Comments on: SanDisk launches DRM flash

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:39:07 +0000

Let me see if I got it right?
They want me to change $10 CD for $40 card? Why? What do I gain?
Why does my mp3 player have 40Gb disk in it?

I have big portable disks because I want less stuff to carry around not more!!! Morons…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:51:15 +0000

“TrustedFlash cards also function as regular cards in non-secure host devices.”

Does this mean that if i got one of these cards and plugged it into a nonwindows pc (lets face it, it’s unlikely the onboard drm works with anything other than MS drm under windows) that i’d be able to do anything i like with the content stored on it?

I really don’t believe they’ve actually sat down and thought this through at all.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:35:00 +0000

I thought SD cards were already equiped with this kind of restriction protocol already? Everybody on the block coming out with their own “brand” of non-interoperable DRM will cripple it in the marketplace and eventually it will go away. Yay! In the mean time (and I mean MEAN) things will really suck for those who try to use so called “portable” cartel music product.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:56:13 +0000

Wow, what price portability??? $40, that’s what! Amazing..

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:19:09 +0000

$40 for a flash card with music ?

These people are insane.

Why didn’t they just use ROM memory with the SD form factor. This could be done at a fraction of the cost.

Or maybe they think people would want to erase or overwrite their expensive album purchase.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:06:15 +0000

HAHAHAHAHA they obviously dont want to sell any cards then