Looks like the rumor was true!
I just finished updating my player with the new firmware... which
now lets me browse/stream specific tracks from the Yahoo Music
catalog!

There also seems to be a "video" addition to the photos menu. Looks
like this requires downloading the Sansa Media Converter to let you
transfer video from your PC. This wasn't high on my wish-list, but
nice to know it's there, I suppose.

I've just been playing with it for 5 minutes, but those are the two
big things I saw. Anybody see anything else?

this is a nice present for a Tuesday afternoon!



--- In sansaconnect@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Clark"
<promisedplanet@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, I've heard some horror stories about Creative support, too.
>
> I don't think it's unusual for a company to be tight-lipped when it
> comes to firmware upgrades. Usually they just spring them on you.
> It's just unfortunate that the Connect's firmware upgrades are so
> infrequent ... I think it may be a sign, along with the massive
> price decrease, that Sandisk is pulling resources from the
Connect.
> Of course, that's their choice. Personally I've never experienced
> any real bugs with the Connect, but then again, I don't use YMtG.
>
> --- In sansaconnect@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Ruby" <mruby2003@>
> wrote:
> >
> > If you find a company that treats its customers any better (and
> also
> > produces decent products), I certainly would like to hear about
> them.
> >
> > I switched to a SanDisk product because a *firmware update*
> bricked my
> > Creative Zen Xtra player (it won't even power on anymore) and
> Creative
> > wanted me to pay $100+ to have the player repaired. I found out
> later
> > from reading their forums that I was far from the only person
with
> the
> > same problem.
> >
> > Given that experience, I can deal with a company that's tight-
> lipped
> > about their plans for the future. I will never, ever buy another
> > Creative product, but as long as I'm able to use my Connect as a
> > Windows PlayForSure device, I would be happy to buy another Sansa
> product.
> >
> > -M
> >
> > --- In sansaconnect@yahoogroups.com, "otacorba" <otacorb@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I will believe it when I see it downloading on my Sansa
> Connect.
> > > The silience from SanDisk and Zing is deafening. Neither of
> them
> > > are willing to comment or give us any clean indications that
> this
> > > device is going to continue to be supported or not. Yahoo
> clearly
> > > is on the way down and maybe even out at some point. So then
> what?
> > > We end up with a device that for the most part won't serve the
> > > purpose it was intended.
> > >
> > > I hate companies that do business like this. Let just not say
a
> > > word to our customers, let them eat static! It is no way to do
> > > business.
> > >
> > > I will never buy another SanDisk product and once my Yahoo sub
> is
> > > over, then I am done with them too.
> > >
> >
>