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Photo of banner ad in Sunday's Ice Skating Show.
http://www.tararulz.com/multimedia/pictures/photographers/andrea/images/COG016.jpg
Found by bilygoat on RB.
Cheers!
gamie2000 -
http://www.edig.com/news/releases/pr120701.html
Hope this helps.
E.DIGITAL ON NATIONAL TV!!!
E.DIGITAL ALERT
E.DIGITAL SPONSORS "CELEBRATION OF GOLD" FEATURING SEVEN OLYMPIC SKATING CHAMPIONS
90-Minute Television Special to Air Nationwide on FOX Networks Sunday, December 9, Following NFL Football
Television Commercial to Debut e.Digital’s MXPTM 100 "Sport" Model
We are proud to be a sponsor of "Celebration of Gold", a special exhibition featuring seven Olympic Figure Skating Champions performing together. This is the only broadcast prior to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games to feature such a variety of Olympic skating talent. The national network broadcast of "Celebration of Gold" is expected to draw 4 to 5 million viewers.
During the broadcast, e.Digital’s MXP 100 Sport will be featured in rink-side banners as well as in a televised advertisement introducing the yellow MXP 100 "Sport" version to be launched in the coming weeks.
Television program air times may vary by region. To find local listings for your area, please visit the FOX Broadcasting Company television affiliate listings at: http://www.fox.com/links/affiliates.htm. or contact your local FOX television station.
Disclaimer: FOX Broadcast Networks retain the right to change their programming schedule without notice.
About the MXP 100 digital music and voice player/recorder:
The popular MXP 100 MP3 player is the first portable product to incorporate a user-independent speech recognition interface that allows users to navigate through music folders and files simply by saying the title. The sleek, portable player is capable of holding up to 32 hours of music in MP3 and Windows MediaTM format, boasts excellent sound quality, and provides over 12 hours of battery life per charge using the rechargeable Lithium Ion battery.
A sophisticated digital music player/voice recorder, e.Digital's MXP 100 offers music lovers the capability to store more than 20 CDs of their favorite music on IBM’s 1 gigabyte (GB) Microdrive. Listeners can enjoy up to 32 hours of music and superior quality voice recordings. The MXP 100 is the first branded product from e.Digital, a global provider of comprehensive digital product development and designs.
For more information on the MXP 100 1 GB Microdrive, go to: http://www.edig.com/MXP-100_sneak_peek.html.
EMail to HUNTINGTON LI from DataPlay today!
Thank you for your interest in DataPlay.
DataPlay is the manufacturer of the engine and the media. We simply give license to our OEM partners to use the engine and media in their devices.
The speed to market and actual launch dates are completely up to our partners. With that in mind, the rep at CES and Steve Volk were not making up information but disseminating it from our partners.
Several of our partners have expressed an intention to launch devices during 1Q of 2002 with many more launching during the remaining quarters of 2002.
In addition to the devices will be pre-recorded music. However, once again, our music partners will determine the actual number of titles and launch
dates.
I cannot guarantee dates and quantities, but I can tell you that we are shipping engines daily to our partners--and they are all clawing to be first
to market.
In addition, while DataPlay has opted not to have a booth at CES this year, our partners will be displaying the DataPlay-enabled devices that they are
now mass producing.
Keep an eye on the web site for more information and press releases as we get closer to our partners' launches. Thanks again for your interest.
FIRMWARE UPGRADE FOR MXP-100.
http://www.edig.com/product-support/index.html
Dog,
TREO 10 should be out within the next two weeks from what I have heard. As far as any of us know it will be sold etail... would love to learn of an OEM willing to bring it to retail. It will certainly be the best JB on the market and hopefully someone will want to run with it. Fred said at the SHM that VoiceNav will be added next year. Imagine... TWICE the capacity of the iPOD for less money and PC compatable. Only slightly larger than the iPOD and half the size of any other JB on the market. Since music plays from internal flash (not the HDD) it NEVER skips!
Cheers.
breuk - What I'm saying is we have the ability to support a RTC with music files due to the MicroOS.
LGJ,
From the article;
"But the major label-backed subscription services still won't let music be transferred to those devices. The reason is technical: While MP3 players can decode audio files, most aren't sophisticated enough to keep track of times and dates. This means that the players have no way to support the expiration dates for songs distributed through subscription services."
If I'm not mistaken our MicroOS based MXP-100 as well as all other mOS based models, keep track of time and date in real time.
MXP-100 Review from CDFreaks.com
e.Digital MXP 100 , 1GB voice-navigated MP3 player
Posted by DoMiN8ToR on Monday 5 November - 17:22 - Source: eDigital
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php3?ID=2904
This is something that should become a new standard, a MP3 player that can be controlled by using your voice. The e.Digital MX100 with a 1 GB IBM microdrive is able to do this ! So no hasseling around in your pockets to find your device and press the next button, or unwiring your cables to find the remote control attached to it, just say: NEXT! and it plays the next song.
The drive comes with stereo headphones, a home stereo adapter cable, USB cable, carrying case with belt clip and a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery that provides up to 15 hours of playback time per charge.
The MXP 100 features, for the first time on any digital music device, voice navigation command capability that gives users the option to move between their audio files and music tracks by just talking. This hands-free, hassle-free feature offers convenience, mobility and safety benefits, especially as users can avoid looking at a screen or manipulating a dial while they walk, jog, drive or rollerblade. e.Digital's MXP(TM) Music Explorer software, shipped with the MXP 100, is the gateway to using e.Digital's revolutionary VoiceNav interface. The MXP Music Explorer program also helps first-time users transfer and organize digital music and data files easily.
