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Here is a Sky View picture-courtesy of Philo.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=1117400
Milplease-Here's a little Q & A on the Sky View.
Coming soon. IFE in a box! e.Digital!
Name Steve Ferguson
Title VP sales and marketing
Company e.Digital Corporation, San Diego, California, USA
Before joining e.Digital in 1999 Steve Ferguson served as chief operating officer and VP business development for Enterprise Design Group, an Internet software development firm. e.Digital designs, licenses, brands, manufactures and sells digital audio and video products and technologies. Specialising in the integration of new technologies into applications for portable and home or office-based products that connect to PCs and the Internet, the company is developing a portable IFE device.
What are the basic capabilities of your new product? What can it do that a top-of-the-line laptop cannot?
Our device holds pre-loaded motion pictures and music. With a 20GB hard drive, it will have room for about 25 movies and perhaps a few hundred songs. It has a seven-inch colour screen and the audio will play through high-quality stereo earphones. The major difference between this device and a laptop will be the availability of entertainment content from motion-picture studios.
What is its development status and when will we see it on the market?
The device, code-named “Sky View,” is currently in production for our first licensee and you can expect to see it on the market in the third quarter of this year.
Which markets are showing early interest in the device?
IFE is the primary market. Airlines which lack an IFE capability but want to add a valuable service for their passengers could implement our device as part of an integrated system, without making a huge investment or losing revenue through aircraft downtime. We are also seeing interest from other travel and leisure-related entities whose commitment to providing excellent amenities is combined with an eye for some rental-fee revenue.
How might the device be used by airline passengers?
Sky View will provide passengers with a wide selection of entertainment options. It will be a very personalised experience because they will have complete control over what they want to play.
How will content be loaded to the device when it first enters service?
We are working with a partner whose process for loading content includes secure facilities and procedures approved by the motion-picture studio providing the content. Using proprietary connectors, key codes specific to each device, content encoding, and numerous levels of software security, our partner will pre-load content on to the players before they are delivered to the terminal in a flight bag.
How practicable would it be to load content wirelessly through, for example, a WiFi hotspot in an airport lounge?
With the necessary hardware built into our device it would be very practicable indeed. The emergence of WiFi hotspots in airports and other facilities makes it a natural progression for our product to have direct, live connectivity to a local or worldwide network. This is definitely an area that we think will expand quickly.
Can you envisage airlines making the device available to passengers on loan for use while they are waiting to embark?
Yes. With the necessity of early check-in, some passengers find themselves with quite a lot of time to spare once they reach the gate. Having already checked their baggage and cleared security, these passengers are an ideal market for the device.
Further into the future, can you see airlines carrying onboard stocks of wireless-enabled devices and using them to replace conventional wired-in IFE/communications?
Yes. Definition of a standardised protocol for use of wireless consumer applications inside the aircraft will significantly improve the timeliness of content and could certainly expand the uses of a portable IFE device.
Do you have any other views on the potential impact of the device and its successors on IFE/communications?
Our target with this first-generation device is to provide entertainment for passengers young and old in the form of movies, music and eventually games. We are especially interested in providing motion pictures earlier in the release cycle than is currently possible in traditional IFE. Adding WiFi communications will eventually open up new applications and will provide passengers in the air with all the convenience and utility they are accustomed to having on the ground.
What was the most significant development in IFE/communications in the last 12 months?
I believe it was the creation of Connexion by Boeing. Although it calls for heavy infrastructure spending and service fees for the airlines, it has raised passengers’ expectations. We believe every airline wants to offer something special in IFE, and Connexion has inspired a cost-sensitive industry to look for alternatives such as portable devices to help them stand out from the competition.
If you could improve one aspect of the passenger inflight experience, what would it be?
I’m over six feet tall, so I’d have to say that I’d improve on legroom.
Which industry word or phrase would you ban?
I think I’d focus on a general business term that I hear overused - “All our ducks in a row”. There has to be a more intelligent way to say it!
Describe your most memorable flight.
