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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
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2004
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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 ...