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Will consumers eat up digital music on SanDisk flash memory cards?

 


By Troy Wolverton

Mercury News at Personal Technology

Dubbed slotMusic, the albums will come on microSD cards, a fingernail-size memory format that fits into a port on an increasing number of cell phones and other gadgets. The format is targeted at consumers who haven"t figured out how to get music on to portable devices or who don"t have the time to do it. It also could appeal to consumers who want to get music on their gadgets instantly. (link)

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