Sometimes I wonder why everyone is just ocused on the patents as being the only goal of a buyout (IF one was ever to occur).
COMPANY HISTORY
e.Digital Corporation and its talented inventors and engineering staff have pioneered many developments in the portable electronics industry including:
• 1990 – Released the first commercial ear telephone with an earpiece that located both the speaker and the microphone in the ear without feedback. (This was the first product in what ultimately became today’s line of Jabra™ hands-free communication products.)
• 1993 – Unveiled the first digital voice recorder with removable flash memory, powered by e.Digital’s then newly developed MicroOS®.
• 1996 – Produced the first interface for a digital voice recorder for downloading and managing voice recordings on the PC.
• 1997 – Began development on multi-codec, multi-digital rights management digital music technology platforms using an augmented MicroOS®.
• 1998 – Developed the first portable, digital medical device featuring high-speed infrared downloading to networked PCs for dictation and data (developed for Lanier).
• 2000 – 2003 – Developed and marketed self-branded and customer-branded line of digital music devices. Developed VoiceNav™, a voice navigation technology for portable devices.
• 2000 – to Present – Developing devices based on our proprietary digital video/ audio technology platform.
• 2002 – Developed proprietary content encryption technology.
• 2005 – Developed proprietary networking technology for supporting content downloading to multiple devices.
• 2005 – Present - Developed and continuing to enhance next generation studio-approved eVU™ portable entertainment system which features a customizable passenger-friendly GUI and is available in either 7" or 8" high resolution LCD screen with 40 GB to 200 GB of rugged and reliable storage for 20+ hours of movies, television shows, music, specialty programming and games. eVU is the smallest and lightest dedicated long play portable IFE product available today and integrates the latest in battery safety technology through its removable “Smart” rechargeable high capacity battery pack.
Look at 1990... and now how ubiquitous the technology is now in your modern office or call center.
How much is good (proven) talent worth in the equation?