MusicMatch Jukebox software is also included with the unit, providing a quick and easy entry into the world of digital music for any consumer. The Music Explorer and MusicMatch software package included with every player enables consumers to create MP3 and Windows Media(TM) music files. And the MXP 100 is field upgradeable to support other popular formats and digital rights management systems as they became available.
And okay this sounds nice, but I'm wondering about one thing, if you want to control it with your voice you will need a microphone somewhere. Will you need to walk around with a headset like you see them in call centers ?
Reaction by sylvainw on Tuesday 6 November 2001
Seems like a very neat palyer. Here's a link to a full review:
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/mxp100.html
The only thing that worries me is something that I saw in another article. Here's the quote:
''Last week Reciprocal's competitor InterTrust technologies, whose technology is found in some newer MP3 portables like e.Digital's recently released MXP 100, laid off 180 workers.''
The complete article can be found here:
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/reciprocal.html
What worries me is that InterTrust ''digital rights'' technology apparently is built-in to the MXP 100.
I wonder if that means that the MP3s copied to the player won't be playable on anything else (i.e. - on another PC)...
e.DIGITAL gearing up for CES. Post by packers1 on RB;
PC WORLD NOV 25TH!!! http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,37662,pg,2,00.asp
Did someone say QDX? MORE ON DATAPLAY!
Dataplay
Release: Winter
The CD has survived previous attempts to dislodge its supremacy - witness
Sony's MiniDisc. But Dataplay hopes to fare better with a coin-sized
optical disc that's about to descend upon record and computer stores.
Backed by major music labels, software companies, and over 60 hardware
manufacturers, DataPlay media store up to 500 Mbytes of audio, photos,
games, and video. You'll be able to choose between prerecorded discs and
write-once blanks; the double-sided blanks will cost $5 to $12, making them
pricier than writable CDs, but far cheaper than similarly small, rewritable
flash memory.
Three of the Big Five record labels - Universal Music Group, BMG, and EMI -
plan to issue new releases in CD and DataPlay formats in early 2002.
Samsung and others are manufacturing portable players, which will be
followed by digital cameras, PDAs, and PC peripherals.
Record companies favor DataPlay because it supports digital rights
management, which determines how many copies you can make of a file, if any,
and what you're permitted to do with those copies. Buy corporate rock on
DataPlay, and it'll take some hacking before you can share it peer-to-peer
with Gnucleus. (Hint: You can recapture anything directly off the headphone
jack.)
The consumer sell: The format's encoding standards, Dolby's AAC and
QDesign's QDX, use a fraction of the space that CD's Red Book Audio does.
The extra room will let prerecorded DataPlay discs, which are expected to
cost about as much as their CD counterparts, hold bonuses like videos,
lyrics text, and extra albums you can "unlock" by buying codes online.
In the abstract, DataPlay looks good. But as with other standards, people
want to go with the winner - which is often determined by marketing and
momentum rather than technical superlatives. If by next year we get a
dazzling array of clever and reasonably priced DataPlay gadgets, plus lots
of big-name music, then we'll embrace the format. If not, it will still be
a nice and small removable storage medium, for what it's worth - Michael
Gowan
Flmflaman - Now THAT's exciting stuff. To the future!
tech - It was explained at the SHM that the cost of having a booth at these shows was prohibitive but that EDIG would have representation at the shows. IBM isn't a bad booth to show off your products in, is it? TI is another possibility, and perhaps Lucent as well. EastTech will also have a booth and who knows, maybe even Circuit City.
Cheers.
TREO CLONE spotted as being carried by Circuit City before the holidays. Classic is the brand and the specs are almost identical to the TREO! This is a DIFFERENT device than the XP3 Encoder/Jukebox.
http://www.emiglobal.com/mp3/chd1000.html
lickily,
While I don't disagree with you apparently EastTech has or had a huge inventory of this design and needs to sell them. Putting our platform in it gives it more features, longer battery life, and better sound than the competition and hopefully a competitive price too. I still think EastTech will bring this to market and Fred thought so too at the SHM.
FWIW.
lickily,
The Classic MP3 Encoder/Jukebox is slightly larger and thicker than the TREO but alot smaller than the Neo jukebox. The new TREO 10 is a bit smaller than the original TREO... an aluminum case is being used instead of the original plastic one. The EastTech 700 is a copy of the Nomad and is about the same dimensions.
Cheers!
Sinkman,
I was the one that received an email from EastTech stating that the ET700 would be in retail stores this November under the D-Link brand. Unfortunately it looks as though they have come to market with the ET701 or the Neo Jukebox (very similar in appearance). It is still possible they will also bring on the ET700. It looks like the Nomad but has more features than the 701 and plays MP3 and WMA in their native codecs. FF told us at the SHM that EastTech had two OEM's they were negotiating with for the ET700. It wouldn't surprise me to see them bring our model out along with the 701. Sure hope SOMEONE brings it to market.
FWIW.
cksla - Interesting indeed! EOM.
First reviews from an EDIG shareholder. AWESOME!!!!!!!
By: t-rex21 $$$$
Reply To: None Monday, 5 Nov 2001 at 9:26 PM EST
Post # of 823931
OK, mine was charged and I've moved music onto it. It has some really user friendly Explorer software to move and catalog the music. I've used the old ViaVoice software from IBM but it has been years. How this things understands my Texas dialect without training is beyond me! It just works. This is the most incredible handheld music player I've ever seen or heard of. This VoiceNav is kick butt! The sound is incredible. I'm using some Sony headset instead of the ear buds because my Sony pair feels better but even they sounded great. I just can't imagine what the next version will be like. I'll be one of those with the first model when the really super cool looking ones come out before Christmas. After all we've been through as shareholders, the first ones will probably become collector's items and still be in style. LOL
All I can say is wow. Bashers can bash all they want now. It just ain't gonna make much difference anymore.
