Sansa Sansa View 8GB and 16GB: better than Apple iPod Nano, or not

This is the SanDisk’s Sansa View and they are hoping to win over media player buyers with its sleeker lines and higher storage capacity than the new Apple video-playing iPod Nano.

The Sansa View comes in two storage sizes (16GB and 8GB); although the good news is you can expand this even further with the high capacity Micro SDHC memory card slot.

Features of the SanDisk Sansa View include support for WMV, MPEG 4 and H.264 video content at up to 30pfs, a 2.4in 320 x 240 display, FM radio, battery life of 35 hours for music and seven hours for video.

The Sansa View also handles JPEG photos and music encoded in WAV, WMA DRM, WMA and MP3.

The media player is due this October for $150 for the 8GB model and $200 for 16GB.