ZDNet UK


Skip to Main Content

ZDNet.co.uk - Winner of Best Business Website 2007
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Blogs
  4. Reviews
  5. Prices
  6. Resources
  7. Community
  8. My ZDNet

 

ZDNet UK RSS Feeds


IT Jobs

Emerging tech Toolkit

A Year Ago: An old Stone shows faith in MP3

Justin Pearse ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 26 Sep 2000 07:01 BST

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print friendly
  • Post Comment

He may be an oldie now, but Bill Wyman is strutting his stuff once again... only this time using MP3

Bill Wyman, aged bass player of the Rolling Stones, will release his latest album on a dedicated personalised MP3 player next month. The player, developed by MP UK Ltd, features encryption software to prevent illegal copying and is a first for the digital music format.

Although Wyman's effort has grabbed the headlines, only four tracks are available on the device which is confusingly labelled 'PDA'. Tracks are split onto two 8MB memory cards.

The music is stored on a swappable memory card -- Multi Media Card -- Grenville Lee, CEO MP3 UK, said that the company choose to support MMC memory cards, manufactured by Siemens and Sandisk, rather than the more common SmartMedia cards as "we believe that they have a clear roadmap as to where removable memory cards are headed, with 64MB cards due at the end of the year."

Lee, who said that the company is "trying to break MP3 wide open," told ZDNet News that he is working "with several other major artists" to promote their music in the same way. The company has also completed a deal with Ivory Shell to offer audio versions of its children's books.

The move towards MP3 seems unstoppable: Drum and Base band Sneaker Pimps released a new single on Diamond's Rio player as a promotional exercise. Several major artists have released tracks for download via the Web including David Bowie who last week released the 'hours' album for download weeks before it hits the shops.

MP UK's matchbox sized player, provisionally called the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), will sell for £49.99 from the company's Web site. It uses one-time encryption to prevent copyright infringement.

To have your say online click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum.

Let the editors know what you think in the Mailroom. And read what others have said.

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print friendly
  • Post Comment

Did you find this article useful?
42 out of 89 people found this useful


Talkback

Post a comment


Full Talkback thread

0 comments

Related Links

More In Emerging tech



Company/Topic Alerts

Create a new alert from the list below:







Related Jobs

Project Manager - Credit Cards / CARDS / Yorkshire

COMMODITY Risk Analyst ( Procurement Major ) London

Security Consultant Ethical Hacking / Penetration Testing - London

Featured Talkback

While full medical records may be of (dubious) value at rear/base medical facilities, these could be provided much simpler by either physical disk or electronic transfer to an "in theatre" database for individuals posted in. That £80m (and it's associated running costs) could have been far better employed in resuscitating a disbanded infantry battalion or providing a big boost in equipment quality and quantity.

By: 1000215420

Read full story:
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme