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From Motley Fool 21/2/2001
Amstrad's e-mailer adopted by Lancashire Police in pilot scheme
LONDON (AFX) - Amstrad PLC said its e-m@iler product has been adopted by the
Lancashire Police as the key element in a pilot scheme to increase efficiency
and speed in linking the force to the area's Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators.
Called 'e-m@iler watch', the pilot scheme, which will be launched today in
Blackburn by Home Secretary Jack Straw, sees the Amstrad e-m@iler being provided
by the Lancashire police to sixty-two Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators,
allowing them to instantly communicate time sensitive information simultaneously
by e-mail.
Until now, such communication has been undertaken by individual telephone
calls, a lengthy and uncertain process, said Amstrad. Additionally, the scheme
will enable area co-ordinators to e-mail specifically tailored information
concerning their own area through a secure, two-way information flow.
The e-m@iler watch scheme is planned to roll out to over 500 co-ordinators
across the Eastern Region of the Lancashire Constabulary by the end of May with
the ultimate aim of taking the initiative nationwide.
www.thisismoney.co.uk 15:30 22 August 2000
Amstrad, up 24 1/2p at 246p, has won the go ahead from satellite broadcaster BSkyB to market its DRX200 digital set-top
box.
Lucy Sherriff (The Register) - 21/08/2000 at 12:01 GMT
Amstrad denies E-M@iler technical problems
Amstrad has flatly denied allegations in The Mail on Sunday that its E-M@iler is experiencing technical difficulties and
that the company has been having supply problems.
Alan Sugar's company issued a statement this morning in which it claims that deliveries and sales were "going well" with
increased supply volumes "scheduled for delivery for national retail distribution from 1st September."
The company took the opportunity to mention that revenues from the emails - a snip at 12 pence a time plus a 12 pence
cover charge per session- were "pleasingly" in line with expectations.
The story in The Mail on Sunday said that Amstrad had refused to discuss shortages of the E-M@iler. However, a spokesman
for the company said that there was no shortage and the issue of any technical problems had not arisen in his
conversation with the MoS reporter
20 August 2000, Mail on Sunday
Amstrad suffering delivery woes
Shops are running out of Alan Sugar's latest electronic gizmo, the e-mail phone. But his company, Amstrad, refuses to say
whether the production problems are caused by misjudged demand or technical difficulties.
Amstrad's E-m@iler marks Sugar's bid to cash in on the internet revolution by offering people without computers a simple
£80 device to send and receive e-mails.
Sugar, who took the personal computer into the mass market, predicted that he would sell a million of the devices by
spring, 2002. But that target may be difficult to meet.
Electrical superstore Tempo has waited for the e-mail phone since its launch in May, but has yet to receive any.
At Dixons, which owns 20% of Amserve, the E-m@iler's parent company, a dwindling number of e-mail phones are being
shuttled between stores to keep a few on the shelves. A spokeswoman said sales were going well, but declined to give
figures.
Amstrad refused to discuss the shortage. But a source at the company said the problem might not be overcome until the end
of September. The all-in-one tabletop phone, fax, e-mail system and address book was unveiled in March to a critical
reception that saw Amstrad's share price drop 50%.
The phone is being sold below cost price with Amstrad hoping to make its money by charging advertisers for space on the
E-m@iler's screen