e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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Webnoise re DP delay (8/23)
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=760538

DataPlay Delays Product Launch Until Next Year
Citing device production delays, DataPlay said it will miss its fourth-quarter deadline for selling its pre-recorded 500MB media storage disks. The Boulder, Colo.-based company has delayed the release of blank and pre-recorded disks and compatible devices until the first quarter of 2002. A DataPlay spokeswoman said the company this week decided to delay the launch after learning that production of the rewrite drive for DataPlay-enabled devices won't begin until September; the company's production facility is in Asia. Next year, DataPlay will introduce its disks along with portable audio players from manufacturers including SonicBlue and Samsung; other compatible devices will include digital cameras, PDAs and PC peripherals. About the size of a quarter, DataPlay disks will compete with Flash memory cards developed by SanDisk and other companies, Iomega's PocketZip disks, and hard disk-based MP3 jukeboxes such as Creative Labs' Nomad Jukebox. DataPlay has deals in place to sell music from Universal Music Group, EMI Recorded Music and BMG Entertainment. DataPlay's investors include Universal, SonicBlue, Samsung and Toshiba.