Yahoo! Messenger on the new Sansa Connect MP3 player
April 17, 2007 on 9:17 am | In Mobile | 19 Comments
Last week Sandisk released their newest MP3 player, the Sansa Connect. The key to the Sansa Connect is that it’s a WiFi based player, keeping you connected to your music, friends and audio entertainment wherever you go.
When you’re in range of a wireless network, you can download music from Yahoo! Music Unlimited, share your music with friends over Yahoo! Messenger, and tune into Yahoo! Music LAUNCHcast Radio. When you’re no longer connected wirelessly, just switch over to My Library mode and listen to 4GB+ of your music that’s stored on the device.
The Yahoo! Messenger integration on the Sansa Connect is similar to the features in Yahoo! Music Jukebox. When you’re connected to a WiFi network, you can sign into Yahoo! Messenger and give online friends access to your Yahoo! Music playlists. And you can have your Yahoo! Messenger status display the song you’re listening to.
Check out the Yahoo! Music blog to find out more about this new Sandisk player. And here’s a comprehensive review from Gadgetaholic.com. Hopefully we’ll get one here in the Messenger offices soon so I can give the Yahoo! Messenger features a more thorough test drive. Stay tuned! 
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
Wow!Great product.
Comment by NO1 — April 17, 2007 #
i think its cute because of how small it is
Comment by bobbijo — April 17, 2007 #
very nice
Comment by i hate room lockers — April 17, 2007 #
WOW! Great! So a music player no one has, now has a Yahoo messenger but the Mac with millions of users has been in beta for a year. Great job Yahoo!!!
Alex
Comment by Alex Rodriguez — April 17, 2007 #
hei bobbijo please visit http://www.sandisk.com/Music/index.asp
Comment by Free Rhymes — April 17, 2007 #
I want Sa mp3 player.
Comment by Pug — April 18, 2007 #
No mention of whether YIM or better yet Yahoo! Voice is available through this baby. Now that I would pay for!
Comment by Dave — April 18, 2007 #
iPhone baby!
Comment by Alex Rodriguez — April 18, 2007 #
Thanks for the post!
Y! Music Team
Comment by Steve Raymond — April 18, 2007 #
I wondr if bots will invade this messanger product???????????????????
Comment by den — April 18, 2007 #
Hi Sarah,
Nice new feature! Will Yahoo Messenger for Vista work too for the new Sansa Connect MP3 player? By the way, can you tell us when will Yahoo Messenger for Vista be released?
Comment by irene — April 18, 2007 #
uhmm not like my type…i got my music facility & its not this…
Comment by canary_13585 — April 19, 2007 #
when will Yahoo Messenger for Vista be out its been and i been waiting and waiting how marh longer do i have to wait for it to be out next year?
Comment by david — April 19, 2007 #
it is AWESOME!! mine works great!!
Comment by Cassie — April 19, 2007 #
Good to hear Cassie! Have you had a chance to try out the Messenger integration on it? Curious how that’s working for you since I haven’t gotten my hands on a unit yet
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — April 19, 2007 #
Hmm, here’s a review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/19/technology/19pogue.html?ref=business
Doesn’t sound like it’s going to be easy to use. Sounds like a lot of its features aren’t fully developed.
Comment by Thom — April 21, 2007 #
WOW! Great! So a music player no one has, now has a Yahoo messenger but the Mac with millions of users has been in beta for a year. Great job Yahoo!!!
Alex
GOOD point Alex
Comment by Karl — April 23, 2007 #
“WOW! Great! So a music player no one has, now has a Yahoo messenger but the Mac with millions of users has been in beta for a year. Great job Yahoo!!!
Alex”
GREAT point. Geez, Apple only sold 1.5 million Macs last quarter ya know. I can guarantee you that there will never be 1.5 million Sansa’s ever sold total. C’mon already Yahoo!
Comment by Lance — April 26, 2007 #
how do change my log in info on my sansa? i cant log out asnd switch users or accounts
Comment by ant — January 22, 2008 #