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"this is the only way that they are paying their bills.."
o right, take a break ....
they didn't hold the price down too long either - pathetic
head for the hills!
How about availability of shares, shareholders may not
want to sell until pps is much higher ??? eh
Source: Business Wire
Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:28 AM IST (05:58 AM GMT)
Editors: Business: Information technology; Technology
(BW)(NV-CEA)
2004 International CES Attendees Represent Consumer Technology's Impact on the Global Economy
2004 International CES
http://business2media.com/home/pressrelease.asp?b2mid=4378
Las Vegas, United States, Tuesday, January 06, 2004 -- (business2media)
World's Premier Annual Tradeshow for Consumer Technology Serves as Hotbed for Networking and the B2B Community
As the 2004 International CES continues to show healthy industry growth, high-level executives in retail, healthcare, travel, hospitality, government, education, financial institutions and other segments of worldwide economy are coming to CES to conduct crucial face-to-face networking needed in today's economy. The 2004 International CES, the largest in the show's history, returns to Las Vegas this week, January 8-11.
"As the International CES continues to expand to keep pace with the fast-pace world of consumer technology, so does the show's base of attendees - in both size and make-up," said Karen Chupka, vice president of events and conferences for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the producer of CES. "Not only is CES the place where the hottest and most innovative technology is introduced, it also serves as a venue for networking and conducting serious business, all under one roof and in four days time."
Traditionally, the International CES has been a hotbed for retailers and manufacturers of consumer technology, but as the show continues to evolve and the importance of CES resonates into a worldwide event, several industries representing the girth of the world's economic drivers come to CES to see and learn about technology, conduct business and meet new and current clients. Another factor in the rise of CES attendee diversity is the investment of consumer technology by corporate business. What use to be a line clearly distinguishing business and consumer technology investment, is now blurring.
One such sector is the aerospace and airline industry. Basically every major airline sends representatives to CES to conjure up investment in in-flight entertainment, media programming and other technology vehicles used in-flight. Some companies present at CES include Aerospace Corp., Air France, Boeing Corp., JetBlue, Raytheon, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines.
A major coup for CES mobile electronics exhibitors looking for OEM transactions is the huge contingent of automotive industry executives attending International CES. Whether it's satellite radio, GPS, or in-car entertainment, major automotive industry executives use CES as venue to learn and conduct business with mobile electronics' elite. Automotive companies attending CES include American Honda Motor Corp., Chrysler, Ferrari, Ford, General Motors, Goodyear, Hyundai, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Saturn and Toyota.
As broadband household penetration continues to spiral upward, major cable, DSL and satellite companies are joining the CES mix. Leading executives from many of these companies come to CES to learn about products that take advantage of broadband technology, including AT&T Broadband, Cablevision Systems Corp., Comcast, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Echostar, Motorola Broadband and Verizon.
The same goes for numerous telecommunications companies in attendance at CES. Many of these companies are venturing into broadband, VOD and content delivery and look to CES to help with their business strategy. Companies include Adelphia, BellSouth, Cingular, Discovery, Earthlink, Qwest, Sprint, Time Warner Cable and T-Mobile.
As content delivery continues to play a major role in consumer electronics, top executives in the entertainment industry attend CES to build relationships with the CE manufacturers that are developing the products capable of storing and managing their content. Some major companies represented in the entertainment industry at CES include 20th Century Fox, Buena Vista Entertainment, DreamWorks, HBO, MGM, MTV, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios and Warner Brothers.
More consumers are utilizing CE products as a way to make a fashion statement. Major clothing and accessories outlets have recognized this trend and are attending CES to find ways to interweave CE products with their clothing designs to include color coordinating and clothes that cater to the hundreds of mobile products on the market. Some clothing companies attending CES include Adidas, Ann Taylor, Nike, Samsonite and Quicksilver.
Year after year, thousands of research and financial analysts come to CES to learn about how this $95 billion industry continues its explosive growth. In addition, major financial institutions send their leaders to CES to network and seek out investment opportunities. Some financial institutions present at CES include Accenture, American Express, Bank of America, Banc One, Bear Stearns, Capital One, Chase, Citicorp, Coldwell Banker, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, UBS/Paine Webber, Wachovia and Wells Fargo.
CE technology is present on virtually every college campus in the nation. More than 120 colleges and universities attend CES to buy products and investigate new technology including Arizona State University, Brigham Young University, Cornell University, Georgia Tech, Harvard, MIT, Notre Dame University, Stanford University, UCLA and Yale University.
