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I forwarded Robert the email I received from J&R. Here is his reply
Thank you for your e-mail, . With the assistance of Digitalway, we are
expecting our Odyssey 1000 to be available during this holiday shopping
season. We have added you to our e-mail list and you will be notified as
soon as the Odyssey 1000 is available for purchase. Please call me at your
convenience if you would like to discuss this further, .
Best regards,
Robert Putnam
Senior Vice President
e.Digital Corporation
13114 Evening Creek Dr. S.
San Diego, CA 92128
http://www.edig.com
Donaldson of DLJ to head the SEC
Had this e-mail in my inbox this AM, I have not called to get an answer why it is not available.
Dear Valued Customer,
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We are sorry to inform you that due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable provide you with this information.
At the current time, we are unable to obtain sufficient information from the manufacturer as to when or if we will be receiving another shipment.
If you would like to see similar products, click the link below the product.
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Let's hope....if so.. 1st calendar quarter 03 could be something
Do add this one which I found yesterday along with the samsung
http://www.neurosaudio.com/store/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=DigitalInnovationsCatalog&category%5...
while I am at it:
http://www.neurosaudio.com/store/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=DigitalInnovationsCatalog&category%5...
Neuros HD 20GB
MP3 Digital Audio
Computer
Your music frequency in overdrive.
List Price: $399.00
Availability: January 2003
Starts shipping January 2003.
Product Code: 4010200
Product Overview
Need enough music for a week? Or two? The Neuros HD has the capacity to hold 5,000 songs,
and superior functionality to provide the technology you demand in an MP3 audio computer. The
Neuros can broadcast songs wirelessly to any FM radio. It can record and identify songs from the
FM radio. With automatic synchronization all your downloads, playlist changes, and requests from
your PC library will be automatically executed. The Neuros HD is completely customizable to give
you the digital music experience you envision.
Features
Intuitive navigation
Go anywhere size: 5.3" x 3.1" x 1.3", 9.4 oz.
20GB hard drive holds up to 5,000 songs (encoded at 128kbps)
Digitally enhanced FM tuner
Recording to MP3 format from internal microphone, FM tuner, and line input
High resolution, backlit LCD display and button controls
5 programmable preset buttons
10 hours of continuous playback with rechargeable Lithium Ion battery
Automatic firmware and software upgrades
Neuros comes with earphones, car power adapter, wall power adapter, USB cable and Neuros
Synchronization Manager Software
check this out......OEM possibly.........I hate to be a dot connector ....lol...has anyone seen this before...if so my apologies.
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/yeppyp900.html
iPod Clone From Samsung
Posted on: Sunday, September 22, 2002
Samsung's come out with its own iPod clone.
The Yepp YP-900 comes with the same 10GB
Toshiba 1.8-inch hard disk that comes in the
iPod, but uses USB 2.0 for file-transfers
rather than FireWire.
Read #
Samsung's First Jukebox MP3 Portable .
By Richard Menta 9/14/02
Jukebox MP3 portables - the bigger ones that use hard drive technology for
5-20GBs of storage - have evolved into a pretty successful niche. The original
Creative Nomad Jukebox is among the top selling players of all all time. The
smallest of the bunch, the Apple iPod, has had tremendous success recently,
along the way setting new standards for size and weight. This success is
drawing more competition from the major electronics manufacturers.
Samsung recently announced the Yepp YP-900, their first offering into the
digital jukebox market. Previewing it at last week's CeBIT Asia exhibition, the
Yepp YP-900 comes with a 10GB storage capacity.
The Samsung Yepp YP-900
No dimensions or weight values are available for the unit at this time, but the Yepp YP-900 will use the same Toshiba 1.8-inch
hard disk found in the Apple iPod (heavier 2.5-inch drives run most jukebox units including the Nomad and the Rio Riot). The
YP-900 will initially be available with a 10GB drive, but as most competing units offer a 20GB version we expect a 20GB
Yepp unit will also be announced when the player is released early next year.
