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Gil, as the article stated, 'NAND' is short for 'Not And'. Basically, it refers to a logic circuit that will only output a logical zero if all its inputs are logical ones. For NAND flash, the basic attributes are as follows... "NOR Flash is connected to a address / data bus direct like other memory devices as SRAM etc. NAND Flash uses a multiplexed I/O Interface with some additional control pins. NAND flash is a sequential access device appropriate for mass storage applications, while NOR flash is a random access device appropriate for code storage application.NOR Flash can be used for code storage and code execution. Code stored on NAND Flash can't be executed from there. It must be loaded into RAM memory and executed from there." (sorry you asked yet?) "NAND is typically faster than NOR for large writes. A typical NOR write is 10uS per word, which results in 1280uS per 512 bytes on a 32-bit bus. A typical NAND write is 50nS per byte + 10uS page seek + 200uS program which results in 236uS per 512 bytes on a 8 bit bus. As NAND Flash is cheaper than NOR Flash and has a very slim interface it was selected as the optimum solution for large nonvolatile storage applications such as solid state file storage, digital audio/voice recorder, digital still camera and portable applications requiring non-volatility."
The secure card is designed to support secure downloads, EDIG had some involvement with the association that developed the standards for this type of flash card ( http://www.edig.com/partners/associations.html )
As far as competition, I know of no EDIG involvement with PDAs, per se.
OT: More competition in jukebox arena:
iRiver iHP-100 (w/FM tuner) and iHP-50 (w/o tuner). Both have USB 2.0 with optional Firewire, 1.8" 10 or 20 GB hard drive, WMA/MP3/AAC decoding, jog/joystick navigation, due in May. These may turn up as SBLU/Rio models in the U.S.
RT: iRiver 10 and 20 GB jukeboxes due out in May; 1.8" hard drive, available as iHP-100 (with FM tuner) and iHP-50 (without tuner):
( http://www.technet.cz/obrazek.html?obrazek=iriverhdd1 , http://www.technet.cz/obrazek.html?obrazek=iriverhdd2 )
Das ist die version englische:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.mpio.ch/Produkte/HD100/HD100....
mpio and PONTIS together on CeBIT
The two MP3 pioneers mpio (Digitalway) and PONTIS founded a common company, mpio-PEROS GmbH, located in Schwarzenfeld,Germany, for their sales activities in Europe. At CeBIT the two companies will present themselves for the first time to the public.
The very new joint-venture will show some interesting new products at Hannover: The elegant mpio FL100 impresses not only with its small size, but even more with its extraordinary design, which has been rewarded as iF design award winner 2003. An ultra slim CD player in a noble mirrored chrome look, a portable jukebox with 20 GB harddisk and two other new flash MP3 players complete the range of new mpio products.
PONTIS is also active again: The software of the proven SP600 was thoroughly reworked and new products are in the pipeline for autumn 2003.
CeBIT, Halle 27, Stand B11-11
Vosonic portable A/V player design:
http://www.vosonic.co.uk/vmp3h.html
FWIW, the CHD1500 page has disappeared from the EMI Global website ( http://www.emiglobal.com/mp3/chd1500.html ). On a different note, the Samsung website now says the Yepp YP-900GT is due this month... http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/nabc/yepp/yepp_product_detail.jsp?eUser=&prod_id=YP-900GT/XAA .