In college I won a prize of one free flight lesson at a local airport. I went along with an acquaintance who had been taking lessons for some time - his instructor was the donor.
I was allowed to sit in the pilot’s seat of the single-prop Cessna, start the engine and take off! In spite of being more than a little terrified I managed to make a couple of turns, and after a while we landed - whew! Then I sat in the back while my friend took his lesson. I should mention that he was barely 19 and had never impressed me as mature enough to drive a car, much less fly an aircraft. For the next 45 minutes the instructor repeatedly stopped the engine and let a perfectly good aircraft free-fall towards the ground until my pal re-started the engine and regained control. I’ll never forget the deafening silence, accompanied by the loud pounding of my heart, every time that engine was switched off.
Yes Milplease-Sky View. (eom)
Wongyal-Good to see you. Yes, things are looking up.
Med.rare-Good to see you. We hope that the remainder of the year will be a good one for e.Digital. Hope you are doing well.
I agree 9Miles-use what the masses do, and what the stock analysts advise, as a contra-indicator as to what to do yourself to make money. The masses get scared or very excited and all react at the same time and the analysts seem to always have an agenda.
Point well taken and a lot are in the same thought pattern as you are.
BD-Gates worked out of his garage and so did a lot of others. It's frustrating for a lot of us because a lot of the technology was available several years ago, but the world just wasn't ready for it yet. I am hoping that Mr. APS will have a decent office someday and e.Digital will be a household name. We shall see.
Silver-Great post. That's a good picture. Thanks.
Sentinel-I believe also that that would be correct.
They are definately buying on the news. This is quite unusual for e.Digital to be purchased on the news.
There's the answer-Thanks Marc. Now, lets move on.
Email just received: For Immediate Release
e.DIGITAL DELIVERS
WIRELESS MP3 HEADSETS
FOR MAJOR OEM CUSTOMER
(San Diego, CA - July 1, 2003) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG) today announced the on-time fulfillment of its design and development project for Softeq Development Corp. announced earlier this year. The project, commissioned by Hewlett-Packard through Softeq, required a custom designed MP3-based wireless headset.
The headset’s mechanical, hardware, software and firmware designs were all developed by e.Digital and use e.Digital’s patented MicroOS™ Operating System. The headset incorporates embedded flash memory containing prerecorded audio files that will interact with strategically placed transmitters.
The major OEM customer for these wireless headsets will be named later this year.
"This delivery completes our first project with Softeq and represents over $1.2 million in orders and development," stated Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. "Working with Softeq and Hewlett-Packard has been a great experience and we look forward to possible product extensions and follow-on orders as well as new project opportunities with them."
"We challenged e.Digital to leverage their portable design capabilities and provide our customer with a product that could benefit millions of users," said Christopher Howard, President of Softeq. "This product required stringent technical as well as functional specifications, all of which e.Digital met or exceeded."
"This has been a very exciting project for e.Digital," noted Atul Anandpura, e.Digital’s vice president of research and development. "We have been able to showcase a wide range of our design capabilities, our patented technologies and innovation in a single product."
About e.Digital - e.Digital Corporation specializes in technology innovation and applications integration through engineering partnerships with leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) designing, licensing, branding, and manufacturing digital audio, video and wireless products and technology platforms. The Company also sells its Odyssey 1000™ digital jukebox through selected e-tail and retail outlets. Applications for e.Digital's technology include delivery and management of open and secure digital media with a focus on music, voice, wireless and video players/recorders, automotive infotainment and telematics systems, 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™ file management system to custom software and hardware development, industrial design, and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, please visit www.edigital.com.
About Softeq - Softeq is a privately held corporation specializing in system integration, project management, and product development for Fortune 1000 companies worldwide. For more information on the company, please visit www.softeq.com.
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CONTACT:
e.Digital Corporation: Robert Putnam, (858) 679-1504, robert@edig.com
Sent-It's an NDA for now. It also keeps us agnostic-remember that word. I have a suspision that if we knew who this OEM was, we would be very surprised. I am not surprised at all that this PR says what it says.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=1153465
Moxa-LOLOL
Anb-A hole in one-Congrats.
