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It was pointed out to me this morning that e.Digital management does not have one successful retail story in their ten plus years as a penny stock, Their marketing ability is worse then unsuccessful. So what make them they are any better at it now..
And this is why the Stock will NEVER see 0.50¢ again
Seasoned Executives..
Wallstreet knows this is poorly run company and that its Stock Holders are paying for management to learn as they go... These are not seasoned Executives...
Not - Edig now has the complete finished product, content and player......It did not have that before nor did anyother competitor...
Edig DOES NOT have the CONTENT ! Wencor had the rights to Content NOT Edig.
The Company anticipates that Renee Warden, upon her election to the Board, will be appointed to the Audit Committee and be designated as the Audit Committee Financial Expert.
More in breeding...
403,918
Major Damage Control on Agoracom
Ouch 309,229
Next load coming up ....
The dump is here 236,250
here goes the sell off - Hold on
OEM business initiatives for consumer electronics-based versions of our players for the retail market have been mostly unsuccessful
We have not succeed, Stated by Robert Putman
Very Sad meeting ...
Company is not successful, stated by Robert Putman himself.
Im OUT ....
Another poor english speaking nut case
Here comes the bullChit
I just picked up some ones WiFi connection. Here we go
PTSC - Vol , 2,114,025 Epig - Vol, 16,970
Well said. " I still have high hopes for our little edig, but have felt for years that the company has been run by amateurs as measured by my almost 40 years in business. "
richardo
Another lie: ''we believe e.Digital can be successful through additional, emerging business with companies who share our core vision of making desirable video content easily accessible to customers and consumers through partner-branded, e.Digital-powered secure video products. We will be releasing further information regarding corporate and business developments before our scheduled August 4, 2005 annual meeting of shareholders.”
Has anyone heard about these new developments Yet ? After all it is the 4th of Aug.
We cant even give this stock away ... Ouch
If the attendants is anything like the Share Volume today, then I just might be the only one sitting in the front row. Pie in hand..
R
See you there - I'll be wearing the baseball cap the reads Long Beach.
R
Alan Pellegrini - IMS false claims Tuesday, August 2, 2005 5:10 PM
Dear Brad,
Thanks for taking the time to write and express your concerns. There does
seem to be a fair amount of speculation regarding IMS and Wencor. Here are
some facts regarding IMS. We are a privately held company so some of this
you can take on faith, check out yourself, or simply choose not to believe,
it's up to you. But I can assure you that the information is accurate.
IMS's revenues will exceed $10M this year, a 40% increase over last year.
IMS has several Pea customers flying today (production not trials) including
Varig, Harmony, Excel, Travel City, and Jet Airways. There are 7 total
production Pea programs flying. IMS has deliveries upcoming for Peas to 2
other airlines, neither has announced publicly yet and we respect their
desire for confidentiality. We have conducted trials with a few others
including American, Valuair and BMI, which are now concluded. We have two
other active trials, one with a carrier that APS also trialed with
previously. The AA trial resulted in awards for other IMS products,
including a larger Pea unit which will be delivered end of year. In
addition we have announced orders for our TDL WiFi product, including AA and
Virgin America, both with deliveries this year. We have a third TDL
customer not yet announced but the program is active.
As for our product (and company) being third rate, I suppose that's for
airline's to judge. I happen to think it's a pretty good product, and that
IMS is a very good company with a strong industry reputation. I appreciate
that others may choose to feel differently, but frankly, my concern is what
airline's believe. We have other products in development, and I believe
they will be received positively by the airline community as well.
As for content, anyone saying we do not get early window content from all
the major studios is simply misinformed. There's nothing else to say about
it. We get early window content and if you believe otherwise then you are
wrong.
I should add for completeness that IMS is also a significant provider of
software development and systems engineering work for major OEMs, including
our biggest customer Boeing. I believe they all feel good about the quality
of IMS work as well.