(I have absolutely no idea how either of these links relate to EDIG; I only posted them to annoy our resident bashers.)
rstring, the 'Micro/OS-II may refer to this RTOS from Micrium: http://www.ucos-ii.com/contents/products/uc-os-ii-RTOS.html
The term MicroC/OS-II seems to be used interchangeably with Micro/OS-II: http://www.rabbitsemiconductor.com/press_room/pressreleases/081500_dc_premier_pr.html (see 6th paragraph)
Apparently Digitalway builds (built?) the Jazpiper and MPIO lines for Daewoo, which may mean that Daewoo rather than Digitalway could distribute the EDIG-designed MPIO HD100. (Or perhaps Daewoo has given the MPIO line back to Digitalway and retained the Jazpiper variants?)
http://www.xbitlabs.com/multimedia/mpio.html
http://www.e-daewoo.com/information.html
http://store.wellsfargoestore.com/Store.asp?m=mpio&n=2
FWIW, on the last 3 flights I took, the people sitting next to me had MP3 players; 2 jukeboxes and one flash player. As to demographics, one (the flash player owner) was a housewife in her 40s. The 2 hard drive jukebox owners (one a thirtyish businessman, the other a male post-grad student) had a Nomad II and an iPod, respectively.
Dougal, re Honda...
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=765759
http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/story/18791.html
FWIW, I saw a similar Honda ad a month or so back where the driver requested a tune by name and the sound system cued it up within a second or so.
Interesting O 1000 feedback thread:
http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/vwnk29qg4asd/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=3e67d95e7cb2ffff;...
New Treo firmware upgrade at EDIG website...
has improved track display, can now connect Treo as a drive letter and use Windows Explorer, you can now create playlists.
Full list of features at http://www.edig.com/product-support/Treo_February_2003_Update.pdf
DABOSS, thanks for the link. I found this bit "...Apple has refused to use digital rights management technology, which prevents consumers from downloading music and making CDs, Oster said." to be a rather interesting contrast to Mama Cass' claim that "The security of the content is the actual key. Apple is working with the music labels to protect their content... Unfortunately, e.Digital made the opposite choice in the design of the Odyssey. Unlike the iPod, the Odyssey can be used to transfer music from one user to another, possibly illegally." Amazing how some folks try to twist the truth to suit their agenda. Seems to me that AAPL is playing catch-up at this point in time, given EDIG's abilty to offer complete DRM solutions as an available option in multiple reference designs.
Steve Ferguson at IPEC 2003 in London:
(Thanks to GoSilver for the lead)
DAY THREE - Wednesday 9 April 2003 09.40
Content: Will distributed mobile platforms challenge embedded IFE?
Airport wireless networks, portable hard-drives and laptops could extend the reach of IFE to the other side of the gate.
(Presented by) Steve Ferguson, VP sales and marketing, e.Digital Corporation, USA
http://www.ipec2003.com/program.pdf
EDIG at IPEC 2003 in London:
(Thanks to GoSilver for the lead)
DAY THREE - Wednesday 9 April 2003 09.40
Content: Will distributed mobile platforms challenge embedded IFE?
Airport wireless networks, portable hard-drives and laptops could extend the reach of IFE to the other side of the gate.
(Presented by) Steve Ferguson, VP sales and marketing, e.Digital Corporation, USA
http://www.ipec2003.com/program.pdf
derf, the 58' Krogen goes for $1.4 million and change. If that seems a little stiff, they also make a nice 39 footer for around $400K. ( http://www.kadeykrogen.com/A%20Trawler%20With%20A%20Secret.htm ) It is also very long-legged, with a maximum range of 5,000 miles on 700 gallons of diesel.
Well, if fuel concerns you, go for something with longer legs:
http://www.kadeykrogen.com/Krogen58Article.pdf
San Juans to Cabo San Lucas on one tankful of diesel.
Not sure if this still holds true...
"Consumer products resulting from this partnership are expected to be branded by e.Digital for sale in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and to be branded and marketed by Digitalway in Asia."
