Perspective
posted on
Feb 12, 2013 10:37AM
It seems like a really long time ago in 2001 and 2002 that EDIG was working with Samsung, DataPlay, TI, and Intel. We even had an ad on national TV for our Yellow MP3 player; I think it was just after Thanksgiving in 2001 for an ice skating show. I stood in line in early December at MGM Las Vegas trade show to see Bill Gates dressed up like Harry Potter introduce the new Microsoft tablet. Apple had just introduced the IPod and I thought ours was so much better--you could even speak into it to change songs.
There's been so much change since then. I just read a Bloomberg piece on Samsung which outlines some of the company changes. We tried and failed to get into a VERY lucretive bussiness with the big boys. I thought with all the Intel guys on our BOD, we couldn't fail. How naive! Just look at Samsung now.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-12/samsung-girds-for-life-after-apple-in-disruption-devotion-tech.htm
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