The Yepp YP-900 will play both MP3 and WMA files and includes an FM radio. File transfers will be handled using USB 2.0
technology, a very interesting choice by Samsung. To the best of our knowledge the only other players to offer USB 2.0 are
the 15GB and 20GB versions of the Archos Jukebox MP3 Recorder.
The Apple iPod and the Nomad Jukebox 3 transfer files using the competing FireWire technology (the Nomad also offers a
USB 1.1 port). Both port technologies run significantly faster than the standard USB 1.1, but USB 2.0 has not seen the
saturation of FireWire to this point.Without getting into an argument over which is better or will become more popular, the
majority of users do not have either yet and therefore will have to invest fifty dollars on a card to move files to these players at
high speeds.
FireWire transfers files at 400mbps, USB 2.0 at a slightly higher 480Mbps. Another modest advantage of USB 2.0 is that
users can utilize their USB 1.1 port - at a much slower 12mbps transfer rate - until a USB 2.0 card is acquired.
Samsung has priced the 10GB Yepp YP-900 at $399 and expects to ship the unit by next February/March. We hope to have
a photo of this unit soon.
what's an MOU? eom
wow 708 unread messages since Friday. You people have beem busy! Great exposure this weekend. Going to Geaorgia on Wednesday and asked my mom to save the parade insert.
Why can't e.Digital and APS release the name of the airline whom placed the initial order for the IFE devices. Anyone know?
November 18, 2002 -NYtimes
Businesses, Big and Small, Bet on Wireless Internet Access
By JOHN MARKOFF
AN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 — From a rooftop overlooking hundreds of failed dot-com businesses in the South of
Market district here, an inelegant picture-frame sized antenna is now radiating the Internet over a 20-block area.
There are some here who think that the antenna, a wireless Internet-access transmitter and receiver, represents the next big
thing.
In the wake of the wild financial boom and bust that followed the emergence of the World Wide Web eight years ago, it pays to
be wary. Yet there are those who argue that the wireless Internet is the logical next example of the new industries that have
successively spun out of Silicon Valley, from PC's to hand-held computers.
The next industry cycle may revolve around a wireless data technology known as Wi-Fi, which has the potential to eventually let
anyone with a computer or computing device connect to the Internet at high speeds, without cables. For evidence of the trend
look no further than airport waiting lounges, Starbucks coffee shops, maybe even your next-door neighbor's den, or any of the
other locales for the Wi-Fi hubs now used by an estimated 15 million wireless Net surfers in this country.
The Federal Communications Commission is taking a growing interest in the technology, and major companies including I.B.M.,
Intel and AT&T are hatching Wi-Fi plans.
Like the Web, which flourished into an entirely new medium created atop the freely accessible communications standards of the
Internet, Wi-Fi has a similar starting point. It has been made possible because the federal government decided a few years ago
to set aside a small swath of unlicensed radio frequencies and allow everyone who followed a simple set of rules to share them
among themselves.
Just as the Web opened the Internet to innovative information providers and hundreds of millions of users by making the network
easier to use, Wi-Fi, proponents predict, will make possible many innovations by making the Internet easier to connect to — at
speeds comparable to today's fastest digital phone lines or cable modem hook-ups. The next big wave in applications is likely to
be "location aware" communications — whether conveniences like directions to the nearest restaurant or movie theater, or
intrusions like neighborhood spam that will assault Web surfers as they sit in coffee shops or stoll down the street.
In an otherwise bleak Silicon Valley, Wi-Fi and its anytime, anywhere Internet capabilities now stand out as the one area in
which there is now a fresh burst of entrepreneurial and technical creativity.
"This feels like the opening of the PC era when for the first time you could own your own computer," said Ken Biba, the chief
executive of Vivato, the company with the odd-looking antenna. "With Wi-Fi you can own your own communications. That's a
profound social change."