Lucent & e.Digital mention:
Lucent Technologies (LU) a $0.21 gain. The company is co-developing speech recognition products with a company called E-Digital Corp.
http://www.nbr.com/
scroll down a little more than half way down the page and there it is. Little ole e.Digital, I think we're getting there.
Post by bcaddell on RB.
Lucent Technologies Provides Speech Recognition Software for e.Digital's New MXP 100 Digital Music & Voice Player
Business Editors & High-Tech Writers
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001--
e.Digital Introduces VoiceNav(TM), The First Spoken-Word Recognition
and Navigation Interface for Portable Devices
e.Digital Corp. (OTC:EDIG), a global provider of comprehensive digital product development and designs, and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced their collaboration on a speech interface for portable electronic devices.
e.Digital's VoiceNav(TM) voice navigation interface was developed utilizing a voice recognition engine from Bell Labs' Advanced Technologies, a division of Lucent's research and development arm, which pioneered speech recognition technology.
VoiceNav is now available to consumers for the first time in e.Digital's new MXP 100 portable digital music and voice recorder/player, which features hands-free navigation using spoken word commands. e.Digital also incorporates Texas Instruments' low-power TMS320C54x(TM) digital signal processor (DSP) into the MXP 100's design, facilitating an advanced feature set, and providing compatibility between various software and firmware components.
"The consumer launch of the MXP 100, the first portable product to feature an interface based on our speech recognition engine, could create a new market and other opportunities for Lucent's speech recognition technology," commented Monte Stimmel, licensing manager in the Technology Licensing Solutions group at Lucent. "Drawing on e.Digital's expertise in low power, small footprint applications, we are able to support more than 100,000 words and names in their music player, plus flexibility for English words or sounds not in the dictionary. We expect this to be the first of many voice recognition applications for portable devices, and we are enthusiastic about the potential to work with e.Digital on additional product opportunities."
"We are pleased to team with Lucent on this exciting breakthrough for portable digital music players," said Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. "Their voice recognition engine, tailored by our engineers with our MicroOS(TM) 2.0 audio file management system, produces a natural speech interface for portable devices.
Falk continued, "VoiceNav's fast response, expansive English vocabulary, and speaker-independent recognition of artist, band, album, and track names, will provide end users with easy access to a complete portable, personal audio library, and allow virtually hands-free operation of the MXP 100. With VoiceNav, users can navigate through the storage media, open folders, and play stored music or voice tracks without touching a button. They can create up to 100 music folders containing up to 100 tracks each and navigate through them simply by saying their titles aloud."
e.Digital's MXP(TM) Music Explorer software, shipped with the MXP 100, is the gateway to using the company's VoiceNav interface on the MXP 100. Music Explorer's user-friendly PC interface insures that track titles and artist or album information from digital music tracks are saved and transferred to the MXP 100 as recognizable phrases. The software allows users to transfer and organize enough music content to fill any hard disk drive (HDD) based portable jukebox product.
Chris Schairbaum, worldwide marketing manager of Internet Audio at Texas Instruments, commented, "Using TI's powerful DSP technology, and Lucent's Bell Labs' speech recognition engine, e.Digital has developed a creative and innovative product. The MXP 100 demonstrates the flexibility of TI's programmable DSP and provides a glimpse of the future of consumer electronics and digital audio devices."
About Bell Labs & Lucent Technologies
With approximately 16,000 employees in 16 countries, Bell Labs is the leading source of new communications technologies. Bell Labs has generated more than 28,000 patents since 1925 and has played a pivotal role in inventing or perfecting key communications technologies, including transistors, digital networking and signal processing, lasers and fiber-optic communications systems, communications satellites, cellular telephony, electronic switching of calls, touch-tone dialing, and modems. Bell Labs scientists have received six Nobel Prizes in Physics, nine U.S. Medals of Science and six U.S. Medals of Technology. For more information about Bell Labs, visit its Web site at http://www.bell-labs.com.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers networks for the world's largest communications service providers. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent relies on its strengths in mobility, optical, data and voice networking technologies as well as software and services to develop next-generation networks. The company's systems, services and software are designed to help customers quickly deploy and better manage their networks and create new, revenue-generating services that help businesses and consumers. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com.
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corp. offers an engineering partnership for the world's leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and the Internet. e.Digital develops and markets to consumer electronics manufacturers complete end-to-end solutions for delivery and management of open and secure digital media. Applications for e.Digital's technology include portable digital music players and voice recorders, desktop, laptop and handheld computers, PC peripherals, cellular phone peripherals, e-books, video games, digital cameras and digital video recorders. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's patented MicroOS(TM) and MicroCAM(TM) technologies to custom software and hardware development, industrial design and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, please visit www.edig.com. The MXP 100 is available to consumers at http://www.edigital-store.com.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform of 1995: This document contains forward-looking statements relating to future performance, technology and product development that may affect future results and the future viability of the company. Actual results could be affected or differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties, including future products and results, technological shifts, potential technical difficulties that could delay new products, competition, general economic factors, and conditions in the markets in which the company operates, pricing pressures, the uncertainty of market acceptance of new products and services by OEM's and end-user customers, and other factors identified and discussed in the company's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are based on information and management's expectations as of the date hereof. Future results may differ materially from the company's current expectations.
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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001--
e.Digital's MXP 100 Incorporates VoiceNav(TM) for Ease of Use; Support for IBM Microdrive Offers Consumers Up To 32 Hours of Music and Voice on Wearable Jukebox
e.Digital Corp. (OTC:EDIG) today introduced the MXP 100, the first wearable digital music player that gives consumers hands-free navigation using voice commands, bypassing manual scrolling which is the only choice on other portable players.
