Disney Japan to sell movies in tiny memory cards

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Walt Disney Co's Japan unit said it would sell movies on flash memory cards as small as a fingernail so that people can watch them on mobile phones and other portable devices.

The movie studio plans to package pre-recorded microSD cards together with DVDs holding the same movie content, allowing customers to watch at home as well as on the go. These cards will be available in November.

Users can watch movies stored on microSD cards on mobile phones capable of showing terrestrial digital broadcasting, and other portable gear such as car navigation systems.

For new movies, the package of a DVD and microSD card is expected to retail for 4,935 yen ($53), about 1,000 yen higher than the DVD alone, a spokesman at the Japan unit said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE56L0SX20090722

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Cool idea!

[virgogal]

1. Why would anyone want to watch a movie on a cell phone? Just askin'.

[KittyWampus]

2. You've never ridden the Long Island Railroad on a train that makes all the local stops.

[virgogal]

4. Yes I have,but I read the paper. eom

[Coventina]

3. I suppose for the same reason why they watch TV shows on iPods.

I don't do it myself. I actually hate cell phones & my iPod is stuffed full with music so I have no room for any other data.

But for some reason, it's popular.

And I think it's a cool idea, even if I don't plan to participate myself.