Yes 68-site was down. Hello to you,Pre,Gern&TomMeeks.
Joe-I agree, it could be a real exciting time. Below is a paragraph from RP's recent email. I read it to say that the Softeq/HP product will be delivered this month (June), not necessarily that there would be an announcement about it in June. Also, I have thought that it could be possible that the end user could be an NDA situation and will not be told at all. They could just announce that the contract has been satisfied and delivered. I hope they can tell us everything, but I guess we will find out soon enough.
We are scheduled to complete and deliver on three major contracts (Softeq/HP, Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten and IFE) this summer, with the Softeq/HP product being delivered this month. Revenues derived from these three contracts are expected to be realized in this quarter and the September
quarter. All three of these contracts are scheduled to initially total over $1 million each with further revenue on each of these products expected. We anticipate further news releases regarding the completion of these contracts
as well as new business developments and new marketing initiatives of our Odyssey 1000 this summer.
68-I thought that was a great site. Thanks to you and Philo for posting it.
An Interesting UK site selling and reviewing the O-1000.
http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shopping/pages/buyodyssey1000.html
Tell all of the non-visionary and negative folks to take a look at this.
http://table.finance.yahoo.com/m?a=11&b=31&c=1991&d=11&e=31&f=1999&g=m&s...
Sorry if these links don't work, but most all of us get the idea.
Here's another good look at this:
http://table.finance.yahoo.com/m?a=2&b=26&c=1982&d=5&e=27&f=2000&g=m&s=m...
For anyone who doesn't dream a little or even a lot, take a look at this. Dreams are what it's all about for a lot of people, in addition to their core holdings. There are some here who will never have any vision, so therefore these people will never, never get it. Too bad, it's a shame not to have dreams and visions.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT&d=c&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l
Orient Power (Oritron) Financials. Not a small outfit.
http://www.orientpower.com/orientpower/upload/news_press/2003-4-14-NR0.pdf
Orient Power Corporate Site:
http://www.orientpower.com/orientpower/index.htm
Take a look at this-Orient Power-From the 10K
From 10K:
LICENSEES
Companies with related but not competing technologies have agreed to license our technologies and/or designs. To varying degrees, these partners promote and market our work with their own. They may, from time to time, refer customers to
e.Digital. With these strategic partners, we may collaborate on projects where both partners could benefit financially. We have such marketing partnerships with Actel, Digitalway, Eastech, Maycom, Musical Electronics, Orient Power, and PortalPlayer.
Orient Power:
http://203.194.162.10/cgi-local/ilistco/listcoprofile.cgi?companyID=467
http://203.194.162.10/cgi-local/ilistco/listcoindex.cgi?companyID=467
Orient Power Holdings Limited
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Corporate Profile
Orient Power Group is a global supplier of consumer electronics. The principal activities of the Group are development, manufacture, sale and distribution of infotainment products for home and automobiles. Products include audio and video products, in-car electronics, and network infotainment solution. The Group also focuses on developing and providing networking technology services and integrated solutions in recent years. The operations are currently housed in China, Hong Kong, and USA. The group reported sales turnover of HK$4.35 billion for the period of 12 months ended December 2002. The group's business has a geographical coverage of USA, Europe, Central and South America, Asia, Canada, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and other smaller regions.
All 3 $1 million contracts in current and next quarter.
Webcast Announcement Email From e.Digital-July 1st
E.DIGITAL CORPORATION SCHEDULES
FISCAL YEAR END 2003 WEBCAST
FOR TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2003
Management to Provide Fiscal Year 2003 Recap,
Business Update, Revenue Guidance, and Address Questions
(SAN DIEGO, CA - June 26, 2002) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG) has scheduled a webcast for shareholders, investors, industry analysts, and members of the media to discuss the company’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, as well as current business. The event will be carried live via streaming audio beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Tuesday, July 1.