A sophisticated digital music player/voice recorder, e.Digital's MXP 100 offers consumers the advantage of high storage capacity with the IBM Microdrive(TM) as the primary removable media.
The MXP 100 offers music lovers the capability to store more than 20 CDs of their favorite music on IBM's 1 gigabyte (GB) Microdrive. This also means listeners can enjoy up to 32 hours of music and superior quality voice recordings. The MXP 100 is the first branded product from e.Digital, a global provider of comprehensive digital product development and designs. e.Digital developed the MXP 100 with support from IBM.
The MXP 100 features, for the first time on any digital music device, voice navigation command capability that gives users the option to move between their audio files and music tracks by just talking. This hands-free, hassle-free feature offers convenience, mobility and safety benefits, especially as users can avoid looking at a screen or manipulating a dial while they walk, jog, drive or rollerblade. e.Digital's MXP(TM) Music Explorer software, shipped with the MXP 100, is the gateway to using e.Digital's revolutionary VoiceNav interface. The MXP Music Explorer program also helps first-time users transfer and organize digital music and data files easily.
MusicMatch Jukebox software is also included with the unit, providing a quick and easy entry into the world of digital music for any consumer. The Music Explorer and MusicMatch software package included with every player enables consumers to create MP3 and Windows Media(TM) music files. And the MXP 100 is field upgradeable to support other popular formats and digital rights management systems as they became available.
"The MXP 100's capacity to store entire collections of music and its unique features place it among an elite class of new electronics," said Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. "Through the incorporation of Music Explorer, VoiceNav and the IBM Microdrive, we are able to answer consumer demands for an easy-to-use digital music player that doesn't sacrifice quality, capacity or portability."
The MXP 100's support for the IBM Microdrive provides consumers with great storage versatility as the Microdrive can be used with other digital devices such as digital cameras, PDAs and car audio systems. In addition, consumers can easily move their music or audio recordings from the MXP 100 to their personal computing systems as the Microdrive's standard CompactFlash Type II interface allows it to be accessed on laptops through PCMCIA cards and on PCs through card readers.
"The Microdrive's capacity, portability and versatility, combined with the MXP 100's cutting-edge navigation, make this consumer-friendly device a truly versatile digital music application," said Michael Kuptz, Microdrive business line manager, IBM Storage Technology Division. "For example, professionals, students or people on the go can record a day's worth of meetings and lectures and still have enough capacity to listen to their favorite MP3 tunes."
The standard MXP 100 package with IBM 340 MB Microdrive retails at $339 through e.Digital's newly launched online store, www.edigital-store.com. All MXP 100 packages come standard with stereo headphones, a home stereo adapter cable, USB cable, carrying case with belt clip and a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery that provides up to 15 hours of playback time per charge. Other Microdrive capacities, including 512 MB and 1GB, are available in upgraded packages for $379 and $449, respectively. Consumers can purchase accessories and additional products, including digital music players and voice recorders, at the new online store. To learn more about the Microdrive, visit: www.ibm.com/storage/microdrive.
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corp. offers an engineering partnership for the world's leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and the Internet. e.Digital develops and markets to consumer electronics manufacturers complete end-to-end solutions for delivery and management of open and secure digital media with a focus on music players/recorders and portable digital voice recorders. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's patented MicroOS(TM) file management system to custom software and hardware development, industrial design and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, please visit www.edig.com.
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Very COOL folks! OEM's.
cksla - It looks as though the content waters are officially being tested... I'm hoping these downloads will allow for download into a portable device.
Cheers.
I emailed EastTech asking when their ET700 Personal Jukebox would be available for purchase here in the United States. Here is their reply;
Dear Sir ,
The et700 will be available in the end of Nov . the product is under "D LINK " brand name ., you can buy
it from Best Buy .
Best regards,
Here is a link to the D-Link product line. Very attractive price points I might add!
http://www.dlink.com/products/DigitalHome/DigitalAudio/
ucansee - That is some of the BEST NEWS I've heard in a long time. With CONTENT will come OUR PLAYERS.
Cheers!
Songwriters and Publishers Reach a Deal
With Napster
By MATT RICHTEL
AN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24 — Taking
a turn from its embattled origins, the
Internet music service Napster said
today that it had agreed to pay $26 million to
settle a copyright lawsuit with songwriters
and music publishers, and to make royalty
payments to the writers and publishers once it
started a for-pay service.
The parties said the deal signified a
breakthrough in the effort to sell music over
the Internet. The deal also clears a major obstacle for Napster, which still
faces a lawsuit by musicians, who are represented by the major record
companies. Once an Internet site where millions of people freely exchanged
songs, Napster has been shut down since July, though it vows that by year's
end it will start a subscription service that will compensate copyright holders.
Konrad Hilbers, the chief operating officer of Napster, based in Redwood City,
Calif., called the settlement and the royalty agreement a big step. But he
conceded that the agreement represented a substantial financial burden to
Napster, which at present has no revenue.
"We are paying a lot of money out now," Mr. Hilbers said. But he insisted that
Napster had sufficient name recognition to thrive again.
The deal also underscored the complex network of rights that Internet sites
must secure to sell songs. The sites say that the difficulty in securing the rights
not only from publishers and songwriters but from the musicians is responsible,
along with technological challenges, for delaying their online services.
Mr. Hilbers disclosed only in general terms how much the deal would
compensate songwriters and music publishers, who share a work's composition
right, which covers the song's lyrics and melodies. The deal calls for the
groups to receive a third of the amount that Napster pays to all content
contributors. The other two-thirds will go to independent and major record
companies. Mr. Hilbers did not disclose what that total amount would be.