Regarding the Wencor transaction, I cannot really comment openly about why I
think it didn't materialize - sorry. I also have no way of knowing what
Brent thinks of our management team, or his motives for being interested in
IMS in the first place. Again, frankly, I don't really care. We wish
Wencor and Brent the very best and have absolutely no hard feelings over
this recent exercise. We have a game plan to execute as do they. Similarly
we wish e.Digital the best. We understand that they are a significant
supplier to Wencor and hope the best for them and their shareholders.
I hope this brief summary helps. I realize that no matter what we say some
people will choose to believe (and say) otherwise, that's the nature of
business.
Best regards,
Alan Pellegrini
Patent reveals universal Apple wireless touch-screen remote
Apple Computer recently researched and developed a wireless touch-screen remote control concept that would automatically discover and communicate with existing and future consumer electronics appliances as well as the personal computer, a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office has revealed.
The invention, titled "apparatus and method to facilitate universal remote control," is described in an April 2002 patent filing as a universal remote control with display screen that is capable of communicating wirelessly with digital lifestyle applications running on a computer in addition home electronics appliances such as a television, stereo, VCR and DVD player.
A wireless communication mechanism built into the remote would allow the device to automatically detect appliances within range. Once an appliance is detected, the remote would request a set of user-interface controls from the appliance and then make those controls accessible to the user via graphics on the remote's touch-screen.
According to the filing, each appliance -- such as a DVD player or iTunes app -- need only be discovered once. Discovered appliances would be added to a list of controllable items on the remote's touch-screen. When a user selects a specific appliance from the touch-screen menu, a set of interface controls pertinent to that appliance would appear on the screen. Devices that fall out of range of the remote would be represented by grayed listings.
In order to automate discovery and the transfer of user interface controls from third party appliances to the remote, the designer, Alberto Vidal of Los Gatos, Calif., called for a combination of Bluetooth wireless technology, markup languages like XML, and protocols such as HTTP. In one example provided by the filing, interface controls would be delivered from the appliances to the remote via XML tags.
"Manufacturers have created so-called universal remote controls, which can be trained to mimic several remote controls, and can then control each appliance for which they have been trained," the filing reads in part. "While universal remote controls attempt to address the problem of multiple remote controls, these devices are even more complex to operate, further confusing the user. Additionally, a universal remote control may not be able to duplicate every command sequence designed into a remote control designed for the appliance, and for future appliances."
While the Apple invention attempts to alleviate the confusion and clutter of multiple remotes or incomplete universal remotes, it does not appear to rely on a set of standards broad enough to ensure success with the majority of existing consumer electronics. Still, rumors as recent as last May suggest that Apple continues to experiment with wireless display-based remotes. Specifically, the company is rumored to have worked on a remote to control iTunes playlists over wireless connections. Its release may still be pending.
In addition to a detailed description of the remote, the Apple patent filing includes a handful of concept designs and flow charts (seen below) depicting the device and its functionality. However, no detailed renderings of the remote's form-factor are provided.
Mobile Gambling Devices .. Aug 2, 12:50 AM
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - It won't be long before gamblers are shooting dice while queued up waiting to see their favorite comedian. Or playing poker and roulette under a poolside umbrella. Even a trip to the buffet will no longer keep casino patrons from playing slots. A law signed last month by Gov. Kenny Guinn made Nevada the first U.S. state to approve the use of wireless, handheld gambling devices at its hotel-casinos.
It's a small step forward for casino companies aching to offer Internet-based gambling who are watching offshore competitors reap huge profits from a business that federal law bars them from entering,
"I think every major casino company wants to get into online gaming but without access to the U.S. market it becomes a costly venture," said Deutsche Bank gambling analyst Marc Falcone
The gadgets, Falcone said, are the "first step in a long process."
The restrictions, for one, are plenty:
Under the law, the devices can be used only in public areas of casinos that have 100 or more slot machines and that offer at least one other gambling game. The devices would be barred from hotel rooms and other private areas.
And they won't be available overnight.
Dennis Neilander, the State Gaming Control Board chairman, says it will be several months to a year before regulators set rules for using the handhelds.
One force behind the bill is Cantor Fitzgerald LP, the New York-based financial services company that suffered mightily in the 2001 attacks and is seeking to retreat for the gambling industry the technology that powers its interactive bond-trading.
