At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, SanDisk revealed its Service Delivery Card (SDC) initiative, following its recent moves to put DRM-free albums and DRM-laden virtual radio stations on microSD cards. In contrast, though, its latest loaded microSD is programmed in partnership with, and for use by, mobile network operators. SDCs are bundled with microSD-equipped handsets and could offer a range of content, including large applications that could springboard the use of application marketplaces that nearly every major smartphone backer now seems committed to rolling out.
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Traditionally we’ve seen consumers prepare for the SuperBowl by purchasing ever-larger flat-panel HDTVs — a competition for bragging rights that was almost as intense as the gridiron rivalry itself and sometimes ending with the same dramatic lament, even for the winners. (”Unnecessary use of return privileges. 15 percent restocking penalty)
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I didn’t attend the Grammy Awards this year — the past few shows disappointed me, and diminishing ratings proved that many others felt similarly. It had gotten to the point where many music bloggers want to bury the awards and the show.
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Yesterday’s surprise announcement that Microsoft hired a retailing professional to help create and manage a chain of Microsoft-focused stores probably isn’t such a surprise. A number of recent activities in Redmond, from the opening of the Windows Experience store to the placement of Windows Gurus within U.S. retail stores, and even the Windows Velocity program’s, PCs tuned by Microsoft, were signposts on a road to more consumer-level engagement.
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Though they hope to one day exit Chapter 11 protection, we can add Muzak to the growing cemetery of iconic music industry names — like Tower Records, Sam Goody, and Chrysalis Records (for you Tull and Blondie fans) — that have faltered of late. In case you’ve never left your cubicle, Muzak is widely credited with inventing constantly humming, non-offending “elevator music” one often hears in stores, office and store hoists, and dentists’ offices.
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At this year’s CES, few agreed with the melancholy Muppet about the color of his skin. Stepping into the green spotlight came in several forms.
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Wireless | Ross Rubin, Executive Director, Industry Analysis | 
February 23, 2009 5:57 pm | 
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