In addition, Napster has agreed to pay $10 million of the royalty payments up
front, the company said.
Edward P. Murphy, chief executive of the National Music Publishers
Association, which represents 27,000 music publishers and 150,000
songwriters, said the agreement was the first time the groups that his
association represents had agreed to license their content to a company
offering Internet-based subscriptions. He said that it could become a template
in its negotiations with other services.
The association remains in negotiations with the five major record companies,
which plan to start an online subscription service. A spokesman for the
Recording Industry Association of America, which is representing the record
companies in their discussions with the music publishers, declined to comment
on today's deal.
The agreement is not the first time an Internet company has reached a
licensing deal with a music publisher. In July, the FullAudio Corporation, a
start-up in Chicago, announced it had signed a deal for the composition rights
from two music publishers, EMI Music Publishing and BMG Music Publishing,
a unit of Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate.
Aram Sinnreich, an analyst with Jupiter Media Metrix (news/quote), said the
royalty deal could be a major victory for songwriters and music publishers.
Mr. Sinnreich said that because the terms were not specified, it is unclear how
much the copyright holders would receive. Nevertheless, he said he thought
that Napster was so eager to obtain royalty agreements and move on that it
probably gave generous terms to the music publishers; in turn, the publishers
would be able to use those terms as a precedent in negotiations with other
online music sellers.
"This essentially means," Mr. Sinnreich said, "that publishers can sit back and
watch the recording industry do battle with Napster, confident in the
knowledge that every dime the labels squeeze from the service will deliver"
more revenue to the publishers."
BW)(CA-MUSICMATCH) MUSICMATCH Doubles Market Share; Increases Lead as No. 1 Music Software Program At Retail
Business Editors and High-Tech Writers
SAN DIEGO & INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001-- MUSICMATCH Inc., a recognized leader in developing personalized music software and services, and Pearson Education's (PSO) Macmillan Software, today announced that MUSICMATCH(R) Jukebox(TM) Deluxe was the most popular music software title at U.S. retail during the first half of 2001.
More than doubling its share of the music software category from the same period a year ago, MUSICMATCH Jukebox Deluxe has remained the dominant music software title at U.S. retail for the past 18 months.
Recent reports from NPD Intelect (formerly PC Data) confirm that MUSICMATCH Jukebox Deluxe, distributed by Macmillan Software, accounted for 14.5 percent of all retail music software titles sold in the U.S. between January and June 2001, up from 6 percent during the same period in 2000. The number of MUSICMATCH Jukebox Deluxe units sold (Windows and Mac) exceeded that of the closest competing title in the music software category by more than 28,000 units at U.S. retail in the first half of 2001. MUSICMATCH Jukebox Deluxe also captured more than 50 percent of the jukebox software market at Japanese retail in the first half of 2001, demonstrating MUSICMATCH's appeal to digital music consumers around the world.
"Macmillan Software is extremely pleased with the excellent sales MUSICMATCH has provided for the first half of 2001," said Mike Janssen, Director, Mass Market and General Manager, Macmillan Software. "MUSICMATCH Jukebox Deluxe is a proven, top-notch performer and we look forward to continued strong results."
"MUSICMATCH has consistently been the usage leader among media players and the hands-down favorite in virtually all jukebox software reviews," said Bob Ohlweiler, senior vice president of business development for MUSICMATCH, Inc. "The combination of MUSICMATCH's product superiority and Macmillan Software's retail distribution strength has resulted in incredible market share growth over the past 18 months and we are excited about the prospects for continued success in the future."
Offering the freedom of MP3, with powerful features to play, organize, find and record complete personal music collections, music fans have come to trust MUSICMATCH Jukebox Deluxe for Windows and Mac as their favorite personal music system. MUSICMATCH Jukebox Deluxe comes with 65 free MP3s from eMusic, Epitonic and Vitaminic, a stereo-to-PC connector cable and a blank CD-R disk from Verbatim -- everything music fans need to jump start their digital music collections.
Retail Pricing and Availability
MUSICMATCH Jukebox Deluxe for Windows and Mac (MSRP of U.S. $29.95) are currently available at all Wal-Mart, BestBuy, Circuit City, Target and CompUSA stores nationwide wherever software is sold.
About MUSICMATCH, Inc.
MUSICMATCH Inc., founded in 1997 and based in San Diego, is a recognized leader in developing personalized music software and services that let people find and listen to the music that best matches their unique tastes. The company invented the digital music jukebox in 1997, and since then has registered more than 22 million users of its MUSICMATCH Jukebox software program. MUSICMATCH Jukebox is the world's most popular jukebox software program, used each month by more than four million people in the U.S. and more than nine million people worldwide. MUSICMATCH is a privately held company with significant investment from Intel Capital, Redpoint Ventures and Thomson Multimedia. For additional information on MUSICMATCH, visit http://www.musicmatch.com.
About Macmillan Software
Macmillan Software is a world leader in delivering quality, innovative Linux, Audio, Programming, Internet Security, Reference and Gaming software to our consumers. Distributing leading brands like MUSICMATCH, Encyclopaedia Britannica and Linux-Mandrake we bring innovative software to market all over the world. Macmillan Software acquires, creates, develops, and packages tools and resources to fulfill market needs through the broadest range of distribution vehicles, including brick-and-mortar retail, on-line retail, and direct sales through our Web site (www.macmillansoftware.com). Macmillan Software is an imprint of Pearson Technology Group (PTG), the world's largest provider of consumer and professional computer, information technology, engineering and reference content. Pearson Technology Group is an operating unit of Pearson Education, the world's leading education and professional publisher.