( http://www.edigital.com/news/releases/pr052202.html )
Perhaps our lack of capital has forced us to share the European market with Digitalway/MPIO?
from www.ihavetohave.it re MPIO HD100:
Administrator
Member # 1
posted 04 March, 2003 00:44
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We expect the mpio HD100 to launch late March/early April. There are some manufacturer-side issues going on with a badge-engineered version of this product that's being grey imported by some retailers. The grey-imports don't have EU-spec tuners or power adaptors.
http://www.ihavetohave.it/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000008
hmmmm - wonder if this is the grey market version? http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shopping/pages/buyodyssey1000.html
"SOLD OUT IN UK AND USA"
from www.ihavetohave.it re MPIO HD100:
Administrator
Member # 1
posted 04 March, 2003 00:44
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We expect the mpio HD100 to launch late March/early April. There are some manufacturer-side issues going on with a badge-engineered version of this product that's being grey imported by some retailers. The grey-imports don't have EU-spec tuners or power adaptors.
http://www.ihavetohave.it/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000008
hmmmm - wonder if this is the grey market version? http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shopping/pages/buyodyssey1000.html
"SOLD OUT IN UK AND USA"
Sorry, Mama Cass, 'twas you who said the following: "The security of the content is the actual key. Apple is working with the music labels to protect their content... Unfortunately, e.Digital made the opposite choice in the design of the Odyssey. Unlike the iPod, the Odyssey can be used to transfer music from one user to another, possibly illegally. It's a strange departure from the former claim of e.Digital that it had the only solution to protect content and that if legal downloadable content were available, EDIG stock will go to moon. Now e.Digital's design facilitates illegal music swapping."
(Hmmmm; I fear that you will have to prove to me that EDIG said its stock would "go to the moon"; I can't remember a single instance of such speculation issuing from the company.)
Apparently Apple, Creative Labs, SBLU/Rio, and every other MP3 player manufacturer worthy of mention has also elected not to preclude the transfer of users' files between players and PCs. You and Sinaculi may not be aware of this, but it is common knowledge. It's what customers want, it's what they expect, it's what they pay for. Furthermore, e.Digital is fully prepared to support DRM schemes when they become relevant or mandated. License arrangements have already been made with Intertrust, Real Audio, Windows Media, Sony ATRAC/Magic Gate, etc. You really should do more independant research into MP3 technology, rather than depending on stock board posters for technical information.
Well, if it hasn't been released, you shouldn't have said "Unlike the iPod, the Odyssey can be used to transfer music from one user to another, possibly illegally." ( #msg-810417 ) My post merely pointed out that the current iPods' "security" is nonexistent, which renders your comparison invalid.
Yepp, berge; apparently their lip service to RIAA was a snow job; the iPod geeks must not have loved it since the indications are they have refused to swallow it.
Oddly enough, Apple chose Musicmatch as the music manager for its Windows-compatible iPod.
Apple's secure one-way transfer to iPod is a 2-way street:
http://podmanager.brunoblondeau.com/
Also, for the DIY crowd:
Apple has made it a bit tricky to use the iPod to swap songs between two Macs -- but only a bit. I did it by turning off the automatic synching feature on my home machine and dragged songs onto the iPod. I then connected the iPod to someone else's iBook. That iBook already had iTunes 2 installed, and had already been linked to another iPod.
The iBook noted that this was not the usual iPod, and asked if I wanted to wipe all the songs off the iPod and start over. I said no. But the iBook recognized my iPod anyway, and let me drag songs off of the iPod and into the iBook.
In other words, by turning off the automatic sync functions and saying "no" when asked if you would like your iPod library erased, you can simply drag and drop your iPod music files from iTunes to another Mac.
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/10/29.4.shtml
Re Musicmatch's weird file structure:
Having used Musicmatch for a couple of years now, I can confirm that its file structure is arranged into artist/album/track order. The albums also have a genre assigned. Here's a screenshot of version 7.2; if you expand the artist directories fully, the files are arranged as described above. Any files created with Musicmatch are stored (at least in the default mode) under the My Documents folder in a subfolder called My Music. Within that folder are folders for each artist, which contain folders for each album by that artist or group. Within those folders are the files for the album tracks.
