LG and SanDisk have developed a new content protection system that will let carriers distribute music and other media content onto removable memory cards for cell phones, according to Phone Scoop.
The content would not be playable on cell phones from another carrier’s network, however. “In other words, if content is pushed from T-Mobile, it could be used on other T-Mobile phones, but not phones from AT&T. It works by allowing IP connectivity to the memory card in the handset,” the report said.
So far no carriers have come forward to say they’re going to use the technology. SanDisk has gone to some pretty interesting extremes as of late to promote its flash memory card business, but this one is particularly odd—and the timing is certainly unfortunate.
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