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by Richardo on Agora Hope this helps LOL
APS to present digEsystem at WAEA
September 17, 2005 – HANDHELD IFE pioneer APS plans to show off elements of digEsystem, the semi-embedded product that it is developing, at the WAEA show in Hamburg next week.
“We have engaged a design and development team and are in the final stages of selecting our manufacturing partner,” says Brent Wood, CEO of APS and parent company Wencor. “We have set aside millions of dollars for development and launch.”
Content for digEsystem will be provided by 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Buena Vista, Universal and DreamWorks. More studios will be announced soon, according to APS, as will a launch customer. First deliveries are planned for next spring.
With digEsystem APS/Wencor is aiming to cut the cost of in-seat IFE by 50 per cent. According to Tracy DeCuir, responsible for ssystem development and support of marketing and sales, the cost of equipping all the seats in an Airbus A320, for example, would be half that of a traditional IFE system.
digEsystem is based on digEplayer, APS' core product, with the exception that the passenger unit - called the the Embedded Digital Video Player (eDVP) - will run off standard in-seat power from Astronics, KID-Systeme or Page Aerospace and will have a secure IEEE 802.11a wireless network capability.
Also fitted with a stereo audio jack on the front panel, the eDVP has built-in button controls for on/off, brightness, channel and volume. Its hard disc contains the Linux operating system, a suite of applications, an HTML browser, and a library of content such as audio, video and other media forms.
digEplayer is currently being developed to receive a credit-card reader, and digESystem’s eDVP will be similarly equipped. The reader will be used to pay for content and to support other forms of inflight commerce. Transaction data will be stored in flight and then transferred on a secure wireless network to the card companies after the aircraft has landed for the day.
The eDVP will also have a USB 2.0 port to accommodate game controllers, keyboards and memory sticks. The game controllers are intended allow a wider selection of action-type games.
In a typical installation, the aircraft will have a docking station in each seatback, allowing the airline to fine-tune its IFE provision by installing eDVPs in any seat, zone or cabin, on the ground or in flight. Airline staff will be able to add or remove the eDVP in less than a minute, using a simple security installation tool that will be small enough to fit on a key-ring but complex enough to discourage theft. A quick-disconnect system will allow cabin crew to easily remove and replace defective units in flight.
Initially, each eDVP would hold its content on a 60Gb or 80Gb hard disc, so that no head-end equipment is needed. But a central media server and wireless access point are in development to support the extra interactive functions - moving maps, gate information, news, weather, sport, pre-recorded TV programming, intranet - that APS/Wencor plans to introduce.
Time-sensitive content will be loaded to the media server on the ground by either a USB memory device or the PML’s wired high-speed port. The server will store the content and then distribute it wirelessly to all the eDVPs at the correct time. The media server could also act as a router for aircraft interfaces, offboard communications systems and all digEsystem cabin and maintenance functions.
Other planned enhancements include integration with inflight television, multiplayer games, broadband Internet connectivity - this would require the addition to the aircraft of a terrestrial or satellite air-to-ground communications system - and onboard public wireless LAN.
Content will be viewed on an 8in or 10in LCD touchscreens and refreshed regularly, with the 802.11a network providing the link between individual eDVPs and a portable media loader (PML) while the aircraft is on the ground. The PML - a battery-powered ruggedised computer incorporating a wireless access point and an Ethernet hub - will also be used to retrieve transaction and usage data from each eDVP.
Passenger content will include digEtunes (MP3 audio-on-demand, playlists), digEvideo (MPEG-4 video-on-demand films, shorts, music videos, TV programmes), digEgames (board games, single-player action games with controller), digEreader (PDF books, periodicals), digEtv (broadcast audio and video, safety demos), digEnet (onboard intranet, cached Web pages), digEnews (electronic newspaper), digEairport (airport, connecting-gate and destination information) and digEmap (flight information and flightpath).
Airline operational applications include digEdata (usage statistics and passenger surveys) and digEcrew (based on a specially configured eDVP with crew-only menus, used to start and stop safety demos and for text messaging to passengers).
actually - my point was ... since many here want to
prosecute the company ... isn't it legal evidence that they
publish such a falsehood on their web site ???