SRS WOW(TM) Technology Adds Audio Punch to New Portable Digital Audio Player From e.Digital
Tuesday March 4, 7:31 am ET
WOW Technology Rapidly Becoming Audio Standard for Digital Entertainment Products
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030304/latu038_1.html
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRS Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRSL - News), a leading provider of innovative audio, voice and ASIC technology solutions, today announced that its patented WOW audio technology has been selected by e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG - News) to deliver the ultimate audio experience for its premier digital audio player, the Odyssey(TM) 1000. WOW creates a natural and expansive audio experience with rich bass enhancement through Odyssey's included collapsible stereo headphones or when connected to the external speakers of a home stereo or multimedia PC system. The Odyssey 1000 is available exclusively through e.Digital at www.edigital-store.com/odyssey1000.html for $349.
According to InStat/MDR, worldwide portable digital music player unit shipments (including solid state and revolving media products) will grow from about 7.2 million in 2002 to almost 30 million in 2006. Based on e.Digital's MicroOS(TM) technology, the Odyssey 1000 plays both MP3 and Windows Media(TM) audio files and features an FM tuner and a digital voice recorder with built- in microphone.
Steve Ferguson, e.Digital's vice president of sales and marketing, said, "When designing our premier large-capacity player, the Odyssey 1000, we chose to incorporate SRS WOW audio technology because it delivers the most powerful audio experience possible in a portable entertainment product. Our customers demand the best and we are pleased to offer them the best design, the best features, and the best audio technology."
"e.Digital's new Odyssey 1000 is an example of the growing importance of delivering a high quality audio experience in portable entertainment products," said Ted Franceschi, executive vice president, marketing and sales for SRS Labs. "WOW is the ideal audio solution for this rapidly growing product segment and we are pleased to work with an innovative company such as e.Digital to deliver the ultimate in digital audio entertainment."
SRS WOW is an award-winning, patented, playback enhancement technology that improves audio dynamics and bass performance of any mono or stereo audio. It provides a stunning improvement when used with smaller speakers or headphones that are not capable of achieving a high fidelity experience, especially when the audio has been digitally compressed into formats such as MP3 and WMA. WOW is a compelling audio solution for manufacturers of mobile or portable devices, in addition to products in which speakers are located close together, such as televisions. Hardware and software products that feature WOW include mobile phones from Sharp, Microsoft's Windows® Media Player series software products, car CD receivers from Kenwood, as well as televisions from Sony and Sharp. To date, over 300 million hardware or software products have been shipped or downloaded that include the powerful WOW audio feature.
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corporation designs, licenses, brands, manufactures, and sells digital audio products and technologies. The company's trademarked digital audio players include the MXP® 100, Treo(TM) portable digital jukebox line, 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. For more information on the company, please visit www.edig.com . To shop in the e.Digital online store, please visit www.edigital-store.com .
About SRS Labs Inc.
Over the past decade, SRS Labs has become a recognized leader in the advancement of audio and voice technology. The company works with the world's top manufacturers to provide a richer entertainment experience through patented sound techniques. SRS technologies can be heard through products ranging from televisions, DVD players, and cell phones to car audio systems and computers. Through its SRSWOWcast subsidiary, the company offers hardware and software tools to professionals and consumers for the production of content featuring SRS technologies. SRS Labs' wholly owned subsidiary, ValenceTech, is located in Hong Kong and provides custom ASICs and standard ICs to top manufacturers worldwide. Based in Santa Ana, Calif., the company also has licensing representation in Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, and Korea. For more information about SRS Labs, Inc. or SRS technologies, please visit www.srslabs.com . The information on the above-referenced websites is not incorporated by reference into this press release.
For further information, please contact: Investors, Tami Yanito of SRS Labs, Inc., +1-949-442-1070, ext. 3093, tami@srslabs.com
Source: SRS Labs, Inc.
Gil, no matter how I fiddle the numbers quoted in the conference call, I can't come up with more than $2 million in any quarter (assuming that the quoted delivery schedules are met). Please explain how you came up with a $4 million quarterly revenues forecast.
