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SanDisk Announces slotMusic: microSD Cards Preloaded with Music
gearlog.com - 9/22/2008
SanDisk Announces slotMusic: microSD Cards Preloaded with Music
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SlotMusicCardtmSide.jpg This morning, Flash memory maker SanDisk announced slotMusic , a new way for musicians to sell DRM-free tunes: on microSD cards. Each 1GB card will play back music at up to 320 kilobytes per second and carry music from EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and ...
16GB capacity SanDisk available at Best Buy & Verizon Wireess
sandisk.com - 9/29/2008
16GB capacity SanDisk available at Best Buy & Verizon Wireess
— sandisk.com — Best Buy Mobile and Verizon Wireless Stores Are First to Carry New 16GB Capacity Milpitas, Calif. September... 29, 2008 SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash memory products, today announced it is bringing to market its 16GB* ... (more) 16GB capacity SanDisk available at Best Buy & Verizon ...

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SanDisk SlotMusic Cards Are Destined to Fail
gigaom.com - 9/22/2008
SanDisk SlotMusic Cards Are Destined to Fail
— gigaom.com — Om weighs in on what I personally think is the stupidest thing in music distribution in the... last 5 years or so. Physical distribution of music is an anachronism, but somebody at SanDisk obviously didn’t get the memo. Technorati Tags: ... (more) SanDisk SlotMusic Cards Are Destined to Fail

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16GB MicroSD cards now available
sandisk.com - 9/29/2008
16GB MicroSD cards now available
— sandisk.com — 16GB MicroSD cards now available (more) 16GB MicroSD cards now available

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Gizmo Watch:  SanDisk slotMusic SD cards offer preloaded copyright-free music

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SanDisk slotMusic SD cards offer preloaded copyright-free music
Gizmo Watch — ... are going to target phones with MicroSD card slots. That is a good approach, though I am not sure if people actually listen to full albums on their mobile phones. So not sure if this is the right format. Michelle Quinn from LA Times says: Move over, compact discs. Something the size of a fingernail may offer the music industry a way to boost sales in retail stores as CD purchases continue to decline. Source:Gearlog

SanDisk's Slot Music
The Gadgets Weblog — ... back music up to 320 kilobytes per second from various studios such as EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner. Not only are there some tunes there, but it can have a video by the artist as well. > These cards can be slipped into any microSD compatible audio player, and they will also be shipped with a USB sleeve so they can be inserted in any USB compatible device. I don't have a price on this, but it should arrive before the holidays. > Source See full article. Related Entries: Sandisk 推出 2GB 的 ...

SanDisk’s Slot Music
The Gadgets Weblog — ... back music up to 320 kilobytes per second from various studios such as EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner. Not only are there some tunes there, but it can have a video by the artist as well. > These cards can be slipped into any microSD compatible audio player, and they will also be shipped with a USB sleeve so they can be inserted in any USB compatible device. I don't have a price on this, but it should arrive before the holidays. > Source See full article. Related Entries: Sandisk 推出 2GB 的 ...

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Sandisk Replaces CDs With SlotMusic MicroSDs With Big-Name MP3 Albums Aboard [MP3s]
gizmodo.com 9/22/2008 — Sandisk's slotMusic cards are not much more than tweaked 1GB microSD cards with a logo and a special USB-compatible sled: but the fact that they'll carry albums from big names like BMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group makes them interesting. They'll also be DRM ...
5 Reasons SlotMusic Will Fail — Today @ PC World
Memory chipmaker SanDisk with partner record labels EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group announced today their latest idea of CD replacement, the slotMusic. SlotMusic is basically a MicroSD memory card that will come preloaded...
MySpace Music gets monetized — Gadgetell
Section: Audio , Web , Web 2.0 , Websites , Online Music/Video Today, MySpace unveils the all-new MySpace Music alongside new BFFs: EMI Music, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony ATV/ Music Publishing.  The new site features: * The new ...
SanDisk Launch ’slotMusic’: A New Way of Buying Music — UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping
In conjunction with four major record labels; Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, Sony BMG and EMI, SanDisk recently announced their plan to launch ‘slotMusic’ memory cards pre-loaded with digital music. It is hoped that this will create a new way of buying music, rather than illegally ...
How well will SanDisk microSD SlotMusic Format do? — Phones Review
Sandisk has announced partnerships with several music giants such as Sony BMG, Universal, Warner and EMI with a view to launch a physical format called SlotMusic, which is basically a microSD card with music content. The logic behind the move is the increasing number of devices that have ...
Sandisk's SlotMusic MicroSD Cards to Have Big-Name MP3 Albums Aboard [MP3s] — Gizmodo
Sandisk's slotMusic cards are not much more than tweaked 1GB microSD cards with a logo and a special USB-compatible sled: but the fact that they'll carry albums from big names like BMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group makes them interesting. They'll also be DRM ...
Universal turns profit from music downloads — Electronista | The Macintosh News Network
Universal Music may have finally reached the point at which purely digital music has become profitable, Vivendi Universal chief Jean Bernard Lévy has told the Financial Times. Despite most major labels having seen rapid declines in CD sales that hav...