As the CE industry makes amazing advances in offering consumers the ability to communicate and access information 24 hours a day, the medical industry offers the CE industry a new market to impact with technology aimed at helping and maintaining the health of consumers worldwide. American Red Cross, Diatron, Kaiser Permanente, Medco Health, Stanford Medical Center, Stryker Endoscopy and Quest Diagnostics are some companies attending CES from the medical field.
As more people think of CE products as necessary items in today's active lifestyle, many leading companies from the travel and hospitality industry turn to CES to as a way to learn and invest in products for major travel establishments worldwide. Some include AAA, Amtrak, Avis, Best Western, Expedia, Hilton, Marriott, Hertz and Westin.
The 2004 International CES focuses on more than 20 product areas from more than 2,300 exhibitors spread throughout the inside and outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Las Vegas Hilton and the Alexis Park Resort. For more news on CES before, during and after the show, visit www.CESweb.org, the interactive source for CES information.
About CEA
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry through technology policy, events, research, promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA represents more than 1,200 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of audio, video, mobile electronics, wireless and landline communications, information technology, home networking, multimedia and accessory products, as well as related services that are sold through consumer channels. Combined, CEA's members account for more than $90 billion in annual sales. CEA's resources are available online at www.CE.org, the definitive source for information about the consumer electronics industry.
CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Defining Tomorrow's Technology. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.
UPCOMING EVENTSCEA Winter Technology & Standards ForumFebruary 26 - 29, 2004, Aspen, COElectronic House Expo - SpringMarch 11 - 13, 2004, Orlando, FLCONNECTIONS(TM) 2004May 5 - 7, 2004, Dallas, TXCEA Winter Summit February 22 - 27, 2004, Fort Lauderdale, FLConsumer Electronics CEO SummitJune 23 - 26, 2004, Huntington Beach, CA2004 CEA Industry ForumOctober 18-20, 2004, San Francisco, CA2004 Electronic House Expo - FallNovember 11-13, 2004, Long Beach, Calif.2005 International CESJanuary 6-9, 2005, Las Vegas, NV
I think he meant "take a look at CDR"
RR don't forget to turn your pager ON ..
iPod a throwaway? Fans demand Apple face music
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001824165_ipodsecret27.html
By Hank Stuever
The Washington Post
HELAYNE SEIDMAN / POST
Van, left, and Casey Neistat took their love-hate relationship with the iPod online.
Casey Neistat is a 22-year-old multimedia artist who lives in Lower Manhattan, so it almost goes without saying that he's got an Apple iPod and that he loves it, because what young, self-respecting multimedia artist in Lower Manhattan doesn't these days?
But his love was tested when his iPod went cold and he could not bring it back to life.
Ownership of an iPod digital music player has grown a bit culty, especially when people talk about how it has changed their inner musical lives. This sounds like crazy talk — until you get one, and then you, too, are having an everlasting love affair with something very small. An iPodder has a telltale white cord coming from his coat pocket to his ears and lives in sonic smugness; he walks around in a happy glaze, with his entire music collection — as many as 10,000 songs — going with him.
Neistat bought his iPod in early 2002, not long after Apple introduced it. He usually listened to it on his daily bike ride to TriBeCa, where he and his brother, Van, 28, have a small studio and work together on films and other art projects, professionally calling themselves the Neistat Brothers.
In late October — after about 18 months of use — the rechargeable lithium-ion battery in Casey Neistat's iPod would no longer work.
So he went to Apple's terribly chic megastore in SoHo and asked to purchase a new battery. He was calm about it. So were the clerks who dashed his hopes.
"I explained that it wasn't charging up anymore," Neistat recalls, "and they said, 'We don't offer a new battery. You should just buy a new iPod.' "
This offended him on a lot of levels, mostly their assumption that he could simply plunk down several hundred dollars for a new one. Neistat told them he couldn't afford that. They shrugged him off, so he went home and called Apple's technical-support number, three times.
This is where the trouble started, and it's how, a month later, nearly 1 million (and counting) Internet surfers have come to know the Neistat Brothers as the makers of a 2-minute, guerrilla-style film about deceit and revenge called "iPod's Dirty Secret."
In it, Casey Neistat calls Apple's tech support, presses 1 and explains his battery problem to someone named Ryan, a minion of the computer company.
Like a doctor with zero bedside manner, Ryan quickly gets to the point: Since Neistat's iPod is past the yearlong warranty, the cost of parts, labor and shipping would nearly equal the cost of a new machine. Ryan suggests, yet again, that Neistat should probably just relax and buy a new iPod, which currently costs from $299 to $499, depending on the memory size.
