Well, apparently SanDisk feels Joe Public likes their music hands on. This thinking may well be what led to their new line of music-filled microSD cards. They managed to pull in all the big record labels like Sony BMG, EMI, Universal and Warner. Although, I’m not sure what the labels were thinking with this one. The songs on the 1 GB cards will be DRM-free MP3s that are encoded at 320 kbps for the record.

The first stores they have in on the deal are Wal-Mart or Best Buy. So, you simply stroll into one of those two stores, nab your rockin’, grooving, bopping-loaded slotMusic, and pop it into your phone, and voila…you’re set. However, if you are one of the millions who would simply rather get your music by downloading it, then this little slotMusic thing is pretty useless.

Verizon Wireless announced that it has added 10 new 3G sites in Northern California. The new sites expand voice and data coverage to several areas including Petaluma, Santa Clara, San Rafael, Walnut Creek, and southwest San Jose.

The new sites add to the company’s $4.6 billion dollar investment in California. Nationally, they invest an average of $5.5. million a year to increase network coverage and capacity. This includes the popular V Cast and VZ Navigator services. They now have the nation’s largest 3G network and boast nearly 70 million customers.

Sharp is making some sharp decisions when it comes to marketing their cellular phones in China. This is the second Sharp cellular phone to be marketed in China by Sharp (the first was in June).

This phone, the Sharp SH8010C is being shown off at two press conferences in the People’s Republic. The first is in the Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai and one at the Grand Hyatt Beijing. They used a lot of fashion show tactics as models strutted their stuff with the phones.

The United Kingdom will have two new phones from Nokia sometime in the next month, the N79 and N85. Some sources indicate that these phones will launch as early has August 26.

The N79 is meant to replace the N78, and has features such as a 5-megapixel camera and dual-LED based flash. Other features include 3G connectivity, a microSDHC memory card slot, Wi-Fi support, as well as GPS navigation.