Comments on: SanDisk and record companies launch slotMusic, or albums on flash cards

By: Toshiba and NCR invest $35 million in MOD Systems for portable storage » VentureBeat

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:17:08 +0000

[...] platform. NCR builds the kiosks. Toshiba and NCR will have minority stakes in MOD Systems. The effort resembles SanDisk’s recent announcement of putting music albums on flash memory car… for sale at stores in an attempt to replace the music CD. But the trio of companies say they hope [...]

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Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:56:06 +0000

[...] albums on flash — Silicon Valley Insider has a few reasons that SanDisk’s newest idea, putting music on flash disks and calling it SlotMusic, may not be such a bad idea. This is the firm’s latest attempt to broaden its market since [...]

By: DealGuru

DealGuru — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:28:05 +0000

This is a rebadge of a 2005 event. This time w/o DRM:
http://news.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029666,...

Why is this news? or more importantly, were there lessons from the 2005 effort people are ignoring this time around?

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:10:54 +0000

From my perspective, this is just silly. I've moved totally to digital files, downloaded or streaming, for both music and video. I use iTunes to purchase both. Can we invent a new acronym: YAUPMF (yet another useless physical media format)?

By: SlotMusic: An attempt to extend physical music sales | MBA Geek

SlotMusic: An attempt to extend physical music sales | MBA Geek — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:50:31 +0000

[...] for free on the the same devices SlotMusic is trying to target: mobile phones (although they won’t work in an iPhone). It’s interesting to see attempts to extend the life cycle of physical media, but I believe [...]