An F.C.C. task force released a report last week that calls for rethinking the traditional approach by which regulators allocate
the public airwaves. The report recommended a more flexible consumer-oriented policy that will highlight new technology-based
systems to make more efficient use of the radio spectrum and make it easier to create new digital wireless services.
If the proposals become policy, there could be an even fuller flowering of the wireless Internet. Here in San Francisco, for
example, Vivato is but one of dozens of start-ups pursuing Wi-Fi opportunities.
Vivato's antenna is meant to expand Wi-Fi's current range and capacity — service to several dozen people all within a few
hundred feet of the transmitter — by making a single antenna accessible to a thousand or more people at distances of up to four
miles.
Vivato's antenna is able to create directional beams rather than radiating energy in all directions, as most other Wi-Fi systems
now do. This makes it possible to greatly extend the range of the system at low power and reach more users.
As many as two dozen other companies have appeared with alternative approaches to Vivato's, many of them involving
so-called mesh networks that use multiple antennas to pass data around like a bucket brigade. Beyond the antenna makers are
companies like Boingo Wireless and Surf and Sip that are attempting to assemble networks of individual Wi-Fi "hot spots"
around a region or around the country, permitting computer users to pay a single subscription or access fee and then use the
networks from a variety of sites as they move about.
So far, Apple Computer has been one of the few name-brand companies promoting Wi-Fi — in Apple's case with a product
called AirPort. But now some of the nation's most powerful technology companies are in the hunt. Intel, I.B.M. and AT&T are
jointly exploring an ambitious effort code-named Project Rainbow, which would create a Wi-Fi-based network of networks in
metropolitan areas across the nation. If they proceed — a public announcement may come soon — such a system would
conceivably put high-speed Internet access within easy reach of Web surfers in most urban areas.
Intel's motivation lies in its Banias line of chips for mobile computing, which it plans to introduce with a major marketing
campaign in January. The Banias chips will come standard with a built-in Wi-Fi function and are to be installed in more than 20
million laptop computers shipped next year. Intel forecasts that some 60 million computers worldwide will contain Banias chips
and their Wi-Fi feature by the end of 2004.
Intel is promising a marketing campaign that will exceed the scope of its effort to promote its Pentium 4 microprocessor, and the
company predicts that Wi-Fi will ultimately break the bottleneck that has limited the rollout of broadband, or high-speed,
Internet access to more than a fraction of United States households.
"There is no question in my mind that wireless `bitways' will make the traditional communications business obsolete," said Leslie
L. Vadasz, an executive vice president of Intel and president of its Intel Capital investment unit.
Expressing a similar view, the F.C.C. chairman, Michael K. Powell, said in a speech in Colorado last month: "Spectrum-based
paths to homes and businesses hold great promise for the delivery of high-speed Internet. These paths ride on a variety of
platforms: fixed and mobile, terrestrial and satellite, licensed and unlicensed."
Some economists argue that by opening more of the broadcast spectrum to more efficient use by new digital radio technologies,
the F.C.C. will further accelerate the rate of innovation that is already taking place. "When you have free spectrum you have zero
cost for that input and no restrictions on who can use the spectrum," said Gregory L. Rosston, the deputy director of the
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. "It serves as a powerful incentive because there are people who have different
visions who create different devices."
He cautions, though, that Wi-Fi may not be a perfect solution. "At the same time, it may create congestion in the airwaves, so
there is a real trade-off," he said.
Moreover, many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in the digital wireless world warn that powerful interests in the wired Internet
business are unlikely to meekly accept such a challenge to the status quo.
Traditional owners of the airwaves — from radio and television station owners to companies like Motorola that provide
special-purpose communications systems — may bitterly resist giving up some of their existing spectrum or being subjected to
potential interference from competing users. Veterans of the policy battles agree.
