http://www.lightreading.in/document.asp?doc_id=220713
Latest interview with Notion Ink's Rohan Shravan. I love the softball questions, and how you read so many words and learn so little. But here's two things I learned
- "The product is near completion" (but no timeline when it will be release
"The tablet opportunity can be as big as a billion dollar for us in the next five years." - Right. Just like how it was going to be 100 million dollars as he said 2 years ago.
Why are these "journalists" so afraid of asking hard questions? I don't know.
Just so you all know, my MADAM tablet opportunity is worth $10 billion in 3 years. I swear.
(the 3 comments to the article, if actually true, would be quite telling)
Did you notice the two following pieces of information?
ReplyDeleteSpend on R&D: He claims NI allocates TEN WHOPPING PERCENT of its total spends to R&D...now, considering that we know next to nothing (apart from the hints in those three comments) about what their monthly expenditure is, it leaves us completely in the dark about the actual extent of R&D they do. Perhaps they all spend 10% of their time (a bit like Google employees - I'm foreshadowing a future claim here) studying the tech support websites of soap-and-shampoo companies.
Investment from RIL: I absolutely love how they mention it right there in the leader, and then he replies with a 'no comment' to the question. Now supposing that this RIL means Reliance Industries Limited (or one of its sub-sub-subsidiaries), it makes me wonder why a $50bn enterprise would be interested in a bunch of worthless losers in developing a tablet, when they could buy Foxconn if they wanted.
This sounds to me like a whole lot of horseshit. I hear that they screwed over RIL. Which is probably why RIL tied up with Zte in the first place for their tablet. The guy who posted the comment is right, from what I hear things are turning quickly to 0 there.
ReplyDeleteDoubt the RIL investment part....He was at loggerheads with Reliance almost 2-3 years ago....
ReplyDeleteAnd as usual he has diplomatically given sweet non-committing responses..."yes, we have the product ready"...Specifications?..-Umm, coming soon"..."When is the sale starting-coming soon"..."Has Reliance Invested in your company-no comments"...In short, please assume whatever you want to...!!
What a waste of time..huh!
Like Mutual Funds, Rohan Shravan also comes with a Disclaimer stating:
ReplyDeleteMe and my statements are subject to market risk/mood risks/bluffing risk/any other risk I come up with. Please read all the Blogs written about about me CAREFULLY before investing.
And like all the disclaimers, it usually goes unnoticed until the person involved is totally screwed!
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LOL, awesome one SR. To whomsoever [a kind gentle innocent soul] who decides to actually work with Mr. Shravan. Make sure you get everything in black and white, because judging by Mr. Shravans blog, track record and general [come on now], he seems to thrive in the grey areas.
ReplyDeleteBecause if you do sign with him, we'll be waiting with a large "WE TOLD YOU SO"
Good god - following up on his wet dreams of being a desi Jobs -
ReplyDelete"For Adam 2, we are targeting simplicity, that is a device which works flawlessly for everyone.'
He is seriously delusional