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what's up prized by fans I'm Brian Tong and this is an mp3 punch-out between the top two clip-on mp3 players it's a takedown shakedown between the sixth generation iPod Nano and the sansa clip+ our judges for this fight are senior editor Donald Saved by the Bell senior associate editor jasmine knock him in the pants France and you know who bring the a big column now we'll take all three judges blind scores and average them out to the nearest tenth each round the final prizefight score will be an average of all rounds using the same decimal system we all know looks matter round one is design the redesigned nano looks sleek and it's screen pops but being pretty is only part of it the small touchscreen makes it a pain to navigate it's clip is awkward to use and when one of the judges gives it a one you know it has issues it's pretty much like a shuffle with the screen and that's not a good thing the clip Plus is no sexy beast but its tactile controls for a clip-on player make it more functional than the Nano its clip is easier to use but the monochrome screen needs an upgrade the bottom line Sansa knows what an mp3 player this size needs and it's buttons the clip plus get the three point three and the nano gets a two point seven round two is features the new nano has lost features like video playback and audio recording but still brings an FM tuner that pauses live radio a fitness pedometer Nike Plus compatibility and genius mixes that I actually use you can view pictures and album art but having multi-touch to rotate the screen isn't really all that special the sansa clip brings an FM tuner with presets for gym TVs a voice recorder and microSD card slot for expansion donald misses the album art but these are features that are practical difference makers Sansa takes us around with a 4.3 that'll get a 3.7 so after averaging two routes the clip+ leads by six tenths of a point next round compatibility not all of us are fans of being locked into iTunes to use the Nano the dock connector allows the Nano to be compatible with the entire iPod accessory ecosystem it supports most common audio files but it doesn't support higher-end formats the clip plus supports almost every file type including flack and OGG but there's no AAC compatibility for iTunes it also syncs with rhapsodies music subscription service and if you don't want to use any software tool just drag and drop your tracks onto the device on a Windows and Mac tends to take the third round in a row with the three point seventh and the iPod Nano gets a three next round is sound and science apple's ipod nano is a solid sounding player and has improved from the past but it's limited to the standard iPod EQ settings the difference in this round is the clip Plus that has a fuller and richer sound compared to the Nano and you can even hear it with players this small it also includes a 5 band custom EQ if you like to dabble with that dance it takes around four widths 3.7 and the Nano gets a 3.3 dr. averaging four routes the clip plus still holds the lead by six tenths of a point the final round that decides it all is value the nano starts at 149 for eight gigs and if you really value it for its size then that's pretty much what you're paying for the clip plus starts at $49 retail for the floor gig model and $69 for the 8 gig model and it's by far the best value and portable audio when you stack up its features you guys guess who takes around 5 its Sansa with a perfect 5 and the nano gets a 2 point 3 so let's average out all 5 rounds and this was a clean sweep by Sansa with no surprises the clip plus takes this battle 4 to 3 and is your prize fight winner none of us expected it to be a landslide victory for Sansa but it looks like Apple really needs to go back to the drawing board and figure out the identity of its clip-on nano i'm brian tom thanks for watching I will catch you guys next time on another prized types