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SanDisk Wins Two ``Best of CES'' Awards for Hottest MP3 Player--The ``Sansa Connect''--at 2007 International Consumer Electronics ShowMILPITAS, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- SanDisk(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) the second largest seller of MP3 players in the United States, today announced the Sansa Connect(TM)--a Wi-Fi enabled MP3 player that lets consumers enjoy and recommend music from almost anywhere(1)--won two "Best of CES" awards at the International Consumer Electronics Shows (CES) in Las Vegas last week. CNET (www.cnet.com) awarded SanDisk's Wi-Fi MP3 player first place in its "MP3 and portable video" category, while LAPTOP magazine voted it top portable audio player on the show floor. The sleek-looking Sansa Connect un-tethers consumers from their PCs allowing them to connect to music and online photos through any open wireless "hot spot" Internet connection. Designed to work with premium Internet services, the flash-based MP3 player will grant music aficionados access to a wide range of new music via subscription services and streaming Internet radio(1). It will also contain community features for recommending music and photos with the simple click of a button and a "live" Wi-Fi connection. According to CNET's expert editors, SanDisk's Sansa Connect was recognized as the hottest product in its respective technology category for its "unmatched innovation and creativity, and the Company's ability to excite consumers about portable music players that can make their way into everyday life." CNET's editors received and reviewed more than 600 total entries from products unveiled at CES, awarding only 10 products top honors in a variety of categories. "The CNET Best of CES Awards is a prestigious award, honoring the hottest products that set the standards in consumer electronics," said Eric Bone, product marketing director for SanDisk's Sansa audio/video line. "We're thrilled that both CNET and LAPTOP editors--who see the best new devices every day -recognized the Sansa Connect as an exceptional MP3 player. We're very excited to bring this to market for consumers to enjoy." The 4-gigabyte (GB)(2) Sansa Connect will be distributed to store shelves in the United States in late March with a suggested retail price of $249.99. The device will be available in Canada in the latter part of 2007. SanDisk teamed with ZING (ZING.net), a new mobile entertainment technology and services company, to develop the product. SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, CA and has operations worldwide, with more than half its sales outside the U.S. (1) May require subscription to access content and an open Wi-Fi network (2) 1 megabyte (MB) equals 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) equals 1 billion bytes SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/mediakit/ SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Sansa are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Sansa Connect and microSD are a trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s). This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, specifications, applications, markets, pricing, customer acceptance and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release. |
