Comments on: Music On microSD: I Can’t Believe The Labels Fell For This

By: Another inane idea, more physical media! - Ian Hoar – Passion for Technology – Geeking Out

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:22:24 +0000

[...] store. No waste, no adapters and nothing extra to carry around. There are already a number of sites pointing out how dumb this is from a user experience point of view, but there is another seriously bad taste [...]

By: Do We Need Another Format? Try slotMusic — Soon | Focus u Mass dot Org

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:31:13 +0000

[...] More at the Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch. [...]

By: Technology Distilled » DRM Means Rent

Technology Distilled » DRM Means Rent — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:30:33 +0000

[...] offer DRM-free MP3 files for additional charge 2. Amazon’s MP3 store has no DRM at all 3. The most saucy development yet, DRM free music on a microSDwhich can be bought from BestBuy and Walmart for $7-10. Impractical? [...]

By: MySpace Music Puts The Industry On The Right Track

MySpace Music Puts The Industry On The Right Track — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:45:31 +0000

[...] the one hand we saw the labels make yet another doomed effort to preserve their plummeting sales of music on physical media. My guess is that’ll be quietly [...]

By: Drew Robertson

Drew Robertson — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:37:08 +0000

go to dsados.com that’s our idea from last year ancient history

By: SanDisk Music On The Cards

SanDisk Music On The Cards — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:52:57 +0000

[...] absence of DRM, might make this a niche contender. There are many people condemning SlotMusic as a daft move, but I’m not convinced by the argument that people don’t want to buy music in a [...]

By: Apex Exposure » Blog Archive » slotMusic: Music on MicroSD

Apex Exposure » Blog Archive » slotMusic: Music on MicroSD — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:27:57 +0000

[...] capitalization aside, the reation from several tech blogs has been almost completely negative. The thinking being that in recent years we’ve seen digital downloads [...]

By: Zargo

Zargo — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:23:47 +0000

If you live in San Francisco, the closest Wal-Mart is like 45 minutes away in Fremont. Tower Records closed both their locations years ago. I wouldn’t even know where people buy music anymore except for Amoeba and Aquarius. Starbucks?

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:13:49 +0000

Instead of soaking up extra Flash memory with this bogus scheme, how about leaving it for Apple to build a 128GB iPhone. When you pay for the extra Flash memory, you get to fill it for free from the iTunes store.

By the way, a CD only holds a maximum of 650MB of uncompressed audio data, that’s the standard. On a 1GB card there will be at least 350MB empty space. Can you guess what people will fill it with? BitTorrent perhaps?

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:04:50 +0000

Cover art is mostly good for quickly picking out what you want from a large collection. 1×1″ is good enough for Cover Flow on iPhone. If you want a better view get a 30″ monitor and stare at the 1425×1425-pixel image in iTunes, it’ll be a lot nicer than a 5×5″ CD cover with mediocre print job.

What it lacks in tactile feel it makes up for in responsiveness. Try skipping to a random song (or album) in a 1000-album library in under 5 seconds with ANY physical media.

By: Marco Almondine

Marco Almondine — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:51:49 +0000

I’ll take the one without the Sony rootkit. Forget the free music, the last thing I need when buying a flash memory card is wondering whether I can trust it.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:31:16 +0000

rofflez

By: Webber

Webber — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:28:05 +0000

Having said what I said, I’m not saying this idea is definitely going work. It is interesting to watch it will turn out.

But I was merely expressing how surprised I was to see that you have not taken the most competitive price but a price which is not at all appealing to any IT person who knows where to look.

By: Webber

Webber — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:18:46 +0000

Would I surprise anyone if I say I can pick up 10 1GB MicroSD cards for ~21 GBP (please convert it to your currency yourself) (but online of cause)? If stores can sell it at such a low price, and still make a profit, I won’t be surprised that SanDisk wil sell the mSD to the labels for less than 1 pound per card. In fact, I am quite surprised to see that a 1GB microSD costs 8.50$USD!

By: Seriously, another physical music format? Music on microSD | Technology Viewer

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:40:06 +0000

[...] Music On microSD: I Can’t Believe The Labels Fell For This | TechCrunch [...]

By: SanDisk wants you to buy your music on Memory Card. Yeah, sure. at TRENDWATCH DAILY

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:32:34 +0000

[...] TV series available on the iTunes Store the day after they air and not one year later, I swear that I will never ever again insert any kind of media in my hardwares. Except maybe if I decide to go to the video store to see if there is a cute guy wandering in the [...]

By: slotMusic - die neuen Musikträger mit Zukunft? | myoon

slotMusic - die neuen Musikträger mit Zukunft? | myoon — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:40:00 +0000

[...] bis 6,80 Euro) liegen. Soviel kostet allein schon eine leere Micro-SD Karte. Michael Arrington von TechCrunch erwartet jedoch einen weitaus höheren Preis für die Karten. Die neuen Musikträger sollen seiner [...]

By: Daily Links

Daily Links — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:32:08 +0000

[...] Music On microSD: I Can’t Believe The Labels Fell For This I think Mike Arrington is bang on the money on this one. Who the hell needs another format when ubiquitous mobile computing is just around the corner (ok, maybe not here, but certainly round his parts). (tags: mobile music drm downloading musicindustry techcrunch) [...]

By: elle

elle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:01:22 +0000

Just found my next make project: jukebox for my hamster.

By: DH

DH — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:49:02 +0000

Too expensive for me!

By: SlotMusic’s Obituary Gets Written Quickly - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

SlotMusic’s Obituary Gets Written Quickly - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:35:04 +0000

[...] Om Malik’s post is headlined “SanDisk SlotMusic Cards Are Destined to Fail.” Michael Arrington writes “Music On microSD: I Can’t Believe The Labels Fell For This.” [...]

By: Jon Kepler

Jon Kepler — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:09:07 +0000

I was going to say that they could cut down on writing off unsold inventory as an expense by rewriting different music on the cards that didn’t sell, but if they’re not rewritable, forget it.

By: Music Ally | Blog Archive » SanDisk’s slotMusic memory cards get a critical kicking

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:12:18 +0000

[...] more? Michael Arrington on TechCrunch (‘Music on microSD: I Can’t Believe The Labels Fell For This’) doesn’t mince his [...]

By: Mathieu

Mathieu — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:45:51 +0000

Here is why this is going to fail again:
1- DRM
2-Price will be too high to be interesting.
3-Tell me why in the world would I want to swap micro-sd cards everytime that I want to change my music?! I rather have a larger micro-sd card and have most of my music on it than just a single album

By: Joe Allen

Joe Allen — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:27:54 +0000

Music is an experience. I’ve read some comments above and I know everyone has there own opinion and observation of the music industry. Music is an “artform” and used to be accompanied by “artwork” with the album, then tape, CD (I left 8 tracks out for a reason). I’m a designer. I believe in the power of visuals as well as the audible experience. I love to (as someone else mentioned) see what I spent my money on. I like to know it is there. Physically. Though music is an audible and often visual experience, it should be tactile. I hope we begin to appreciate and look forward to buying a CD – WITH THE ARTWORK. I hope all doesn’t get lost. I also hope you read this far. I have ideas, they can make you money if you are in the music business. Contact me at joeallen@optonline.net
Best
Joe Allen