The financial reports for e.Digital’s Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2003 were filed today. The July 1 webcast will provide a recap of the Fiscal Year as well as a business update and revenue guidance.
This event is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at the e.Digital Events page: http://www.edig.com/news/events.html. During the event, executive officers from e.Digital will give a brief presentation and answer questions submitted before the webcast. To submit a question, please send an email to investor@edig.com by Monday, June 30, 9:00 a.m. PDT.
An audio replay of the webcast will become available through the same link listed above approximately one hour after it concludes and will remain available online for approximately 30 days.
Disclaimer: e.Digital has contracted for Internet audio streaming services through a reputable outside service provider. Although the company believes this service provider to be both reliable and effective, the company can make no guarantee as to the sound quality, ease of access, or level of customer service experienced by each participant.
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corporation specializes in technology innovation and applications integration through engineering partnerships with leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) designing, licensing, branding, and manufacturing digital audio, video and wireless products and technology platforms. The Company also sells its Odyssey 1000 digital jukebox through selected e-tail and retail outlets. Applications for e.Digital's technology include delivery and management of open and secure digital media with a focus on music, voice, wireless and video players/recorders, automotive infotainment and telematics systems, 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 file management system to custom software and hardware development, industrial design, and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, please visit www.edigital.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. 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.
# # #
CONTACT:
Investor Relations: Robert Putnam
(858) 679-3168
robert@edig.com
Like I said yesterday when I posted the story-The labels just don't get it and never did.
The Labels Just Don't Get it-In My Opinion
Music Labels to Sue Hundreds
Of Internet Users Sharing Songs
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105656218791307000,00.html
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The embattled music industry disclosed aggressive plans Wednesday for an unprecedented escalation in its fight against Internet piracy, threatening to sue hundreds of individual computer users who illegally share music files online.
The Recording Industry Association of America, citing substantial sales declines, said it will begin Thursday to search Internet file-sharing networks to identify users who offer ''substantial'' collections of MP3 music files for downloading. It expects to file at least several hundred lawsuits seeking financial damages within eight to 10 weeks.
MORE
• Vote: Will the lawsuits curb piracy?1
• Read the recording industry's statement2
Executives for the RIAA, the Washington-based lobbying group that represents major labels, would not say how many songs on a user's computer will qualify for a lawsuit. The new campaign comes just weeks after U.S. appeals court rulings requiring Internet providers to identify subscribers suspected of illegally sharing music and movie files.
The RIAA's president, Carey Sherman, said tens of millions of Internet users of popular file-sharing software after Thursday will expose themselves to ''the real risk of having to face the music.''
Critics accused the RIAA of resorting to heavy-handed tactics likely to alienate millions of Internet file-sharers.
''This latest effort really indicates the recording industry has lost touch with reality completely,'' said Fred von Lohmann, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. ''Does anyone think more lawsuits are going to be the answer? Today they have declared war on the American consumer.''
Mike Godwin of Public Knowledge, a consumer group that has challenged broad crackdowns on file-sharing networks, said Wednesday's announcement was appropriate because it targeted users illegally sharing copyrighted files.
''I'm sure it's going to freak them out,'' Mr. Godwin said. ''The free ride is over.'' He added: ''I wouldn't be surprised if at least some people engaged in file-trading decide to resist and try to find ways to thwart the litigation strategy.''
The RIAA said its lawyers will file lawsuits initially against people with the largest collections of music files they can find online. U.S. copyright laws allow for damages of $750 to $150,000 for each song offered illegally on a person's computer, but Mr. Sherman said the RIAA will be open to settlement proposals from defendants.
The RIAA said it expected to file ''at least several hundred lawsuits'' within eight to 10 weeks but will continue to file lawsuits afterward on a regular basis.
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Updated June 25, 2003 4:37 p.m.
Fed Drops rate .25 points.
Yes Berge-A very nice move. Maybe you will hit twice.
SGE, Bustario, BD-Good to see all of you.
Hi Joe-Good to see you.
Haiyaku-Good to see you. Hope all is well. (eom)
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