Slotmusic anyone?

[chlngr1970]

I found this rather interesting:

SlotMusic is be introduced in mid-October at retail outlets including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Best Buy Co. Each unit is to contain an album, plus extras, on a compact memory card that can be played on mobile phones, PCs and some portable MP3 players. The cards are inserted into vacant slots on phones and other devices. (The slots are increasingly common on newer phones, but the placement of the slot depends on the phone model.) SanDisk is a maker of flash data storage card products

I think this is an interesting move for the music industry. If the "albums" are released in a descent encode rate, it could fly. I am hoping for something at least 256 bit, as I can't listen to MP3s at less than that.

Thoughts?

j

[GlacierMonkey]

Frankly, I don't see much of an advantage with this format. It's certainly doesn't have the cost appeal of iTunes at $15 an album, which is in the high-average range of most CD's. You need to have the right kind of slot on your phone or computer, or else use an adapter? I guess I just don't get why I'd want this.

Also, the closing quote, "I don't have to convince you to buy anything; you already own it. I don't have to convince you to carry anything; you're already carrying it," feels like it should be followed by a "muahaha" kind of evil laugh.

[Jason]

I agree that this sounds kind of interesting. I also agree that it should be at least 256kbps. But at $15, the only way I'm going to give this a shot is if the extras are worth it.

[Brikar99]

It's "interesting", I guess, but when music is obviously moving toward a digital download model, why attempt to introduce a new physical format? The reason MP3 players are popular is because you can truck around tons of albums without having to, well, truck around tons of albums.