(R) MUSICMATCH is a registered trademark of MUSICMATCH Inc.
(TM) MUSICMATCH Jukebox is a trademark of MUSICMATCH Inc.
Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: MUSICMATCH Inc., San Diego
Allison Jones, 858/485-4327
allison@musicmatch.com
or
Macmillan Software
Jeannie McKay, 317/581-5856
Jeannie.McKay@pearsoned.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDIANA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS SOFTWARE ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC
SOURCE: MUSICMATCH Inc.
drven - I believe the address is listed as "Evening Creek Drive South."
Cheers!
MIR talks to Robert Putnam
I sent Robert a list of questions...and he called me back. I am typing in bold a paraphrase of his answer. I ANTICIPATE from talking to Robert..that we will be hearing about a whole host of Eastech devices (Circuit City , Best Buy possible) soon, the PC Bundling of the micro drive, possibly announcements of other Dataplay devices this fall or Q1 2002) as they rev up for the 2002 launch of Dataplay.
DATAPLAY:
Are we CURRENTLY working with Dataplay on any products OTHER than music players?
yes
If so, is it a reference design, or is it for a particular OEM (i.e.
Samsung)?
yes, and yes. they have at least one reference design and they are also working OEMS (orig equip mfgrs) on non music player Dataplay devices.[/B]
JOINT MARKETING:
Are we going to have joint products for each platform or will it only be the IBM micro drive product?
[B]IBM micro drive product is the first and big one, but we will have joint marketing programs with other platforms.
Some will have IBM and EDIGITAL branding, some just the OEM and some just edigital.[/B]
Why would a customer want to pay for the marketing for an edigital
branded product?
[B]to build consumer demand for the product, to grow the category. They are giving us generous terms and special pricing and we are piggybacking on their marketing. F&H will be working with magazines and PR to get edigital's name out there.[/B]
Are we talking about multiple branded products (more than one OEM) that will all say "powered by e.digital" (similar to Intel inside)?
[B]multiple products[/B]
If we have our own product, would we not be competing against our
customers?
[B]he says we are not competing...but helping to build the category. He said only Sony wants to go solo these days.[/B]
Were we working with someone else on the IBM micro drive and they dropped out...so IBM stepped to the plate and said, let's do it together becoming not only a supplier of the micro drive but a joint marketing partner?
[B]No...this is how it was set up with micro drive from the beginning. (remember I talked to the IBM rep at TechExpo and he said micro drive product would be out in Sept...and to remember the little guys like him (he knows I have a lot of edig stock). He said he had a shirt with the edig and IBM logo on it.)[/B]
COMMUNICATIONS:
Is Fleishman-Hillard working with us now on PRS and letters (did they
help with Fred's letter) or are they focusing on the bigger promotional push when we release products?
[B]NO F&H DOES NOT HELP EDIG WITH THEIR LETTERS TO SHAREHOLDERS. THEY ONLY WORK ON MEDIA RELATIONS.[/B]
OTHER:
Will we have a video player powered by edigital to see at this
Years shareholder meeting (we expected that last year, but it was delayed)?.
[B]NO, WE WILL NOT HAVE A VIDEO PLAYER AT THE SHMTG...BUT THEY WILL HAVE SEVERAL MUSIC PLAYERS.[/B]
Who is producing B&O product line, B&0 (their manufacturer), Maycom,
Eastech or Musical, or someone else?
[B]HE WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THIS[/B]
Is our relationship with Hango totally severed?
[B]NO, WE SEVERED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH REMOTE SOLUTIONS, NOT HANGO[/B]
Do we have any retail customers other than B&O?
[B]WE HAVE oems who HAVE RETAIL CUSTOMERS THAT WILL HAVE STORE BRANDED PLAYERS.[/B]
XMAS PRODUCT:
Will all non-flash products out for Xmas have Voice Nav? Or is the
Voice Nav restricted to the micro drive product?
[B]WE WILL HAVE VOICE NAV AND "NON"
VOICE NAV PRODUCT ON THE SHELVES IN OCTOBER IN TIME FOR THE XMAS SELLING SEASON
BOTH ETAIL AND RETAIL.[/B]
HE EMPHASIZED THAT EVERYTHING AT EDIG NOW IS FOCUSED ON GETTING PLAYERS ON THE SHELVES ASAP.
Does out for Xmas mean a (flash or HDD) product release prior to Dec
25th, or retail distribution at a level where consumers can buy in time for the Xmas holiday?
[B]EXPECT THEM ON THE SHELVES IN OCT (MID OCT) AND EXPECT NEWS TO SET THAT UP BEFORE OCT 15TH.[/B]
Does in consumers hands mean sold through "retail distribution" or
Internet orders?
[B]BOTH ETAIL AND RETAIL. IN STORES AND ORDERING ON LINE. ON THE SHELF WAS EMPHASIZED[/B]
Will a Flash product be out by Xmas?
[B]+++++++++++++++++++++++YES. [/B]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[B]OTHER COMMENTS HE MADE.
BAND & OLUFSEN WILL HAVE SEVERAL PRODUCTS OUT BY XMAS
WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH MAYCOM
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH IBM AS A PARTNER TO GET MUSIC PLAYERS BUNDLED WITH PC MFGRS FOR XMAS.
HE KEPT STRESSING HOW GOOD THE IBM PARTNERSHIP IS FOR EDIG.[/B]
Good question. EOM.
Remember EMI Global and the TREO look alike?..... well it is US!
By: CRQ $$$$
Reply To: None Wednesday, 8 Aug 2001 at 1:02 PM EDT
Post # of 779375
Some sleuthing...