As the voice of Ryan drones coldly on about the iPod's internal workings, we see the brothers getting busy against the Man. With the rap group NWA's song "Express Yourself" as a soundtrack, they make a large poster-board stencil that reads: "iPod's Unreplaceable Battery Lasts Only 18 Months."
The Neistats' funky but wrathful movie (www.ipodsdirtysecret.com) shows Casey merry-pranksterly strolling around Manhattan, spray-painting dozens of Apple's pretty pastel iPod posters with his warning, which the brothers consider "a public service announcement" to counteract Apple's current iPod advertising campaign.
(According to Apple, which recently shipped more than 300,000 iPods in time for holiday shopping sprees, there are about 1.4 million iPods in use worldwide.)
Within days, thousands of iPod owners had downloaded the movie and, somewhat horrified at the news, forwarded it around the world.
The Neistat Brothers, who swear by Apple products (the movie ends with a credit to Apple's iMovie software and the Macintosh computers on which the brothers work), say they feel a little cheated by the company in which they'd placed so much faith.
Days after the movie made the rounds, Apple announced expanded warranties for new iPod owners to purchase for $59, and also introduced a new $99 battery-replacement mail-in service for others.
Casey says he got a phone call in response to a letter of discontent he'd written to Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, from still another minion, still advising him to just buy a new one. Days later, another Apple employee called, this time to make sure the brothers knew about the new battery-replacement price. "Are you calling because of our movie?" Casey said he asked. "And the person said he could neither confirm or deny that he'd seen it."
Apple officially denies that the brothers' movie had anything to do with the new battery price. Natalie Sequeira, an Apple spokeswoman, says the longer warranty and replacement price have been in the works for a few months.
What the Neistat Brothers have done to Apple, however, is almost sacrilege to the Mac congregation.
"We got close to 1,000 e-mails the first couple of days," Casey reports. "A lot of people were in my exact position and had to buy the new iPod. ... But there were die-hard Mac fans who were mad at us, who were panicking because they feel like we might cause somebody to not buy a Macintosh."
Apple generally enjoys positive PR in print media and perky goodwill in the marketplace, especially from younger, hipper demographics trained from birth to shun expensive labels or corporate identity, and who view the Apple as both a superior product and a rebel against the prevailing Microsoft/PC worldview.
"There's a whole culture evolving," says Stan Ng, Apple's director of worldwide marketing for the iPod. "The iPod is a labor of love for everyone at Apple, but we still don't really understand just how much of a role it's playing in people's lives, how important it's really become. It's this emotional, visceral field."
Ng says everyone is learning together: Apple doesn't yet know how often consumers will want or can afford to replace their iPods, nor has the product been around long enough for the company to know accurately how long most iPods will last. (It's commonly thought the battery is good for about 500 full recharges.)
He's also not entirely sure they'll avail themselves of the battery-replacement service.
Some of the e-mail the Neistat Brothers received from "iPod's Dirty Secret" came from people who were quick to tell them "that we're (bleep)ing imbeciles, (because) you can buy a battery online and do it yourself," Casey says.
The brothers already tried that.
They Googled around and ordered the battery from a different vendor that came with complicated instructions and "these two plastic gigantic toothpicks," Casey says. It took a while to pry the back cover off the iPod's impenetrable design. Beneath that was "a gummy adhesive" which covered the mini hard drive, "and there were these two very tiny connectors with three prongs," in a work space "about the diameter of a needle."
He felt as if he was performing amateur neurosurgery.
The patient died on the table.
And soon enough, Casey Neistat went back to the Apple boutique and bought a new iPod for $400, which, he says, "is totally unfair." He took it back to the office and showed it to his brother, and they vowed to find a way, Casey says, "to get back at them." But the beat went on, and that's what counts most in a world gone iPod.
BTW does (ok)anyone know how Collier's new company doing?
Didn't Collier have something to do with the poor performance
of his new employer ?
http://quotes.freerealtime.com/rt/frt/M?IM=quotes&SA=quotes%7CChart&type=Chart&symbol=IP...
don't quit your day job ...
"Lots of good sounding, non-specific hype with no real substance filled with forward-looking language you can't hold them to, but probably won't deter the traders who will keep it in play for now."
vs.
Lots of good sounding, non-specific bash with no real substance filled with backward-looking language you can't hold them to, but probably won't deter the traders who will keep it in play for now.
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Really Cassie, why aren't they posting about it then?
fred's just trying to be friendly like LOL
numbers
clairvoyant are you?
