Robbie album to be sold on memory card
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Following todayâs launch of Robbie Williams Greatest Hits album, digital music lovers or more importantly in this case mobile phone users will be able to buy the new album from Carphone Warehouse following a deal with EMI.
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It's an SD memory card with built-in networking. Sounds cool, but will you spring $100 for it when it's released later this year?
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. on Friday unveiled a new SD Memory Card that doubles as a smart card, allowing consumers to use the product as a wallet or a train ticket, as well as to store music and pictures.
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Customers at online music store will be able to use eBay&#39;s payment service to pay for songs. SAN FRANCISCO  - Apple Computer Inc.
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New handsets from the mobile phones global leader will have hard disk to store more songs and pictures in a move to tap the rapidly growing smartphone market.
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When $100 buys a pocket-sized gadget that can store decades' worth of appointments -- and $200 gets you one that also serves as a digital photo album and MP3 player -- why would anybody spend up to $500 on a new Palm or Pocket PC handheld? -Rob Pegoraro
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(InfoWorld) - Sales ofÂ Apple's iPhoneÂ and new iPods slated for release later this year will mark the end of cheap flash memory for a time, and that means users may see fewer bargains on older digital music players or bundled flash memory cards. The iPhone took off to a stellar start in its first weekend, asÂ users braved long linesÂ and the weather for a chance to buy one of the smartphones. Estimates vary, but at least one investment house, Goldman Sachs Group, believes sales the first weekend reached an astounding 700,000 units, and mainly on iPhones with 8GB of NAND flash memory on board for data storage. That's a lot more flash memory than the average handset, which normally comes with just 60MB on board and a slot for flash memory cards. The NAND flash memory market could see even more pressure later this year if Apple chooses to use the chips instead of hard disc drives in its new lineup of iPods. Apple is expected to release new iPods later this year, including one that can download songs wirelessly using Wi-Fi, and has a touchscreen system similar to the iPhone, analysts say. Such new devices will not only likely attract buying from Apple's usual fan base, but could also put pressure on the NAND flash memory chip market. The market for NAND Flash memory chips, which store songs, pictures, and other data in consumer electronics devices even when power is turned off, is in oversupply right now, so prices are relatively low and users can still find good deals on flash memory cards and see the usual price declines for older digital music players. If prices for NAND flash riseÂ later this year, it will indirectly affect users. Most likely, users might not see as many bargains on digital music players or mobile phones with built-in memory in the final months of the year, or perhaps fewer offers for free flash cards with the purchase of a new digital camera or other product. For example, if iPhone sales hit 5 million by the end of the year, with an average of 6GB per phone, that would be 30 million extra gigabytes of demand, said Mark Leatham, director for flash marketing at Kingston Technology Company, a flash product maker. Currently, the average mobile phone ships with around 60MB of flash on-board, so that 30 million is equivalent to around an extra 500 million phones hitting the market. NAND Flash prices are already rising, this just adds to the demand, he said. In fact, iPhone sales kicked off with such a bang that the handset itself could move NAND flash memory prices higher. iSuppli believes strong sales of the handset will continue, and the market researcher estimates iPhone shipments to exceed 4.5 million units this year, and then go on to reach more than 30 million by 2011, according to Tina Teng, wireless communications analyst at the company. Other market watchers, such as Goldman Sachs, have even more bullish shipment estimates for the iPhone. The investment banking firm forecasts iPhone sales could reach 5.25 million by the end of this year. The key for the flash industry is iPod sales, in addition to mobile phone sales, according to DRAMeXchange Technology. The fourth quarter is usually the strongest time of year for handset and iPod sales due to the holiday season, and Apple will need to start stocking up on flash memory in the third quarter to make sure its ready for such heavy demand. If, on top of expected iPhone and iPod demand, Apple puts out new iPods that use only flash memory, Apple could account for 25 percent of quarterly flash memory output, the industry researcher says. That kind of demand could really solve the glut problem in the industry and send flash memory prices higher. What's more troubling for users is this may be the start of a longer term trend with regard to higher NAND flash memory prices. Many analysts expect the iPhone to cause a few changes in the mobile phone industry, including the use of more multimedia applications on handsets, hence the need for more NAND flash memory for the storage of pictures, songs, video clips and other data. The amount of NAND flash memory used in handsets is expected to grow dramatically, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, by a compound annual rate of more than 200 percent through 2010. NAND flash memory prices have been relatively tame for the past several months due to a glut in the industry. The iPhone, upcoming iPod products and the continued popularity of the chips as the storage of choice for digital cameras and other devices will likely ensure users don't see as many bargains in the future. Most analysts estimate that prices will start rising in the third quarter, which is now, and when companies start making such purchases in the memory chip industry, it only takes a few weeks to a month for the impact to trickle down through the market to end users. Â
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By Graham Brough  THE Beatles are set for a pounds 500million-a-year bonanza after settling a long dispute with computer giant Apple.  The settlement means the Fab Four's entire back catalogue will be available on iTunes at 79p a song.
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Elton John is known for his music, but what about his photos? A hundred photographs from the singer's collection will go on the auction block at Christie's this week.
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The iPod Photo which features a 65K color display and iPhoto synching ability, the 40GB model is available for US$499 while the 60GB model sells for US$599.
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The popstar's childhood school report will be auctioned.
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Apple Computer of California introduced its next generation iPod music player, which can store as many as 25,000 wallet-size digital pictures.
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In the latest proof that the label is at least testing DRM-free music sales, consumers can buy gift cards from physical stores and redeem digital albums online. The bad news is that the music is also "anonymously watermarked."
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Providing 80GB or 160GB of storage, the new iPod classic lets you  carry up to 40,00 songs or 200 hours of videoâyour entire collection of music, photos, video, podcasts, and gamesâwherever you go. In addition to the features you already enjoy, the new iPod classic delivers an enhanced user interface, featuring Cover Flow, and a new, thinner and all-metal enclosure. Available immediately worldwide in silver and black, iPod classic costs just $249 and $349 for the 80GB and 160GB models, respectively.
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Sandisk this week announced the addition of new, higher capacity memory cards for mobile phones. The miniSD and RS-MMC card formats will now be offered in capacities as large as 512MB starting in November.
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While Compact Flash may have been the dominant removable memory format for years, SanDisk says the future is now in SDHC, announcing a 32GB card that will go on sale in April.
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com October 19, 2004, 8:27 AM PT. Singer Robbie Williams&#39; greatest hits album arrives in music shops today--as well as some phone shops.