A few days ago Upsidedow posted this link to a jukebox player from Classic(a low end brand sold at Circuit City) that is almost an identical twin to the Treo...all the specs, buttons, ports and functions match:
http://www.emiglobal.com/personalcd/chd1000.html
Subsequently I sent an email to Classic to get some info:
______________________________
Subj: CHD 1000
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 8:39:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: xxxxxxxxxx
To: "webmaster@emiglobal.com"
Hello,
I am very interested in the availability of the CHD 1000. Can you tell me when this player will be sold in stores? What will the wholesale and retail price be?
Also, who engineered and designed this player?
Thank you,
-------------------------------------------------
xxx,
CHD1000 should be available at retailers mid to late October.
Designed and engineered by Musical Electronics LTD. Suggested retail; $299.00
Jesse Regalado
Executive Marketing Inc
After doing a quick search of Musical Electronics LTD. I came up with these links:
http://www.dreammart.com/company/detail.php?index=854&page=1&mc=5&sc=10
http://www.audioandvideo.globalsources.com/GeneralManager?&catalog_id=2000000003863&design=c...
They appear to mainly be a manufactering company and I believe it unlikely they would have the expertise to design a product like the CHD1000.
Another asian OEM connection? Pure speculation but time will tell...
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2001--e.Digital Corp.
(OTCBB:EDIG), a global provider of comprehensive digital product
development and designs, today announced a digital audio and music
player/recorder incorporating IBM's Microdrive(TM) removable hard disk
media.
Based on e.Digital's new MicroOS(TM) 2.0 operating system, the
ultra-portable product supports VoiceNav(TM), e.Digital's natural
speech-recognition user interface for performing navigation and
playback functions. e.Digital's new compact product features digital
music and voice recording and playback.
Steve Ferguson, vice president of sales & marketing, said, "Our
base model will come with a 340 MB IBM Microdrive with 512 MB- and 1
GB-capacity Microdrives as optional media. Consumers can store and
organize up to 20 hours of high-quality digital music and/or
studio-quality voice recordings on a 1 GB capacity Microdrive.
"This player fits the product niche between hard disk drive-based
players and Flash memory card-based players. It is one of the first
truly ultra-portable products using large capacity removable spinning
media. A built-in buffer memory prevents audible skipping even during
workouts and sporting activities. The product also supports SanDisk's
CompactFlash(TM) removable media."
Jim Collier, chief operating officer, stated, "Our exclusive
MicroOS 2.0 upgraded operating system enhances file management
capabilities and features more sophisticated power management to
support our revolutionary VoiceNav speech recognition interface. Users
can navigate through directories and playlists using natural speech
commands. We believe our unique features, ingenious speech interface,
and generous storage capacity make the e.Digital Microdrive
player/recorder particularly attractive."
Fred Falk, president and CEO, added, "This Microdrive-based
product utilizing a Texas Instruments' 54X DSP, appeals to OEM
customers and consumers. While we license and support OEMs, we will
respond to customer demand for our technology through various
distribution channels. Production is already under way in Asia for OEM
customers to meet demand for our MicroOS-based product in time for the
holiday selling season. Our focus on offering complete end-to-end
product development, delivery, and support significantly enhances our
per-product revenue as well as our business of licensing our
technology platforms to OEMs and other manufacturers for use in their
branded products.
"We continue working with OEM partners and customers to
incorporate new technologies and new storage media, including embedded
miniature hard disk drives, Microdrives, Flash memory cards, and
DataPlay digital media, into products, some of which are scheduled for
consumer availability in time for the holiday selling season.
"With Fleishman-Hillard, we are coordinating a technology media
relations program that will put these products in front of editors,
hosts, readers, and audiences. Further announcements are scheduled
that will detail price and availability of this and other Powered by
e.Digital products."
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corp. offers an engineering partnership for the world's
leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs
and the Internet. e.Digital develops and markets to consumer
electronics manufacturers complete end-to-end solutions for delivery
and management of open and secure digital media with a focus on music
players/recorders and portable digital voice recorders. Engineering
services range from the licensing of e.Digital's patented MicroOS(TM)
file management system to custom software and hardware development,
industrial design and manufacturing services. For more information on
the company, visit www.edig.com.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform of 1995: This document contains forward-looking statements
relating to future performance, technology and product development
that may affect future results and the future viability of the
company. Actual results could be affected or differ materially from
those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of risks
and uncertainties, including future products and results,
technological shifts, potential technical difficulties that could
delay new products, competition, general economic factors, and
conditions in the markets in which the company operates, pricing
pressures, the uncertainty of market acceptance of new products and
services by OEMs and end-user customers, and other factors identified
and discussed in the company's most recent filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are based on
information and management's expectations as of the date hereof.
Future results may differ materially from the company's current
expectations.
Note: e.Digital and MicroOS are trademarks or registered
trademarks of e.Digital Corp. All other company, product, and service
names are the property of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: e.Digital Corp., San Diego
Robert Putnam, 858/679-1504
robert@edig.com
or
Fleishman-Hillard (Media Relations for e.Digital)
Bridget Stachowski, 619/237-7717
stachowb@fleishman.com
TodINDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
HARDWARE SOFTWARE ELECTRONIC GAMES/MULTIMEDIA
SOURCE: e.Digital Corp.
Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet
with Hyperlinks to your home page.
URL: http://www.businesswire.com
(c) 2001 Business Wire
cksla - Interesting, this looks just like the DP device on the ET web site that was deleted a while back. Hmmm......
