Slotradio cards?

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I just read this on the Slotradio website

"Like FM radio, songs are played in sequence and cannot be rewound or rearranged. However, you can skip individual songs as many times as you like, or switch between playlists with a touch of a button. From Country to Modern Rock and everything in between, "

http://www.slotradio.org/

That seems crazy. I thought that perhaps one could make custom playlists from the 1,000 songs and just play the songs you like. If one is forced to just play premade playlists, then this whole concept isn’t so appealing.

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That does seem like a half baked way to do things. It would be cool tho if the slot radio was using a wireless service to “Beam” you music, So For instance “Im at the Gym, I wanna hear lots of Journey” And Boom wirelessly the slotradio gets it, or similarly you could call in and make requests, and only you could hear it. OH WAIT THATS WHAT MP3 PLAYERS ARE FOR. I hope you can customize a card for the player.

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Perhaps we may later find out that the songs are also at 128 kbps or lower bitrate? That would also go along with the “radio” theme. I guess the idea of the cards then is to act as a music sampler, and to get people to buy the songs they like individually at a higher bitrate.

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The SlotRadio card is designed around an interesting concept.  “The SlotRadio experience” is a bundled music concept, worked out with the music rights holders, allowing you to have a card filled with songs at a tremendously discounted price.

The compromise is simple.  You can play the tracks just like listening to the radio, or like listening to a streaming music channel on the Internet.  You can pause or skip forward, but you don’t have random access to the music, meaning that you can’t go backwards.  This is a similar situation to listening to radio.

Because of this difference, the artists / labels can provide you with a large assortment of music to enjoy.

SanDisk has negotiated it in this way, to give a cool option to individual downloads, and their requisite cost.

The player feels very solid, and has a nice metal housing and clip.  The display (OLED) looks very nice, and it has good detail.

I think the player is perfect as an option for those times when you simply want to enjoy music of various genres without the fuss of navigating about.  And you don’t need a computer connected to the Internet to enjoy it.  I listen to the Rhapsody Channels as a companion at work, and the concept is quite similar.

New things often receive immediate bashing on the Internet, especially when folks compare the new concept against their personal preferences.  After spending some time working with the device, I like it!

Hopefully, integration of the µSD SR cards will be an option for the Sansa Fuze.  I think it will be worth it.

Then again, I like the feel of the new toy.  These things are addictive.

Bob  :smileyvery-happy:

Message Edited by neutron_bob on 02-01-2009 11:37 AM

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@neutron_bob wrote:

 

The player feels very solid, and has a nice metal housing and clip.  The display (OLED) looks very nice, and it has good detail.

 

Where did you get your hands on one?

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Having a black helicopter gives one access to the coolest places.  I am looking forward to the official release.

Bob  :stuck_out_tongue:

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@neutron_bob wrote:

Having a black helicopter gives one access to the coolest places.

 Indeed.

I am looking forward to the official release.

As am I.  I was just wondering because I signed up for the $5 off and notification when they’re available, and I was afraid I missed something.

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No, you haven’t missed anything yet.  The SlotRadio devices will be available soon.

I’m looking forward to it.

Bob  :smileyvery-happy:

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What bitrate is the music on the Slotradio card? When listening to actual radio though, the same songs aren’t always played in the same sequence. If the bitrate is 128 kbps for example, then 1,000 songs would fit on a 4 gig card. I guess many people might buy the card out of curiosity, however the question is whether they will buy additional cards. I am not interested in the Slotradio player, but out of curiousity I will probably buy a Slotradio card to put in my Fuze.

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Where are the Slotradio cards? When will they be in stores? I am curious about these and want to buy one for my Fuze.

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  1. Not in stores yet

  2. Fuze doesnt support them yet.

Both will happen soon.

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@sansafix wrote:

  1. Not in stores yet
  1. Fuze doesnt support them yet.

Both will happen soon.

Is this an alusion to  new feature/upgrade in the next Fuze FW? And SansaFix can you provide any insight into what will be on the first release of these cards in terms of music?