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We have bought several of these. The first was for our 4 year old son and 4 others as birthday gifts for his friends! Easy to use (with parental help for downloading music) for kids and virtually indestructable as well. Built in speaker makes carrying the unit easy without the headphone wires being in the way.
 
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great unit for the price speaker is great
 
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I purchased 3 of these for home. My children range in age from 15-20yrs old and each love their player. I wanted something inexpensive that they could use everyday & outdoors when working. We are happy with the ease of use. Also the external speaker is a great alternative when you don't want to bother with earbuds. It sounds good (you're not paying for high quality speakers here), and with the earbuds it sounds great. If the player wears out, we can always use the SD card for our cameras.
 
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My 6-year-old grandson loves this. The speaker is a real plus, though the included headphones fit him fine. The removable SD card makes it extremely easy to add or remove songs, as most computers have card readers and you can drag and drop. After having mp3 players with various batteries, I've found that the AAA is the best; they last long, are easy to find in any store, and you can use NIMH rechargeables. The one issue I have is that there's no good way to skip around; I put songs, stories, and other favorites on the card, but there's no way to navigate, other than fast forward/reverse, jump to next/previous song, or the random "shaker" option. But for the price, it's a great bargain, and for a kid's player I don't know of any better at any price. OK for an adult if you don't mind not being able to navigate easily. At first this unit would freeze up at times; formatting the memory card in the computer, then putting the songs back on fixed it. My grandson jumped into the pool with this on his belt loop. I removed the battery, let it dry thoroughly in a warm spot, and it works perfectly again.
 
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Comes with everything you need... Battery, memory card, USB cable and ear phones. For the price, it can't be beat. I don't understand why colors other than red are so expensive.
 
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I hate dealing with a tangled headphone cable so I love using the built-in speaker. Volume and sound quality is surprisingly good. Songs play in the order they are loaded on the SD card. Loading the player is easy. Hook the player to the computer and copy music using drag-n-drop. I bought three of these MP3 players and gave 2 away as gifts. I set mine on my desk and let it play while I work. I use a rechargeable battery in the player for hours of listening plus keep a spare handy for quick replacement.
 
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It is a great value and perfect for kids to share and listen to music. No LCD is a plus with kids. The external speaker is a great option.
 
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We bought these as gifts to have on hand for when our kids get invited to birthday parties for their friends. They are great for young kids. Easy to operate and hold a ton of music that they love.
 
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Very simple to set up and use. Comes with 1GB SD type card that should hold hundreds of songs. I bought for my son to take to overnight/sleep away camp where you can't charge an iPod. This unit runs on easy to replace batteries. You can't move songs from iPod or iTunes to this devices, but it is simply to move MP3 songs or those converted. Just plug in USB cable, computer shows Sansa as an external hard drive and you drag and drop. Had unit unwrapped, hooked up to computer and 200+ songs on unit in under 30 minutes. Only issue, which is major, is sound quality from speaker is poor, especially compared to iPod or similar. But my son is enjoying.
 
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Excellant product for kids, Don't think it will support more than a gig card.
 
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I reviewed this before and said the shake function doesn't work, my 11 year old showed me how to do it. I've bought three of these, two for my girls and one for a gift. I highly recommend re-chargeable batteries as my girls never put these down. Adding songs is a breeze drag and drop on the card or with the usb cord. The speaker is nice, not the best sound but for the price it's right. For the player, battery, 1GB sd card, usb cable and lanyard for under twenty bucks how can you go wrong? I like them , but the kids love them. No more scratched CD's . These are also well put together. Another great deal from BUY.com I will purchase from Buy.com again
 
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My 7-year-old daughter loves it. My 1-year-old daughter loves it. They mostly use the built-in speaker. It is amazingly loud and clear. I plan to buy more for gifts.
 
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I love this mp3 player! I bought it for my 4 yr old grandson. He has no problem working it & I love the fact that it has a speaker. This way we don't have to worry about earphones. With the enclosed clip I just put it on a lanyard & he wears it around his neck all day.The only drawback is that it goes thru the AA battery needed rather quickly. I'm buying another for my infant grandson to put his lullabys on.
 
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For the cost it is a very good value. I found that the built-in speaker provides such good quality sound that I am yet to use the headset jacks for listening.
 
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Excellent product for kids. Easy to use and extremely flexible because of the two headphone jacks, external speaker, and SD card slot. Great deal for a 1GB player!
 
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I purchased this for a woman friend who wants the music but has never had an mp3 player before because she was afraid they were too complicated to use. This one is a no brainer. That is why I bought it for her. It holds a lot of music! I like that it has a speaker built in and two head phone jacks. The only thing that I don't care for is that once I opened bottom and put the battery in, the lid would not stay put. It kept coming off. Fortunately, it has a little black strand of plastic that holds it in place and I just screw it back on. Then it falls off again. A bit annoying, but not enough to keep from using it. The picture is a bit deceptive... I was not certain how large or clunky it might be. Because of the price, I went for it anyway. The unit is really as small as a salt shaker. Very light. I bought one for my friend and one for me. I'm glad that I did.
 
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Grand Daugter likes it so it must be good.
 
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I purchased one of these for my infant and now he screams if it's not playing! He loves it. The shaking feature works great, just hold the play button as you shake it and it changes to a somewhat random song although it doesn't get too far from where you are in the song list. Comes with a 1gb Sandisk SD card. When it's powered on but paused, it makes a goofy noise when you shake it. Also, when you take out the mem card with it powered on, it makes another goofy noise. The speaker is very good considering the size and price. It can't handle a lot of bass of course but my expectations were low for a 1 inch driver anyhow. It takes a single AAA battery to power it which is good since you can replace it while you are out and buy batteries practically anywhere however.... this leads me to my first bad point about this player, sometimes it acts like it simply does not recognize the battery. Acts like the brand new battery you put in is completely empty. This had me puzzled and frusterated for quite some time. I figured out a workaround that seems to do the trick though so far. If you hold the power button as you are putting the battery in the player, it seems to work. If you put in a battery and try to power it up, that doesn't always work. After the battery is 'recognized' it always seems to work. I know this is HIGHLY