Another backer was Louisiana-based Diamond I Inc., which has developed its own device.
"The tech-savvy generation, the late baby boomers and the next generation all grew up with a Nintendo in their hands. Everyone has a PDA," said David Loflin, president of Diamond I Inc. "This is an extension of that."
The world's No. 1 slot machine maker, Reno-based International Game Technology (IGT), also pushed for legalizing the wireless gambling.
"Nevada is the first state to have a bill to allow this. Once Nevada does it, you'll see the New Jerseys and the Mississippis do the same thing," Loflin predicted.
Cantor Fitzgerald's prototype device isn't much bigger than a checkbook, can slip easily into a coat pocket, and is already used in Britain for sports betting.
Falcone doesn't expect the devices to account for any serious revenue or be a significant driver of growth. And besides, state regulators won't approve them until they're persuaded that they can be effectively monitored.
Cantor Fitzgerald says that won't be a problem.
Its wireless device uses a form of encryption to ensure security, said Joe Asher, managing director of Cantor G&W.
Asher would not disclose details about the encryption method, and said a biometric system that reads a permitted user's fingerprint could also be used if regulators prefer.
The wireless devices would be linked to a server that could verify the gambler is the person who checked out one of the devices at a casino.
Asher says the devices could be set to stop working in non-authorized areas, and players could establish limits in advance by depositing money in an account.
High losses in a short period could cause the device to shut down - keeping problem gamblers from going too far in the hole.
"Security is a big deal and we are very familiar with it because we operate in that world today," Asher said.
While Cantor Fitzgerald may see lucre in wireless gambling, the lone state legislator to vote against the bill sees nothing but headaches and lost income for people like her.
Sen. Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas, a waitress at the coffee shop at Treasure Island resort in Las Vegas, says it's bad enough that the state has allowed Keno to be played away from the casino floor.
"There needs to be places where there aren't two and three gaming devices at your disposal," she said. "It's hard enough to get somebody's order when they're trying to fill out a Keno slip. All I need to find out from them is how they like their eggs and what kind of toast they want."
And what about enforcing rules for who can use the devices and where, asks Carlton.
"What's going to be my responsibility?" she wonders. "Am I going to be obligated to turn someone in if I see them hand it to their kid?"
From editor of Infight Magazine - Ouch
1.Most airlines and units in the air
No question there, as we make clear by describing APS/Wencor as the market leader.
2. Who lists many studios by name and lists them?
Well, IMS does, that I know. By my reckoning PEA has qualified for content support from all major studios and major independents, and has flown content from: Buena Vista (Disney & Touchstone), Warner Bros (Warner, New Line, Warner Classics), Paramount, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment, DreamWorks, Entertainment in Motion, Jaguar, BBC, BBC World, Emphasis Video, Eros and others. In the pipeline is content from JetStream (including Lions Gate) and Terry Steiner International (including Miramax).
I called IMS content management consultant Michael Childers and here's what he told me: ''Not only has IMS qualified for content support from every major studio and every major independent, I believe that IMS' delivery platform qualifies for content support from any content provider in the world. It is a fact that digEplayer has not flown and does not fly the product of a number of the content providers with whom IMS has onging content relationships, including some of the major studios
Air Transat did stray a while ago when it found it just wasn't getting the right quality of fodder. But li'l ole IMS is beginning to rustle up a few steers of its own by all accounts: Jet Airways, Harmony Airways and Varig, with a few more mooching in the sagebrush, just ready to be roped, thrown and branded.
And if you think they're nothing but mangy critters, then don't forget the two mighty longhorns that have opted for IMS's Terminal Data Loader - American Airlines and Virgin America.
Brendan Gallagher
Editor, Inflight Online
Joke of the week from Agoracom: by parkside
It was .16-.17 before that news, at a minimum we are back in that range. IMO, some progress at the ASM and we trend up from there. Congrats to those who added last week.
Stocks' rally may stumble - Sunday July 31,
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks may fail to extend their recent rally as a slowing growth outlook and higher interest rates offset strong second-quarter earnings.
