e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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Whats To Come ….. Of It All.

Feb 05, 01 - Qualcomm, MP3.com, Samsung To Stream Tunes To Phones. MP3 is now Vivindi -
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=607773

April 2, 2001 - RealNetworks and America Online Each to Launch Consumer Subscription Services Powered by MusicNet to Offer Extensive Collection of Secure Downloadable and Streaming Music. http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=653048

May 7, 2001 - Computer retailer CompUSA Inc. and America Online have joined forces in a marketing alliance. Under the agreement, AOL products and services will be offered to CompUSA shoppers, and AOL will promote CompUSA across several brands.

July 2001 – Samsung Electronics and CompUSA. Samsung eager to further expand its presence in the United States with a more global image, has entered into a strategic alliance with CompUSA, a major U.S. electronics goods distributors for the supply of digital home electronics to sell the very latest of our technologies. http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=732258

7/9/01 – Samsung will diversify its portfolio of Yepp Internet audio portables in the summer and fall with its first MP3-CD portable, its first pendant-style flash-memory portable, and its first firmware-upgradable flash-memory portable, which will also be
among the company's first multicodec models.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=718688

July 17, 2001—Samsung and AOL Time Warner Announce Multi-Year Strategic Marketing and Technology Alliance. Samsung to Manufacture Next-Generation AOLTV Set-Top Boxes, In addition, the companies will explore the development of a range of future consumer electronics products as well as introduce new digital products to consumers to enhance Samsung Brand Through Promotion Across AOL Time Warner Online and Offline Brands.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=145128

Feb. 21, 2001 - ZapMedia Inc. and Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., have said they will produce an entertainment convergence product. The "Samsung ZapStation" will allow consumers to access digital audio and video entertainment and surf the Internet without a computer. Due out by the end of 2001, It will contain a digital audio jukebox that can play Windows Media Audio and MP3 formats, a CD and DVD player, and a CD ripper. http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=131034

May 2, 2000 - ZapMedia.com, Inc. and Gannett Co. today announced a ground-breaking partnership; Gannett Co., Inc./ USA TODAY (NYSE: GCI), one of the nation's largest media conglomerates, to provide an all-in-one Internet driven, interactive entertainment environment, making it a reality for consumers today. With the click of a button people will serve up music, movies, television, the Internet, and email using ZapMedia's co-branded products and services
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=604252
David Kaimner, Hy-Tech pr-guy worked at Gannett for many years and has strong connections - We had a large amount of Treo articles nation-wide a while back via Gannett.
FWIW - Also Gannetts Principle sits on IBM board.

Eastech and Harman Kardon are backers of ZapMedia –
Taking a different tack, Eric Hartz's ZapMedia has designed a standalone (no PC required) home audio component that is both more capable and more expensive than the Simple solution. Stereo manufacturer Harman Kardon will release the first ZapMedia product in Q3. On March 6, ZapMedia is presenting at Red Herring's Venture Market South event in Atlanta.
http://beta.redherring.com/cod/2001/0226.html.

Robert Putnam Senior Vice President e.Digital Corporation. As an OEM technology provider, we work with our OEM customers and their preferences in regards to announcements, marketing and the use of their names and logos. The information that Samsung and Toshiba have allowed us to make public to date we have issued. Toshiba and Samsung are expected to market DataPlay-based, e.Digital-enabled devices later this year when DataPlay's optical storage technology is scheduled to become widely available. Per our 12/31/2000 Form 10QSB released on February 14th, in November 2000, we signed a licensing agreement with Samsung Electronics, America to develop a data storage device. We also signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., to design and manufacture a multicodec music player/recorder. Both of these agreements are royalty-bearing and also include non-recurring revenues for engineering design services. We expect more information regarding our working relationships with Samsung and Toshiba to be forthcoming.

Fred Falk-March 29th 2001... Following our business plan, we have dedicated strategic engineering resources to the development and implementation of new product platforms that include digital video for portable devices, automotive and home stereo designs, cellular phone accessories, and set-top boxes. We are working with multiple OEMs on specific applications of these MicroOS- and MicroCAM-powered platforms for inclusion in a variety of branded products.


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