Article: TECHNOLOGY: Videophones - The new way to say `you're fired' E3 phone home: Amstrad is turning a profit and Sir Alan Sugar is as straight-talking as ever about his new machine, finds Tim Webb

Sir Alan Sugar does not like "prying" questions posed by The Independent on Sunday. Such as how, precisely, he plans to make a profit from his latest gadget, the "E3" videophone. Sir Alan, founder of the electronics company Amstrad, is not known for being the most approachable chairman in the world. He doesn't like "cynical journalists" who ask why people should buy one of his videophones when there are more advanced computers already on the market. "Listen," he says, "you people are too focused on taking the negative view. Forget it."

But his mood last week when he unveiled the E3 to the public had probably not been helped by several embarrassing technical hitches during its demonstration ...

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