Some investors said gains in stocks may be limited this week as equity prices already reflect prospects for the economy and corporate profits in the second half.
"The economic environment is becoming less friendly for many companies and the potential for considerable gains in earnings in the next quarters is lower," said David Joy, vice president for capital markets strategy at American Express Asset Management in Minneapolis, with $415 billion of assets.
"I would remain invested in stocks, but from now on, I would focus mainly on large companies, with steady growth."
Better-than-expected earnings reports and economic data pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index up 3.6 percent in July and erased its year-to-date loss. The S&P 500 was up 1.8 percent for the year to date, through Friday's close.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 3.4 percent during the month of July, but it was still down 1.3 percent for the year to date.
In July, both the Dow and the S&P 500 had their best performances since December 2003.
The Nasdaq Composite Index rallied 6.2 percent in July, nudging it up 0.4 percent for the year.
About 70 percent of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 have reported earnings for the last quarter, with most coming in better than expected. S&P currently projects profits for the quarter will grow 10.5 percent, higher than initial forecasts.
This week, earnings are expected from big companies like consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble Co. (PG), which also is a Dow component, and others such as Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) and Tyco International (TYC).
CRUDE AT HIGH ALTITUDE
"It will be interesting to see if the earnings season will close on a positive note across the board or if the strong results will be concentrated among companies in the energy sector," Joy said.
Last week, energy companies Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and ConocoPhillips (COP), reported strong second-quarter earnings as a result of the increase in oil prices.
This week, energy companies reporting results will include Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) and Alliant Energy Corp. (LNT).
Crude oil prices jumped 39 percent last quarter from a year earlier and touched an all-time high of more than $62 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on July 7. NYMEX September crude settled on Friday at $60.57, up 63 cents.
Edward Keon, chief investment strategist at Prudential Equity Group in New York, is recommending that clients remain invested in shares of energy companies.
"Stocks in general remain a cheap alternative, compared with other investments," Keon said. "And despite the good run on energy stocks, they continue to be very attractive."
Keon said Prudential's portfolios hold more energy stocks than the amount recommended in most benchmark indexes and that he has been increasing holdings of technology shares.
At Friday's close, stocks were mixed for the week. The blue-chip Dow dipped 0.1 percent, while the broad S&P 500 index edged up just 0.04 percent, and the tech-laced Nasdaq advanced 0.2 percent. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit four-year closing highs this week.
That marked a slight break in the trend through the close on Friday, July 22, when the three stock indexes had scored four straight weeks of gains.
JULY JOBS ON THE RADAR SCREEN
A key economic indicator for investors this week will be the U.S. nonfarm payroll numbers for July, set for release on Friday. The forecast calls for the addition of 182,500 jobs in July, up from 146,000 in June, according to economists polled by Reuters.
But considering steady economic growth and low inflation, job creation should be stronger, and in turn, that may limit demand for stocks, said Bill Strazzullo, chief market strategist at State Street Global Markets in Boston.
"That's one piece of the puzzle that hasn't really fallen in place," Strazzullo said. "These numbers with all the stimulus we've had should be over 250,000 every month. So there's definitely some weakness there."
The Commerce Department said on Friday the U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in the second quarter, below the rate of 3.8 percent in the previous three months. It was the ninth straight quarter of GDP growth exceeding 3 percent.
Another widely watched economic report due this week includes the ISM index, a gauge of manufacturing activity, which is expected to rise to a reading of 54.5 in July from 53.8 in June. The Institute for Supply Management, or ISM, index will be released on Monday.
On Tuesday, a reading on inflation tracked by the Federal Reserve, the core Personal Consumer Expenditure index, is likely to slow to a gain of just 0.1 percent, down from an increase of 0.2 percent in the previous month.
LawyerLong on Agoracom
By: LawyerLong
09 Jan 2001, 10:23 AM EST Msg. 580277 of 967801
Please help with some EDIG Questions.
I am long on EDIG, holding several thousand shares for 18 months. I think this company has a chance to be big, and have considered taking (for me) a large stake. I have been talking with my broker about it and he says two things - I would love some honest feedback from some of you who know the company well.
