To demonstrate one possibility for its preloaded microSD cards, Sandisk will send a compilation called "Sansa Sessions" to early buyers of the 8GB Sandisk Sansa Fuze -- part of the company's plan to distribute content on flash memory. The 512MB microSD card contains 50 unprotected MP3 songs from 30 different labels, playable on any audio device with a compatible slot.
We unboxed a "Sansa Sessions" microSD card and inserted it into a Fuze, which loaded and played the songs on the card without a hitch. These are DRM-free songs, so they should play on any music-capable cellphone with a microSD slot.
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Will preloaded physical media survive the digital age by shrinking to fingernail size?
The Sandisk Sansa Fuze and many music-capable cellphones feature a microSD slot that can accept the Sansa Sessions card and future ones like it. The small size of this music format is slightly reminiscent of the tiny Beethoven microcassette played by Alex in in Clockwork Orange:
The Sansa Fuze refreshes content automatically upon insertion of the card:
Thenew music shows up in the Recently Added category. It'd be nice if you could also browse directly to the stuff on the memory card, but this is just about as good:
An MP3 by Architecture in Helsinki plays on the Sansa Fuze:
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