e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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The vastness/scope of dsp’s lends credibility of an implacable trend… e.Digital and its partners are stacking the substrates via kernel hardware solutions for content security. This is monumental in the scheme of things emerging as a solution to counter piracy – thus NDAs are essential:

October 30, 2000 - Fred Falk, ‘’We are also working with OEMs who may compete against each other with product offerings designed by e.Digital. Our non-disclosure agreements with our OEMs are in place to ensure that we are not disclosing any details of their product and our agreements to other OEMs and the public until they are ready to have this information made available. ‘’ Feb. 14, 2001 – e.Digital Form 10-QSB – Informed Investors that some revenue sources may stay unnamed until they decide to become known.
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It’s possible that the bulk of all the new players on the market could have a dormant block residing within them for a new bread of inherent ability to support subscription/content rights – Thus NDAs in a big way – and the, ‘’Have enough to count.’’ The reinforcement of this notion came as Microsoft’s made the statement per the need for an OS to support an internal clock. JC has commented that e.Digital could become a MidCap company. That’s a billion plus market cap and a pps of at least $10.

I think that some of our close competitors either carry this ability onboard and don’t know it or will require an upgrade as we found in the TI white-papers long ago. Actually if there is not room for programmability in their structure they’ll probably be obsolete to the higher functions needed for subscription. Something tells me that the majority of programmable DSPs out there will be capable of accepting it via firmware download; saying our OS can infiltrate and reside on existing DSP structures being used by the masses – of course e.Digital may need to see those third-party designers flow-charts to do this… thus a paid firmware upgrade as stated below – and, why would our players need a paid firmware download? for a subscription I supose.

Jim Colliers comments on subscription services
I posed a few questions to Jim regarding subscription services in March please read below.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=435644

Subj: RE: Questions
Date: 3/11/02 7:46:40 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Sent from the Internet (Details)

Barry,
All of our next generation mass storage audio players will be subscription
enabled. We are preparing to support any subscription opportunity that
develops. This not only includes music, but all so audio books. We can't
control the rate at which these services develop. However, by providing a
population of players that are ready to support any service that becomes
available we hope to accelerate the adoption of these services. This will be
accomplished via a paid firmware download and an opportunity for recurring
subscription percentages.

Best regards,

Jim Collier

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:15 PM
To: Jim Collier
Subject: Questions


I was just pondering your statement at the shareholder meeting about us
being at the forefront of developing a subscription service. I also noticed that
along with royalty and license fees you plan on creating a business unit for
subscription fees.

Can we expect to hear further developments regarding subscription services?

What is Edig role regarding subscription services?

Are we going to help the market evolve by providing a secure subscription
service that will allow music files to be downloaded to portable devices?

Is this also a major initiative going forward?
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As implied the gamut of players out there may not carry everything needed for subscription; even the current runners may have the ability to do WMA/MP3 but what about other codecs, DRMs, and the need for an internal clock. Not to mention DataPlay’s ‘Content Key’ and its possible crossover onto HD which I see very probable - Remember People - DP is planning on the ability to download to blank media via etail and retail kiosks to handhelds in the future.
We’ll be seeing DRM/Subscription certification firmware upgrades, question is – will all these other mp3 players be capable of supporting any particular services? Maybe via a patented Micro Operating System – Note Jim Collier, ‘’ However, by providing a population of players that are ready to support any service that becomes available we hope to accelerate the adoption of these services.

Think of the possibilities –
"The term DSP has polarized people," said Forward Concepts' Strauss. "When you say DSP, people think TI, but there are more than 100 DSP-based products by more than 100 chip vendors. They are using names like encoders, MPEG, and JPEG, but it's all digital signal processing."

Microsoft Preps Content Locks For Devices – Note that e.Digital’s devices already do this.
April 4, 2002 - Microsoft is preparing an upgrade to its anti-piracy technology aimed at bridging the gap that continues to separate online music subscription services and portable devices such as MP3 players. Most devices lack critical features found on a computer, such as a system clock. http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=332692

All this has yet to been seen until now with PressPlays new allowance. This underscores the reason for us doing it ourselves when they were twiddling their thumbs, i.e.,. Jim Collier - ‘’ We can't control the rate at which these services develop.’’ However, if they evolve using different standards, ‘’by providing a population of players that are ready to support any service that becomes available we hope to accelerate the adoption of these services.

Aug. 1, 2002-- PressPlay Introduces Unlimited Streaming and Downloading; Subscribers May Keep as Much Music as They Want; Members Can Now Transfer Tracks to Portable Devices, as Well as Burn to CDs.

So, bring on WeDigMusic, DataPlay, PressPlay, MTVi, etc.

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