Thursday, July 28, 2005
Death bells ring for Rio
Posted by Jeremy Charette in "NEWS" @ 11:00 AM
"You may remember SigmaTel, they’re the company who makes, among other things, the chipsets for Apple’s iPod shuffle. Yeah, those guys. Well, guess those flash-memory and integrated-circuits lined pockets just scooped up our favorite underdog digital audio player company: Rio Audio (aka Digital Networks)."
Nothing has been officially announced yet, but it looks like Rio is going under. It's a shame, since it seems like they were one of two real competitors to Apple and it's iPod lineup (the other being Creative Labs). The iPod just continues to steamroll the competition. Could Microsoft be the dark horse in this race?
Nothing has been officially announced yet, but it looks like Rio is going under. It's a shame, since it seems like they were one of two real competitors to Apple and it's iPod lineup (the other being Creative Labs). The iPod just continues to steamroll the competition. Could Microsoft be the dark horse in this race?