1. He says there has been no true ''design win'' as of yet; that EDIG is doing some very interesting work to partner with known names, but no exclusive design wins that will lead to definable revenue. I am not sure what this means, but he is a very smart guy and we have made good money together. Is he right?
2. He says that, looking at the company's earnings report, they only have enough cash for 6 more months. Is this true? If not, why?
Don't give me a bunch of BS about bashing and being a short. I invested before knowing much, now am looking at putting some real money on the table. Thanks for your help.
LL
By: LawyerLong
11 Jan 2001, 10:47 AM EST Msg. 584359 of 967801
MIR - A question for you.
I'm sure this will draw a lot of derisive comments, but here goes anyway. I have always bought stock in companies that have proven themselves in the marketplace, not speculative ventures. With one exception, I should add, which is INOD (mentioned when I last posted) and this is, of course, the stock with which I have profited the most.
So I understand the risk/reward of investing - the more speculative the investment the greater the risk, the greater the reward. I am on the verge of selling some stocks that have, for the most part, realized their potential and putting the money in EDIG. If EDIG goes to 10 I make a lot of money, if it goes to 1.5, I lose what is, for me, a lot of money. Probably no different from many of you.
I have read messages, talked with Robert Putnam, etc. I would now like opinions on this question - what do you think is the worst case scenario for EDIG and its stock price over the next several years and how likely do you think this worst case scenario to be? As an investor I always ask myself and others this final question and it has served me well.
Thanks for your help.
LL
By: LawyerLong
12 Jan 2001, 01:41 PM EST Msg. 586410 of 967800
[EDIG PPS 01/12/01 $2.63]
OK - I'm in!
I just increased my holdings by tenfold. This was a big investment for me but after reading all the messages and links and after speaking with robert putnam I am very impressed with the game plan and the probable outcome of this plan. No one can predict the future, but it is hard to see how EDIG will not be successful at least to the extent of making 5x to 10x my original investment.
Like Mary in Red I am a buy and hold investor so I am giving this two years. Thanks to Tinroad, MIR, Dr.Hunt, GPDesign and others for their information. Thanks also to the bashers, whom I also read carefully. I was unable to find a single basher's message which contained real information that would lead me to doubt the motives, veracity, technical wherewithall and true potential of this company.
In March I will have more cash and will make another investment approximately half the size of today's.
LL
By: LawyerLong
08 Feb 2001, 09:17 AM EST Msg. 609015 of 967802
Tin, re your post about bashers.
And to what end do they do this? To push the stock down? It's already as low as it will ever get? Someone pays them? What for?
This is the only thing about EDIG I can't get my arms around. What is the agenda of the bashers? Who profits from this course of action and how?
Oh yes, I am buying more today - my third position.
Thanks.
LL
By: LawyerLong $$$$$
27 Feb 2001, 09:25 PM EST Msg. 625763 of 967803
Took a fourth position in EDIG today.
I didn't think the stock would stay at this price until I was able to buy more. Glad it did, though sorry for those of you who have been holding for some time. If it is still under 2.50 in two weeks I will buy again. Things should be very interesting in the next 2 years.
LL
By: LawyerLong
07 Sep 2001, 07:17 PM EDT Msg. 772524 of 967803
Malt - I began buying
30 months ago and have purchased 5 positions in that time. I am of the same philosophy as you. time is on our side.
LL
By: LawyerLong
25 Sep 2001, 10:36 AM EDT Msg. 788988 of 967803
[EDIG PPS 09/25/01 $1.14]
Just added 5,000 shares. eom
By: LawyerLong
25 Sep 2001, 10:39 AM EDT Msg. 789000 of 967803
Yeah CRQ - I'M REALLY Desperate. I am so desperate
I have bought more and never sold for 3 years. THAT's desperation for sure.
LL
By: LawyerLong
14 May 2002, 09:59 AM EDT Msg. 975150 of 985489
Bought 30,000 shares at $.465 this AM. LL
By: LawyerLong
14 May 2002, 11:05 AM EDT Msg. 975181 of 985496
Bought 18,000 more at $.49.
