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Links to selected items of news regarding Amstrad or Emailers that may be of interest. Oldest first.

• 2004-11-02 Amstrad spends £2m on E3 advertising campaign.
• 2004-11-05 Alan Sugar says, regarding the E3, "that the subsidy is significantly lower than on the existing models".
• 2004-11-08 Bico Inc. merges with cXc Services Inc. and is the "exclusive North American distributor of Amstrad's em@iler web phones".

• 2005-01-05 Bico Inc. "has received written confirmation" that the E3 is approved for US distribution by FCC.
• 2005-01-25 Bico Inc. "received a seven-day extension... from Amstrad... for submitting a letter of credit to support its initial purchase of video webphones"

• 2005-02-01 Bico Inc.'s "exclusivity agreement with Amstrad has lapsed". Bico plan to sell them, they just won't be the exclusive North American distributor anymore. They also continue to talk to other suppliers about an E3-a-like with broadband and VoIP.
• 2005-02-17 Amstrad press release announces an interim statement for the six months ending 2004-12-31. Initial E3 sales have been low, but it was launched lacking full functionality because the software wasn't ready. Once new software is available various initiatives are planned to stimulate sales. In the short term, the software will allow pictures to be retrieved and displayed from digital cameras, and sent by email. Also planned, is the ability to run the unit on an ADSL line. A PDF of the full preliminary announcement is available from the press release.

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