“Apple has driven yet another iPod competitor to the wall, this time French company, Thomson,” Jonny Evans reports for Macworld UK. “Thomson is to sell the last of its consumer electronics assets by June 2006, in order to focus on providing media industry services.”
“Its consumer electronics division, ‘Connectivity by Thomson’ offers MP3 players, audio video accessories, business and home telephone products,” Evans reports. “Thomson is also known for its television sets, a business division it has now also sold.”
Full article here.
[UPDATE: 6:55pm EST: Corrected spelling of Thomson.]
iPod, you killer. Thomson, we hardly knew ya. And, based upon the picture of your MP3 player over on Macworld UK, we can tell that not knowing you very well was a Very Good Thing™ for us.
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Err.. this is Mac Daily News right? And there is an iPod Daily News too right? So why are there two sites when the MacDN is now all iPodDN too?
Seasons greetings from a Grumpy Macaday.
I sold Thompson commercial telephone systems during the mid ’80s. Not much fun. They were expensive and difficult to support. As a viable competitor in telecom hardware they died a quick death in the US.
They’re better off getting out of consumer electronics altogether and focus on their professional assets. Thomson probably makes more money licensing Technicolor than they do selling RCA products. It’s no longer a brand that’s synonymous with innovative technology.
The only good thing going for RCA right now is that the only undefeated team in the NFL plays in a barn with their name on it…
never heard of ’em.
well this just isn’t fair! gorog was right. apple needs to adjust its business model to give the other guys a chance…
macaday’s right. too much ipod. just like too much “aapl hit an all time high”. find some real news about macs and mac stuff. thanks
Well Thomsons demise means more business for Creative, whats left over from Apple that is.
Personally, Creative make me cringe, they are creepy, by the design so close to iPod, it is like a lie, they look like iPods… they must be!… no-way… A turd looks like Chocolate Mousse doesnt it? But the taste test, reveals all.
How they;ve fallen. RCA, once a mighty brand, has cheapened their producs. Bought a VCR and within 3 days returned it… Probably the same with their MP3 players.
Thomson or Thompson?… Make up your mind MDN! If You´re all about busting bad journalism, try getting it right yourselves at least…
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Never heard of Thompson by the way.
The iPod is a villainous serial killer.
Holy Christ Mass macaday
Can’t even get the name right. It’s THOMSON !!
this means that maybe Creative will sell 4 or 5 more players this holiday season.
Got to know when to hold ’em,
Know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away,
And know when to run.
You can’t count your money,
while sitting at the table,
There will be time enough for counting,
when the dealing is done.
MDN word “anyone” Like does anyone know who the artist is that sings the song above?
Kenny Rogers in the movie “The Gambler”
Thanks to recent moves by the RIAA against song lyrics being easily found on the internet, it took considerable time to find the artist of this song.
MacDude…. that’s humor right? I found it in about 10 seconds on google…
The French. They retreat so easily.
USA will retreat from Irak, like they retreated from Vietnam: beaten!
I hope MDN listens to the comments that are offered here in terms of the content on these pages; MORE MAC/Apple news to balance the iPod avalanche. IN ADDITION, perhaps their feedback should be edited as well. My biggest gripe is the blathering of the MAC-zealots (note my name, a devoted MAC-user since 1989!) that (IMHO) might discourage potential switchers away from signing up because of the CULT-status, whether real or perceived. Intelligent discourse and commentary should be welcomed, but this site seems to have become a soapbox Gates-Balmer-Windows-PC (anything NON-Apple) bashing that does little to offer concrete reasons for someone sitting on the fence, a reason to make the switch. Of course the biggest and best reason is what we ALL ALREADY KNOW.
Hey….. I love to bash Bill Gates and WIndows! They suck. That’s not to say I hate all things Microsoft, or that I hate all things PC. I really like Linux, and MS Office is the best office app around (although way over priced). But please, let me bash!
PS Windows XP sucks, honestly, have you used it? It’s bad.
I see not pleasure is people loosing their jobs. Shame.
why do all the zealots think this is good? Do you think for one moment the ipod is a good deal? It’s a frickin’ cash cow… and if there’s no competition, it will always be one.
Frenchie,
‘USA will retreat from Irak, like they retreated from Vietnam: beaten!’
If you want to get historical about it let’s just think about who was there first and who left first? Of course you’re being sarcastic w/ that Irak thing and everyone knows that the French bailed from Indo because they got smacked down. So just because someone else can’t finish your job or fix your problem you want to imply you’re somehow better? Sure, Irak is a screw up and so was Vietnam, but you guys waz their first and lost first too.
That and Thomson bailing from CE is kinda a shocker. They were the guy that hung on. So the division gets bigger. Ah well… kinda goes to show you that making an mp3 player now is like trying to sell a computer in the weeks before Dell, HP, and IBM decided to own all the garage geeks.
That creative knock off…well it’s like Frenchie’s head….I feel like someone copied my genitals and paraded them around.