"In their candid moments everybody at the F.C.C. will tell you they are being pressured quite severely by various forces that are
quite concerned about Wi-Fi," said Reed E. Hundt, a former chairman of the F.C.C. "They're worried that it is really a trenching
machine that will uproot the entrenched forces."
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BD- where did you learn this: Also the Collier 2.6mm revenue was an
initial order from a retailer that fell through at the last minute.
I called J&R this morning as I had pre ordered an O-1000 and they were due in today. Rep told me they were not in as of yet. eom
Napster buyer plans new services
By Frank Barnako, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 10:19 AM ET Nov 15, 2002
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CBS.MNW) -- Napster is dead. Long live Napster.
Roxio Inc. (ROXI) developer of CD-burning software, said it has reached agreement to acquire the intellectual
property assets, including patents, of Napster Inc. for $5 million in cash and warrants on 100,000 shares of its
stock. The Delaware court handling Napster's bankruptcy still must approve the deal.
"Roxio's acquisition will expand our role and enhance our offerings to consumers," said Chris Gorog, president
of Roxio. "We feel Napster has value that is synergistic with Roxio'sRoxio's current media offerings and
long-term vision for the future of digital media entertainment."
MusicNet tunes up for mid-December
MusicNetMusicNet plans to replay its launch efforts of last December, but get it right this time. In preparation for
next month's rollout of a new version of the online music subscription service, MusicNet said it, too, now has
licensed music from the world's five major music labels, giving it access to "hundreds of thousands of tracks."
Subscribers will be able to keep the music they download by copying it to portable devices or CDs. The
service's distribution partner, America Online (AOL), will incorporate it into its own AOL Music area. Co-owner
RealNetworks (RNWK) will introduce it to its subscription customers early next year, according to the San Jose
Mercury News.
Analysts say the first chapter in paid music services has now been written. The majors, including MusicNet
and PressplayPressplay, have deals with the five biggest music labels (SNE) (V) (AOL) while
MusicmatchMusicmatch has agreements with four. "Now that all these services have access to the same
types of music, how are they going to compete?" said Susan Kevorkian, digital music analyst for IDC, a
research firm. "This is where things begin to get interesting."
No recession for broadband access growth
Almost 30 percent of U.S. households accessing the Internet are now doing so by high-speed connections like
cable modems and DSL. From February 2000 through last June, the rate of broadband Internet use has nearly
tripled, according to Gartner Dataquest. "Neither the economic slowdown, or the relatively high price points
have slowed adoption," said Margaret Schoener, principal analyst. She said the number of households with
broadband capability has been growing at an average monthly rate of 9 percent. Cable modems have
increased their share from 49 to 54 percent of the market, while DSL has grown from 19 percent to 34 percent.
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e.Digital Corp. Files Sept. 30, 2002 Form 10-Q Quarterly Financial Report
SAN DIEGO, Nov 14, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- e.Digital Corp. (OTC:EDIG) today
filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2002 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
For the quarter, the company reported a comprehensive loss of $2,673,578 ($0.02
per share) on total revenues of $290,290. The loss includes costs associated
with inventory write-downs, price reductions on the company's branded products,
logistics and distribution expenses, and write offs of accounts receivable.
Ran Furman, CFO, said, "As stated at our Annual Shareholder Meeting last week,
revenues for the September quarter were much lower than expected, particularly
for our consumer electronics business unit. We have also applied extremely
conservative accounting measures and the Company took write offs in all
applicable areas in the September quarter. Product revenues and accounts
receivable reflect our revised accounting procedures under which we now defer
revenue from products sold to most of our retailers. Revenues for most retail
consumer electronics sales are only realized when products are sold through to
consumers, regardless of when they were shipped.
"We have taken action and continue taking action to streamline our operations,
control overhead, increase margins, and improve our financial performance. Since
June we have effectively reduced our monthly burn rate by over forty percent,
from $500,000 to under $300,000, and we continue to trim costs where necessary.
