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Indie Music Offered for Free On MicroSD Cards

by Thomas Houston on March 20, 2008 at 10:20 AM


SanDisk yesterday launched Sansa Sessions, a music distribution effort that uses microSD cards, which are those tiny little pieces of plastic that fit into (and expand the storage capacity of) cell phones. As of this week's launch, the microSD cards contain DRM-free tracks from over 50 indie rock bands, including Nada Surf, Of Montreal, Ladytron and more. This music sampler comes for free with the purchase of SanDisk's 8GB Sansa Fuze MP3 player, which has a built-in slot for reading the card.

While a microSD card loaded with tunes sounds like a good idea, we're not sure if it could actually take off as a popular format. Sure, file transfer to phones, MP3 players, and computers is easy, but the cards are physically tiny and extremely easy to lose.

From SanDisk and Engadget

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Tags: drm, fuze, microsd, mp3, music

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