i-mate CEO says company isn't dead yet, just dealing with 'major fraud'
By Donald Melanson 
posted Sep 24th 2009 10:54AM
posted Sep 24th 2009 10:54AM
Well, it looks like the reports of i-mate's demise may have been slightly exaggerated. Of course, most of its employees are still laid off, its offices are still closed, and no one's answering the phones, but i-mate CEO Jim Morrison assures us that "everything about i-mate will continue." It turns out the company is just dealing with some "major fraud" that was discovered at the end of August as it was beginning to introduce a new line of devices, which led to some problems with little things like "paying employees." Those employees are also now said to be considering taking things up with the local authorities in Dubai, which Morrison admits would make things "difficult," although he insists that the company still has those new products ready to go, that it's "looking for more funding," and that "there is a lot of good stuff happening."
[Thanks, Brendan]
[Thanks, Brendan]
Just a flesh wound...
Yep, a classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKhEw7nD9C4
You arms off!
I'll bite your legs off!
I love Engadget's varied and humorous cultural references :D
http://xkcd.com/16/
"I've had worse"
"Tis' but a scratch"
Bravo, Engadget, bravo.
i can't even begin to say how much that holy grail picture made my day. love it. +1000000000
What the CEO should have said:
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
Although the devices look good (particularly the one on the far right, top row), I sincerely doubt that I-mate is going to be able to get these into production.
What devices are you looking at?
Engadget originally had used a photo of six I-mate devices at the time that I made that post. The photo was replaced with the one from Monty Python.
Perhaps they should invest in the rapidly expanding field of shrubbery development and acquisitions.
Or rabbits with sharp, pointy teeth!
we are the knights who say Ni
Also love the Monty Python pix -- LOL. Although, Engadget, that's not going to help this thread stay relevant to the topic.
good call on the pic swap.
Aw, sooo close...You should have referenced the "bring out your dead" scene. Much more appropriate.
"I'm not dead yet... I think I'll go for a walk...I feel happy!"
yep. a near miss. a nice miss, but a miss nontheless.
anybody want an [i]argument[/i] about that?
i-mate 8150 very reliable phone never had any problem however getting an update took a bit of time. Good to see them back
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/i-mates-810f-and-centurion-handled-with-wild-abandon/
That slim device wasn't to bad and with WM 6.5.
Is there an i-holy hand grenade?
I'm guessing his golden parachute is all in order.
I beleive it is pining for the fjords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lq771TVm4
HELLO, POLLY???
Well, there's their problem... Jim Morrison?! Ray Manzarek was the real businessman behind that group.
Last MWC i-mate had the Centurion and the Legionnaire in the pipeline. I think the credit card sized Centurion would have done well as a smart, small messaging device, quite unlike the current trend for ever larger smartphones. Hopefully it will still make an appearance at some point.
Actually, wrong scene in the image for "not dead yet." That would be the plague scene "I'm not quite dead yet." hoyven glaven