SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player: microSD-based MP3/WMA player
Mobile | by C.K. Sample III | Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:54AM | 1 comment

For $20, you can now purchase SanDisk's new Sansa slotMusic Player, capable of playing MP3 or WMA files off of microSD cards. The device is largely being panned by most sites in the conversation below for trying to step back from the world of pure digital music in a move to microSD cards, which currently have a 16GB data limit, as a new distribution format. Several of the sites below see microSD immediately joining cassette tapes, CDs, and DVDs in the world of media that will eventually (perhaps) be replaced by pure digital, always available data downloaded from the internet and syncing or streaming to devices with non-removable storage, like Apple's iPod.
However, if you have a nice-sized microSD card lying around, nothing will stop you from putting your own MP3s / WMA files on the device, and $20 for a music player might be a good fit for you.
- Around the Web:
Hands on with SanDisk's SlotMusic SD-not-CD… [Register Hardware - News]
More details about slotMusic [L.A. Times Tech Blog]
MP3-Based SlotMusic Format Coming This Week… [Google News - Sci/Tech]
Photos: SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player [What's new on CNET]
SanDisk Announces slotMusic Players [I4U News]
SanDisk announces the Sansa slotMusic… [CrunchGear]
SanDisk introduces cheap slotMusic Player for… [The Technology Chronicles]
SanDisk introduces Sansa slotMusic Player -… [Google News - Sci/Tech]
SanDisk Introduces the Sansa slotMusic… [BusinessWire Tech]
SANDISK INTRODUCES THE SANSA SLOTMUSIC… [Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
SanDisk Launches $20 slotMusic Player [Digital Trends]
SanDisk Launches Budget slotMusic MP3 Player [TrustedReviews News only Feed]
SanDisk reinvents 1980s personal stereo for… [Register Hardware - News]
SanDisk Releases $20 Sansa slotMusic Player [Digital Home Thoughts.com]
SanDisk Releases $20 slotMusic Player, Dozens… [Gizmodo]
Sandisk releases Sansa slotMusic Player [gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player [LaptopMag.com RSS Feed]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player [Coolest Gadgets]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player [Ubergizmo]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player [What's new on CNET]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player [What's new on CNET]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player- specially… [Fareastgizmos.com]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player: the new… [CNET News.com]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player: the new… [Google News - Sci/Tech]
SanDisk Sansa slotMusic PMP & pre-loaded… [SlashGear]






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Universal Indie Records (10:51 AM on Wed Oct 15, 2008)
Who will this catch one with? Teenagers and the "average" user are already becoming comfortable with mp3 players and digital files. There's nothing cool or hip about having to carry around a bunch of little cards with pre-recorded music.
Hell I can get a cheap mp3 player for the same price as the sansa player. When christmas time rolls around and you're faced with a choice of an mp3 player or this... what choice do you think the average person is going to make?