Orygun - A sales rep for EMI Global told me today they expect it to be available sometime in mid to late October. He did not know yet where it would be sold but he did say in the USA. He also confirmed what Tinroad posted about the Hong Kong manufacturer. Of course he did not know whether or not this was an EDIG designed player. That question remains unanswered.
Cheers.
I am now almost 100% convinced that the "Classic" brand HDD Jukebox by EMI global is in fact our TREO design! Here are the specs for the TREO:
Memory 6.4 GB HDD (over 100 hours of content at 128 Kbps encoding)
8 MB DRAM buffer
Audio Codec Support MP3, WMA, AAC,ePAC; programmable firmware for future formats
DRM Support InterTrust, WMA DRM
JukeBox Support RioPort, MusicMatch
Interface USB 1.1
LCD Display 8 lines of 20 characters
Platform Compatibility PC
System Requirements Win 98/2000, Pentium class processor, 32 MB RAM
Operation Multiple Playlist storage and management, auto power down, CDDB access (PC software)
ID3 Tag support Yes
Playback Controls FF, RW, previous, next, pause, hold, repeat one/all, shuffle, intro
Equalizer 5 presets (Jazz, Latin, Flat, Rock, Dance), Custom 5 band
Signal to Noise Ratio >90db
Frequency Response 20 Hz to 20 KHz
Maximum output 100mW
THD .1%
Battery Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery, 3.7 volt, 1100mAh
Battery Life Per Charge Approx. 8 Hours
Battery Charge time 3 hours
Dimensions 118mm (4.63in) x 77mm (3.03in) x 19.5mm (.77in)
Weight (with battery) 8 oz.
Standard Accessories:
· High Quality Stereo Head Phones
· AC Adapter/Charger
· Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery
· Easy to Use Manager Software
· USB Interface Cable
· Carrying Case
· Owner’s Manual & Quick-Start Guide
Now compare those with what is being advertised for the Classic HDD JB.
10 GB HDD - Jukebox stores approximately up to166 hours of MP3 CD quality music encoded at rates of 128 - 320kbps at 8 - 48kHz sampling frequency.
WMA PLAYBACK
FAMILIAR WINDOWS EXPLORER - For viewing and managing Jukebox Content.
PLAY LIST HIERARCHY - Enables large volumes of music management by Genre/Artist/Title etc.
LARGE BACK-LIT LCD - 20 x 8 dot matrix Readout
EQUALIZER - Adds personalized control and optimal audio settings
8-KEY CONTROL BUTTONS; 4 cursor buttons (up, down, left, right), play/pause, menu, shift, stop, power.
IN / OUT JACKS - Audio Out Headphone Jack, USB Port, DC In Jack
HOLD SWITCH - Deactivates button function/selection.
EXTENDED BATTERY LIFE - Up to9 hrs playback with the use of built-in 8MB dram buffer
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CIRCUIT
USB INTERFACE - For fast (500kbps) and easy connection to personal computer
DOWNLOADABLE OS - For upgrades and extended features such as new DSP Algorithms, formats and security.
Semi ready for access to future label released SDMI compliant
ACCESSORIES AUDIO SPECIFICATIONS
EARPHONE BUDS
AC ADAPTER / CHARGER
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
USB CABLE
CARRYING CASE
MINI-To-TWIN-RCA CABLE
MUSICMATCH SOFTWARE CD: Allows you to play, mange, access and also download/upload files in seconds. Encodes, Decodes, and archive MP3 or WMA files
Frequency Response : 20Hz - 20kHz
S/N Ratio: 90dB
THD: 0.1%
Power Requirement : DC/4 x AA Batteries
DIMENSIONS
Unit : 3.3 x 0.8 x 5 in. (85x20x125mm)
G. Box : TBA
M. Ctn : TBA
M. Ctn Qty : TBA
WEIGHT
Unit : 7.8 oz. (220 gm)
Unit G.Box ; TBA
M. Ctn : TBA
CTNR QTY : TBA
UPC : TBA
If it walks like a duck, acts like a duck, and looks like a duck........
Cheers!
TREO clone or an impostor??? Interesting HDD jukebox product being introduced by EMI Global that has the specs and physical appearance VERY close to the TREO. Posted by upsideDow on RB.
http://www.emiglobal.com/personalcd/chd1000.html
CAL_LAW - I find that very hard to believe. I have listened to the TREO and to date nothing else even comes close sound wise. I'm amazed.....
GOOD NEWS FROM LANIER!
Yes, we will continue to actively market, sell and service our Cquence mobile device. The distribution agreement with Allscripts simply allows our customer another choice in order to manage their voice and document solution needs.
Thank you for your question and interest in Lanier Healthcare. We appreciate your business
-----Original Message-----
From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 2:37 AM
To: mfulton@lanierhealthcare.com
Subject: Cquence Mobil
Dear Sir,
As per your news release today with Allscripts I am writing to ask if you still plan on continued distribution of your Cquence Mobil device. Please respond to my email address.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
xx xxx xxxxxxx
From: "Robert Putnam" <Robert@edig.com>
To: "ANNAS" <annas@prodigy.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: HDD Jukebox
> Hi, Anna,
>
> As stated in our Letter from the President today, notwithstanding delays,
> progress has been made with our OEMs and manufacturing partners on our
> hard-disk-drive based jukebox designs and other product platforms. Based
on
> current information from our customers we expect to see products using our
> designs to be launched by OEMs to consumers this summer. We continue to
> ship to Lanier Healthcare and expect more information to be forthcoming.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Robert Putnam
> Senior Vice President
>
> e.Digital Corporation
> 13114 Evening Creek Dr. S.
> San Diego, CA 92128
> http://www.edig.com
>
> Phone: (858) 679-3168
> Fax: (858) 486-3922