Old but relevant:
(April 2002)
Fujitsu Ten to further emphasize overseas expansion
Fujitsu Ten, a leading car audio maker, is strengthening "Infotainment" (combining information and entertainment) and focusing on system development covering IT and digital AV. Their major product is "AVN" that integrate audio systems, monitors and navigation into 2DIN. In FY2001, their sales jumped by 50 percent and sales share of audio units increased by 9 percent (13 percent for car navigation systems alone). Their main brand "Eclipse" is available in North America, Korea, Thailand, Australia, Taiwan and Malaysia. They are scheduled to start sales in Singapore this year. If Eclipse will achieve high recognition, they hope supplies will expand to the US Big Three as an OEM product. To respond to increasing demand for cost reduction from automakers, they are scheduled to shift to production in other countries where labor costs are low. Their current overseas production accounts for 40 percent of their total figure and they plan to increase to 50 percent in 2004. To achieve their FY2003 sales target of 200 billion yen ($1.5 billion, $1=132 yen), they plan to propose effective and attractive ideas to automakers to survive in the fierce competition between parts makers.
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2002/09/22/147832.html
The accepted definition of base is 'the fundamental principle or underlying concept of a system or theory; a basis'; differentiated features refers to optional add-ons such as FM receiver, voice control, scroll control vs buttons only, color vs monochrome display, hard disc size/form factor, etc. The English language can only be interpreted to a certain degree; IMHO, going beyond that merely confirms that the interpreter's reach has exceeded his grasp.
We are no longer interested in your opinion, you've been wrong for so, so long... http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=667187
vs http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/print/print.asp?frames=0&time=5&freq=1&compidx=aaaaa%3A...
Sentinel, I'm pretty sure that AAPL doesn't hold the rights to all 8 line 20 character LCD displays; as to the font appearance, a pixel or two difference in the characters' shapes is sufficient to dodge that potential infringement.
D.inkie - a couple of observations...
1) None of the various iPods have organic encoding ability - all require a PC for encoding.
2) "PLAY LIST HIERARCHY - Enables large volumes of music management by Genre/Artist/Title etc." is the same claim that was made for the CHD1000; it does not necessarily mean that the player indexes files by the ID3 tag info - although the MusicMatch software (not supplied with the second-generation CHD500, BTW) is capable of using ID3 tagging as the source for playlist info/track tagging.
Fiction Factor, the portion of the referenced post from "The MXP 100 is a sleek, high-quality..." onwards is a copy of what YOU posted. It does not appear in the manual.
Fiction Factor, you have no need to know what I have or haven't confirmed.
Cassandra, I did a word search of the MXP manual using the Adobe Acrobat search function (the little binoculars icon, in case you aren't familiar with .pdf files). No hits for ID3 or ID 3 anywhere in the document.
Cassandra, I have not stated anywhere that I think that the CHD1500 is definitely an EDIG design. I am merely saying that the possibility cannot be ruled out at this point in time. My last post clearly stated that: "At this point in time, the jury is still out as to the CHD1500's provenance." Nothing you say can alter my words or opinion.
Furthermore, re ID3 tag support...
The fact that the CHD1500 claims "PLAY LIST HIERARCHY – Enables large volumes of music management by Genre/Artist/Title etc." ( http://www.emiglobal.com/mp3/chd1500.html ) is no more indicative of ID3 tag support than the CHD1000's claim of "PLAY LIST HIERARCHY - Enables large volumes of music management by Genre/Artist/Title etc." ( http://www.emiglobal.com/mp3/chd1000.html ). Fact is that both 'support' ID3 tags via the MusicMatch software, which allows file naming according to the embedded ID3 tag info (in imported MP3 files) or the downloaded CDDB info (for files ripped to MP3 via MusicMatch). I personally don't use the Genre feature on my XP3, as I prefer to order my play list by Artist/Album/Track title.