1. I don't believe what someone else tells me
(that would include you)... so don't accuse me TIA ...
2. None of your business LOL
3. Taking too long to evolve ... yes
4. the tech could be what it is touted ... this would not
automatically put super demand on the tech ...
Reality proves the better product does not always win ...
I don't believe its a lie ...
just a company trying to make it ...
You want to be safe and secure with an investment
you need to buy something like INTEL or SBC ... something of that caliber ...
If its a lie ...
and you know its a lie ...
why not expose them like HH wants to ...
you have it in print on their website ....
Could you explain why this statement to the public ... in print ... would claim EDIG works hand in hand with the listed
partners ...
From milplease
http://www.edig.com/partners.php
We work hand-in-hand with the world's leaders in digital technologies to deliver Smart Solutions for a Digital World®.
APS
Audible
Bang & Olufsen
Cornice
Digitalway
DivX
Equator Technologies
Fusion Digital Technology Ltd.
Hewlett-Packard
Hitachi
Intel
Lucent Technologies
Maycom
Microsoft
Musical Electronics
MusicMatch
PortalPlayer
Samsung
SanDisk
Sanyo
Softeq
Sony
SRS Labs
Texas Instruments
TGE Group
Toshiba
there you go ... nice and friendly ...
but we need to take the higher ground
"Do people really think this kind of thing helps Wencor, e.Digital's customer?"
the plot thickens ... so then ... what if the shareholders
that do this are really not shareholders ... now we have
the twilight zone ... are the execs in high places smart
enough to realize this is possible. Are you aware of
that possibility?
Industry insider that wants no one to know who he is?
guess Wencor will rely on the credibility of the product
we shall soon see, won't we?
I did on another board ... how about the last 3 words ...
anybody know who the "comments one source" is?. was it HH? LOL ...
we really need his expertise to straigten out EDIG
management ... more LOL
why is it that you know what is going on ... and then finish
your post with a question that qualifys that you don't know
what is going on ... it surely is a mystery what EDIG is doing
and maybe that's the way it should be ... but we shall soon know ... and maybe by the pps ... good luck to all
"Costs should be cut to zero,"
Please, show us how ...
HH and you actually know all that you've stated ... ???
Zip ... this I found on IMS website ... their latest PR
do you think this is mistated? ... be honest ...
http://www.imsconsultants.com/inflight_company_press_american_airlines_TDL_040705.html
About IMS: IMS is the leading provider of portable and wireless solutions in IFE, and is the developer of the Personal Entertainment Appliance (“Pea”) handheld IFE system. IMS also develops passenger and cabin crew software applications, and provides and operates data management services for the airline industry. Additional information is available at www.imsinflight.com .
found that after I did this:
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=agora.com&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-04,GGLD:en...
Let me understand, you own 400k shares of EDIG and you
you want to be sure to shine some darkness on e.digital ...
and warn Wencor/APS customers to stay away because of e.digital ... let us pray.
"Right now, the strategy is to pump as much as possible to entice some buying"
oh yeah everyday I'm getting to read all kinds of messages pumping EDIG stock, somedays 3 to 4 PR's ... Must be Edig
wanting to sell stock ... just look at that volume ...
absurd
not to worry, I'm sure most will see it ...
Board Wars ... I see no problem ...
you want positive go to Agora ...
you want the negative visit another board ...
and of course if you want the absurd you can always
go to RB and party ...
"it is plain as day that I am right and you are wrong."
it's only what you believe ... about the past ...
so then to you there is only past ... no future ....
sorry, doesn't make you right ...
actually owd3, it is my business how much it has cost me not
yours ... the truth is there are folks that are right and
folks that are wrong ... you or I at this point are neither right or wrong ... seems you cannot post without be condescending ... I guess you are just more equal than other
posters here ...
Why should "fair" be defined as "truly fair"?
Oh - you must mean I shouldn't sell it now.
Well then, there really is nothing left to do except sell
out my position, what say you?