By: LawyerLong
14 May 2002, 02:28 PM EDT Msg. 975388 of 985489
Added 40,000 more at .49 and .50.
By: LawyerLong
15 May 2002, 02:56 PM EDT Msg. 976115 of 985489
Added 10,000 shares at $.555.
Great !
Post of the Day from Agor: B-Lunist... if they actually HAD business they can use other words... like WE WILL or WE HAVE... since they don't actually have the business they use EXPECT... and we ALL know their track record when using this. Makes my head spin....
Ouch
Just like the news of 2005 -old News
Lucent Technologies, Texas Instruments and e.Digital announce
Old news - Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) announced today that it is working with e.Digital (OTC: EDIG) on the development of a new handheld device for listening to downloaded music from the Internet. The new device, to be manufactured by e.Digital, will use the Lucent Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder (EPAC™) and will employ e.Digital's patented MicroOS™ file management system.
The e.Digital device will use a new class of Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) manufactured by Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN). The EPAC decoder is commercially available as a port to the Texas Instruments DSP and will be supported by other DSPs in the future.
Unlike other handheld devices on the market that play downloadable music using the MP3 format, the e.Digital device will play EPAC files.
"We are taking the current generation of hand-held players to the highest levels of audio quality and design," said Joyce Eastman, director of audio for Lucent's New Ventures Group. "We have produced what we believe will be a solid design for an EPAC player that offers high levels of security with excellent sound quality."
Lucent's New Ventures Group has been developing opportunities for audio technologies developed at Bell Labs, and has been working closely with the music industry. Lucent's New Ventures Group is a founding member of the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), the worldwide recording industry's effort to develop an open, secure access system for digital music.
"Our new DSP is a new class of processor for a new market," said Gary Johnson, worldwide manager of DSPs for Texas Instruments. "We look forward to further work with Lucent and e.Digital on making our player a success in the market."
EPAC is a new version of the Perceptual Audio Coder™ - developed by Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies - which is an audio compression algorithm with the highest-quality audio at the lowest bit rates. At 128 kilobits per second, EPAC offers CD-transparent stereo sound.
EPAC uses psychoacoustic modeling - that is, a representation of how humans hear sound - to compress music in a way that is not noticeable to the ear. Music is compressed at a rate of 11 to 1, thus reducing the transmission time/bandwidth and storage by the same ratio, while still retaining its fidelity.
Several recent improvements in EPAC have pushed its performance levels to new heights, including: EPAC's improved quantization and coding, allowing higher quality audio at lower bit rates, and EPAC's improved psychoacoustic modeling from Bell Labs research, which provides CD-transparent sound at 128 kbps.
EPAC's variable bit rates and superior audio quality allow the coder to be used in multiple bandwidth applications.
PAC was recently rated the best performing audio coding technology in a class of five tested in independent trials by Moulton Laboratories. In this test, PAC at 96 kbps outperformed the MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coder (AAC). At 96 kbps, PAC also outperformed AAC at 128 kbps based on a repeatable statistical score.
PAC is a technology which is supported across broad applications by Lucent. For example, Lucent Digital Radio (http://www.lucent.com/ldr), a wholly-owned venture of Lucent Technologies, will use PAC in its In-Band On-Channel (IBOC) digital audio broadcast (DAB) system.
Lucent Technologies' famed research and development arm, Bell Labs, has been at the forefront of technology for the music industry for decades, with the introduction of sound for motion pictures in 1926; the invention of stereo recording in 1933; the invention of the transistor in 1947; the introduction of computer-synthesized music in the 1950s; the introduction of psychoacoustics in the 1960s; sub-band coding of audio in the 1970s; the introduction of linear predictive coding in the 1980s, and the Perceptual Audio Coder in the 1990s.
e.Digital Corporation offers an engineering partnership for th world's leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and the Internet. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's patented MicroOS file management system to custom product development and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, visit http://www.edig.com.
email from Samsung - no new realationship with e.Digital.