Posted Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 08:00 AM PDT by Mike Attebery
For playback on cell phones and car navigation systems.
With the amazing amount of portable technology available, everything is ripe to become an entertainment device. Japan’s NikJapan’s Nikkei, a media outlet specializing in technology news, announced that Disney has partnered with Panasonic to sell movies on Micro SD cards this holiday season. This of course allows playback of the media on a great deal of devices, including car GPS systems. kei, a media outlet specializing in technology news, announced that Disney has partnered with Panasonic to sell movies on Micro SD cards this holiday season. This of course allows playback of the media on a great deal of devices, including car GPS systems.
It’s not as simple as all that of course, as the cards will only be available bundled with Disney DVDs. It’s a bit unclear whether this will be for Blu-ray as well or only standard DVD, but with a price of around $50, it may not matter.
There was no mention of attempting this in US markets.
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