What I'm trying to find out is - somewhere those shares
have to be sold on the open market - ie: 19.5 million shares have to show up as being traded - volume has to reveal this -- Am I on the right track? ( so far there is no real evidence of that taking place.)
I think the question is "What is
JimC2003 really selling?
ok, then who is holding the 19.5 million shares after they
are covered ?? TIA
Please, if you can answer this: how does 19.5 million shorted shares get covered?
"Thank you for your e-mail, Joe. We have new business developments to discuss
in next week's webcast. Public announcements as well as press and media
coverage of e.Digital and our proprietary technologies and product platforms
are expected which should build upon the success we have had this year
delivering products based on our proprietary technology platforms to Softeq,
Hewlett Packard, Disney, APS, Alaska Airlines, large Asian OEM, Gateway and
others. Please call me at your convenience if you would like to discuss this
further. Thank you for your continued support, Joe.
And what is it about EDIG and their management that makes it worth your while? - Buffet also admitted he didn't invest in hi-tech because he doesn't understand the business ...
Owd3, restrain this:
From DABOSS
PostID 298359 On Tuesday, December 09, 2003 (EST) at 10:36:20 AM
Response To: NEWeLONG PostID 298339
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Sure sounds like the merging of two platforms.
“The Company is presently in advanced negotiations with two major OEMs on separate projects of enormous potential, each of which seek to combine two or more of e.Digital’s existing platforms to advance the convergence of these devices. These pending opportunities necessitated the Company securing additional funding to strengthen its financial position.”
Because you make a statement like you did - are you familiar with all the legal variables to back that up?
Cassie you say "EDIG has completely failed as a business"
IS THAT ONE OF your FACTS?
ot: fwiw:
We do not stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing.
Interesting date here:
http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=721&...
Business and Market: PC and CE Players to Drive Multimedia Networks in the Home
Posted by: mrparks on Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - 01:06 AM
PC and CE Players to Drive Multimedia Networks in the Home
Large-scale availability of content across platforms, technical advances in connectivity, consumer appetite for digital entertainment converge to drive new markets
Dallas, Texas December 3, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- The convergence of industry developments and strong consumer demand for connected entertainment at home will drive multimedia networks to exceptional growth over the next five-year period, a new report from Parks Associates concludes. According to Multimedia Networks in the Home: Analysis and Forecasts, the market opportunity for multimedia connectivity – including PCs, mobile platforms, and consumer electronics devices – will reach annual node shipments of 120 million units by the end of 2008.
“Home networking and other technologies have reached an appropriate level of maturity so that both PC and CE vendors can now fully address connectivity for a myriad of devices in the home,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president of research. “The early gains in this market will belong to vendors of media PCs and digital media receiver/adapter (DMR/DMA) solutions, who deploy solutions that leverage the storage and processing power of the home computer for multimedia applications across platforms. The consumer electronics industry will simultaneously be deploying both mobile and fixed platforms. These digital imaging products, hard-disk storage servers, DVD players with integrated functionality, and game consoles will be among the many devices that will drive multimedia connectivity to the mainstream market.”
Parks Associates’ report Multimedia Networks in the Home: Analysis and Forecasts addresses the prospects for entertainment connectivity in the home. The report, with more than 90 pages of analysis and nearly 100 charts and figures, includes profiles of platforms from both the PC and CE industries and examines the underlying drivers for the growth of multimedia networking. For more information on this or other Parks Associates’ research, please contact Parks Associates at 972-490-1113 or at sales@parksassociates.com.
For more information about the home networking market, download the white paper The Home Network Market: Data and Multimedia Connectivity at www.parksassociates.com.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is a market research and consulting firm focused on all product and service segments that are “digital” or provide connectivity within the home. The company’s expertise includes home networks, digital entertainment, consumer electronics, broadband and Internet services, and home systems.
Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups through market reports, multiclient studies, consumer research, workshops, and custom-tailored client solutions. Parks Associates also hosts two executive seminars, both part of the Fall Focus series, and co-hosts CONNECTIONS™ (in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association) each year. http://www.parksassociates.com.
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does this mean owd3 really doesn't know what he's
talking about? LOL
OWD3, ARE YOU REALLY SURE. LOL
Cassandra, could you please tell us about the
baggage handler again?
that's funny - I didn't get the chance to see the post
that was deleted, but I knew that -
"Tinroad made no post about the term "out of the money".
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rr can you prove that it won't?
When EDIG is the focus, peripheral vision is
seriously lacking.
YOu don't need faith in EDIG management if
you don't own the stock right? right? - LOL
Does the engineering team manage the Management team?