HH that's been going on for decades - sanctioned by the SEC ... and don't believe the BS 20 million ... specialists
make hundreds of millions of dollars annually ... thank you for bringing the joke of the year ...
someone has been claiming MOS is a simple file management system similiar to others and not an operating system ...
it is stated on the US patent as:
Operating system including improved file management for use in devices utilizing flash memory as main memory
nite all
sorry ... this should be the entire url
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/neta...
Operating system including improved file management for use in devices utilizing flash memory as main memory
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/neta....
Posted by: doni
In reply to: Cassandra who wrote msg# 31599 Date:2/18/2003 11:27:14 PM
Post #of 68102
FactOrFiction.."Egbert, if you admit that MicroOS was not really needed in the past, contrary to what management was saying, what makes you think it's going to be needed in the future?"
Because the structured elements of the MOS... do not require the overhead of existing PC systems. This because of it's patented allocation scheme and novel ideas to drive it.
The industry is trying to squash down status quo high overhead systems into embedded environments....as fast as they can....lol....SO what!!!
"I keep hearing this mantra that MicroOS was just too ahead of its time. How old is that technology now?"
The most important aspect of the system was patented in mid 1998...4 3/4 years or so....and that would be the allocation structure....the key to the whole thing.
"Are you sure it isn't just some simple little file management program that doesn't do anything beyond what the file management programs used by other companies do?"
It's not about a file system...it's about an allocation scheme that can be molded to fit what every you want....they chose to compose the MOS with it's integrated file system...others could take this allocation and compose something to fit what they think best.
The system they have developed utilizing the patented allocation...MOS...has the adaptability to use many conventions of existing file structures of operating systems currently in use so that it may be considered hardware independent.
It has security at different levels of hierarchy including format. It sports an ability of contiguous and non contiguous data segment arrangements.
It streams data directly to and from flash both NOR and NAND. Different cache/flash schemes allow for different degrees of function for both sequential and non sequential streaming of data.
It's a non homogenous system meaning no special efforts are needed to keep different data types stored separately....makes for a fine multimedia delivery system.
It will drive a large gig HDD or a tiny 1 meg flash chip natively(no translation needed)...that is versatility for sure.
It's set to run DOS attributes....under an embedded environment or other media types. No wasted space for the media.. because of the patented allocation scheme.
It will function at a data segment level of 256 Byte without inode or indexing overhead....Phrase from their site.."Extends Flash memory capabilities - Memory management transparently deals with bad blocks, erase blocks, wear leveling and is independent of data and erase block sizes.FANTASTIC!!!
It can utilize flash as a main memory...if desired..in a RAM like manner within in embedded systems....utilizing a cache as small as 256bytes...this because of it's patented allocation structure....or can be formatted for a larger required state.
It has a low level Bios management system....capable of driving any device necessary....sitting on top of that is a complete complement of high level API.
When you invest in this company you are not just investing in the MOS...but the teachings of what it is built on....and that aspect is patented.
Sorry for not getting back to you and your new site... Tin...I just can't seem to find the time any more. I suggest anyone with an ability/ambition... read the patents on e.Digitals systems.
doni
"What I find disturbing if he did indeed confirm revenue per embedded system sold by Wencor is that it would imply significant revenue and perhaps placate anxious shareholders."
Why does good news always seems to disturb you?
"IMO, e.Digital should publicly clarify what kind of agreement they have with Wencor for the installed system and the expected revenue per system sold, assuming there is any."
Let's assume that there is an agreement and EDIG is not obligated to disclose this information.
what could be worse? ...
repeat baseless speculation? ...
this must be necessary for the benefit of any newbies
How many folks are coming in the door?
- Design and engineering?
MicroOS-Powered digEPlayer Receives Industry Recognition
why would the size of the shareholder matter?
the inevitable that comes from speculation ... LOL
could you tell us about the Alaska Air results ...
so all things being equal .... would not the companies they are doing business with be crooked also?
is this the reason f10 stop doing business with EDIG
emphasis yours ....
so many scenarios
... what probability for this one, 5%?