In addition we are confident that we will be able to restructure all of the
Secured and Unsecured Notes prior to December 31, 2002," concluded Furman.
Fred Falk, president and CEO, stated, "Regardless of the internal and external
reasons, we are very dissatisfied with the quarter's financial results. The
Company has been through a difficult quarter and we are making changes and
improvements. We are proactively moving the company forward in business areas
where the company can be successful.
"We are placing strong emphasis on increasing revenues in the four areas we
outlined at our Annual Shareholder Meeting: 1) Selling through European, Asian,
and U.S. regional consumer electronics retailers; 2) OEM development,
non-recurring engineering fees, and other services; 3) Licensing and royalties
from OEM-branded e.Digital-powered products; 4) Selling e.Digital-branded
products through our online store at www.edigital-store.com and other e-tail
channels.
"We are experiencing an increase in online sales of our consumer electronics
products, and, based on the success of digital music player products during last
year's holiday selling season, we expect revenues to improve during the current
quarter. Because the bulk of holiday sales take place between Thanksgiving and
Christmas, we will be able to better gauge the extent of our revenue improvement
in December. We look forward to releasing further product and OEM business
development information this month and in December," concluded Falk.
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corp. designs, licenses, brands, manufactures and sells digital audio
products and technologies. The company's trademarked digital audio players
include the MXP(TM) 100, Treo(TM) portable digital jukebox line, Silhouette(TM)
ultra-slim MP3-CD player, and Odyssey(TM) line of flash- and hard disk
drive-based players. e.Digital launched WeDigMusic.com to complement its digital
audio players by providing consumers with a one-stop-shop for streaming and
downloading music from thousands of artists on the Web. The company also 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, voice and
video players/recorders, and automotive infotainment and telematics systems.
Other 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) 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. To shop at the e.Digital
online store, please visit www.edigital-store.com.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform of 1995:
All statements made in this document, other than statements of historical fact,
are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the
then-current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about
the businesses of the Company and the industries and markets in which the
company operates. Those statements are not guarantees of future performance and
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that will be difficult to predict.
Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is
expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Factors that may
affect the Company's businesses, financial condition and operating results
include future products and results, technological shifts, potential technical
difficulties that could delay new products and services, competition, pricing
pressures, the uncertainty of market acceptance of new products and services by
OEM's and end-user customers, effects of changes in the economy, consumer
spending, the ability of the Company to maintain relationships with strategic
partners and suppliers, the ability of the Company to timely and successfully
develop, maintain and protect its technology and product and service offerings
and execute operationally, the ability of the company to attract corporate
financing and the ability of the Company to attract and retain qualified
personnel. These factors may also include, but are not limited to, general
market conditions, the Company's ability to develop new products to meet market
demand, the Company's ability to maintain cost controls, the mix of products and
services the Company's customers require and the effects of natural disasters,
international conflicts and other events beyond the Company's control. More
information about potential factors that could affect the Company can be found
in its most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other reports and statements filed
by e.Digital with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). e.Digital
disclaims any intent or obligation to update those forward-looking statements,
except as otherwise specifically stated by it.
Editors Note: e.Digital is a trademark of e.Digital Corporation. All other
company, product, and service names are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: e.Digital Corp., San Diego
Investor Relations:
Robert Putnam, 858/679-1504
robert@edig.com
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Only positive there is that at least Diaz bought some shares of the company, something no other board member or officer has been willing to do (except exercising low priced options). Let's see him vote with more shares along with Robert and Fred. If the company is going to make it and the price being what it is, IMO they should be buying boatloads of stock.
great find Jeau. Cant wait til this rolls out.
12k and 5 k buys
anyone notice that Hammacher no longer lists the TREO for sale.
Great post, good for cquence
what was gross revenue for fiscal years 99, 98, 97?
Have a great weekend all. eom
Hello....longs ..my first post on this board...Thanks for setting it up Joe...eom