Comments on: SanDisk slotMusic Cards Will Soon Be Known As The Digital Dodo Bird

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:11:36 +0000

Seems pretty laughable. But if you need the cards anyway, why not buy? There is another interesting article here.

By: Jean Pierre

Jean Pierre — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:06:46 +0000

That reminds me of pre-recorded MiniDisc media -- anyone seen those lately? I sold my MD player almost four years ago in favor of an iPod. MiniDisc was a great and versatile format and (even today) has its points (they are, e.g., still used by some journalists for interviews) but it failed on the mass market as will the SlotMusic Cards.

By: Tod

Tod — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:02:25 +0000

@Phil: I can’t stop laughing over that one! It made me think even further: How do you label a directory of what’s on a particular SD card with 1K songs on it? My weird imagination can’t stop thinking of an accordion-like piece of paper folded back and forth 40 or 50 times that you unfurl when you want to see what’s on the card. Oh, I know, you could simply label it A and look up on your Mac what’s on A. But if you’re like me, I’m always adding and subtracting songs and soon A on the card would bear no resemblance to the A list on the Mac.

By: Phil J

Phil J — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:54:53 +0000

Even if I bought the whole idea, how do you label 10 or 15 micro SD cards in your ‘CD’ case. Its like those 200 disc cd players. once the disc is out of order you never find them.

By: Lordmike

Lordmike — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:59:31 +0000

From what I read you will get a USB adapter for every single memory card. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10047311-93.html

Meaning everyone with a computer equipped with a working USB slot will be able to listen to this. So the market isn’t that small. I wonder why you missed this quite important information.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:40:57 +0000

It would make *far* more sense to use a USB attachable format rather than Micro SD. Perhaps something that can even have some form of “album art” printed onto it.

By: Galley

Galley — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:54:42 +0000

New CDs are $7 to $10 a pop, and they include lossless audio.

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:08:23 +0000

Even if I were inclined to accept the medium of a microSD card, the fact that the tracks are MP3 and not Red Book lossless (or better yet, 24/96 PCM) is insulting.

By: Tod

Tod — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:02:45 +0000

And of course these dogs will be packaged in a square foot of plastic that has been heat-sealed, making it ten times more difficult to open (think broken fingernails, scratched fingers and gouged palms), making buyers not so anxious to go through that experience again.

I certainly hope you’re right on this one, Josh.

@SC: Have no fear, the next Zoon will let you insert your card and copy the songs, but they all disappear after three days.

By: MacRat

MacRat — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:35:43 +0000

Also keep in mind that a cell phone for example one has one memory slot and many people will already be storing photos, etc on the card in that slot.

they are not going to want to remove it just to play songs. (Yes, the more savvy would know how to copy from one card to another.)