Today, some of the largest music publishers in the world announced that they are backing a new physical music format that they hope music lovers in the digital age will embrace. The format is called slotMusic and is nothing more than DRM-free MP3 tracks stored on a microSD card. Many mobile audio devices from MP3 players to mobile phones can use the microSD format. The format will allow users to purchase digital tracks without needing to have access to a PC or internet connection. To hear the music on the slotMusic cards would require no software or passwords, the tracks are DRM-free as well. Tracks would reportedly be encoded at up to 320 kbps in MP3 format.

This thing is dead before launch :-( I. Refuse. To. Ever. Pay. For. Compressed. Audio! EVER!

Well, at least that will get rid of the CD format :)