tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post5243714908672686826..comments2024-03-07T17:14:38.744+01:00Comments on Medison Celebrity: Scam or just a bad idea?: Finally some real Medison-news!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-92020407143987195702008-05-08T23:31:00.000+02:002008-05-08T23:31:00.000+02:00how the hell does this blog get a google page rank...how the hell does this blog get a google page rank of 8!!!!! <BR/><BR/>It is not that serious!!<BR/><BR/>MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-43158637109278826602008-01-22T06:51:00.000+01:002008-01-22T06:51:00.000+01:00United Keys seems not to be very far with their ke...United Keys seems not to be very far with their keyboard...<BR/><BR/>Frankly speaking, the process from having the idea to bringing a complex product like this keyboard into mass production is long and expensive.<BR/><BR/>Most likely it would include several specially designed components like a miniature OLED display with driver that can fit into the keys.<BR/><BR/>Problem is that no component vendor would be much interested in making these very unique new components unless they are ordered in high volumes or the price is very high.<BR/><BR/>If I was Valdi, assuming the patent has enough merit, I would work with component vendors (OLED etc.) and a company capable of designing, developing, manufacturing, advertising and distributing it like Logitech or Apple - of course with some license agreement or other type of payment. Valdi could then later consider starting a serious company when having actual money to do so.<BR/><BR/>Apple is the best bet as they already filed for a similar patent recently. <BR/><BR/>http://gizmodo.com/340054/apple-files-patent-for-oled-dynamic-keyboard-awaits-angry-letter-from-lebedev<BR/><BR/>Kind of interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-32190780040936759102008-01-21T08:48:00.000+01:002008-01-21T08:48:00.000+01:00"Datanova in Sweden want 17000SEK for the Optimus ..."Datanova in Sweden want 17000SEK for the Optimus Maximus keyboard :<BR/><BR/>http://datanova.se/Brands?brandId=58589185"<BR/><BR/>What is the price tag on Valdi's keyboard ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-23466521022227821882008-01-03T21:27:00.000+01:002008-01-03T21:27:00.000+01:00That keyboard idea is fancy but it has a few major...That keyboard idea is fancy but it has a few major flaws in making it a winning technology:<BR/><BR/>1. Experienced users of PCs don't actually look at the key labels. Imagine that you have to read labels on keys before pressing them; PC operation will just be too slow.<BR/><BR/>2. Power consumption.<BR/>Wireless keyboards will need more battery capacity. You need backlight of the dynamically changing displays to operate in dark rooms = a lot of power consumption. This is less of an issue when all keys are fixed and you don't need to figure out their function by looking at the keyboard (issue 1 above).<BR/><BR/>3. Reliability.<BR/>Suddenly the keys are more prone to reliability issues. When a single display (key) doesn't work you have a broken expensive keyboard.<BR/><BR/>4. Price.<BR/>It's just way more expensive than simple plastic keys.<BR/><BR/>Did I miss something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-48849287320206591852008-01-03T14:22:00.000+01:002008-01-03T14:22:00.000+01:00Just testing ...Datanova KeyboardJust testing ...<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://datanova.se/Brands?brandId=58589185" REL="nofollow">Datanova Keyboard</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-27161405556044192392008-01-03T14:16:00.000+01:002008-01-03T14:16:00.000+01:00Where did Valdi get that keyboard idea from ?http:...Where did Valdi get that keyboard idea from ?<BR/><BR/>http://engvall.org/intelligentia/products.html<BR/><BR/>Did he get it from Optimus Maximus ?<BR/><BR/>http://store.artlebedev.com/computer_add-ons/optimus/<BR/><BR/>ArtLebedev is in the T-shirt business too just like Valdi...<BR/><BR/>http://store.artlebedev.com/t-shirts/2007/<BR/><BR/><BR/>Datanova in Sweden want 17000SEK for the Optimus Maximus keyboard :<BR/><BR/>http://datanova.se/Brands?brandId=58589185<BR/><BR/>It seems that artlebedev has not delivered the keyboard yet....:<BR/><BR/>http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetreviews/multimedia/2007/12/YE_Vaporware?slide=7&slideView=8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-84601895291963649682007-12-28T01:49:00.000+01:002007-12-28T01:49:00.000+01:00About http://www.gobignetwork.com/profiles/Valdi-I...About <A HREF="http://www.gobignetwork.com/profiles/Valdi-Ivancic.aspx" REL="nofollow">http://www.gobignetwork.com/profiles/Valdi-Ivancic.aspx</A><BR/>It's ironic that he enterred "Gravesend" as his location... :D<BR/><BR/>About the price... He never said that the price is supposed to be <BR/>USD 150. As <A HREF="http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/price.html" REL="nofollow">this page</A> clearly shows, the price is supposed to be U$ 150, not USD 150. This used to be U$D 150 ("United Dollartates dollars"?) but apparently they changed it to U$ 150 now. ("United Dollars"?)nitro2k01https://www.blogger.com/profile/07178371574984665746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-45043606456956112712007-12-25T04:04:00.000+01:002007-12-25T04:04:00.000+01:00Merry Christmas to you Valdi!Sad some good dreams ...Merry Christmas to you Valdi!<BR/><BR/>Sad some good dreams are not always coming to fruition...<BR/><BR/>A lot of us would have loved to see it succeed even most of us probably could not see the realism in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-70597097753602737912007-12-19T07:33:00.000+01:002007-12-19T07:33:00.000+01:00I'm really wondering who was posting the previous ...I'm really wondering who was posting the previous silly comment. Berkshire is in the UK where assembly staff salaries probably are >20 times higher than in Guangzhou China. <BR/><BR/>Obviously UK is not the place to manufacture the world's cheapest laptop :-)<BR/><BR/>Besides, if someone really think there is some factory for Medison laptops in the UK, please give us the address or the coordinates to use for Google Map http://maps.google.com<BR/>Enter "Berkshire, UK" and zoom in on the Satellite mode. You will probably find more cows there than Medison factories :-)<BR/><BR/>Nothing will change the fact that:<BR/><BR/><B>Medison is just a simple web site.</B><BR/><BR/>If you need a laptop...buy a REAL one from a REAL company.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately there are some REAL reasons why REAL laptops usually cost at least 2.5 times the US$150.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-70472501392112415732007-12-19T03:54:00.000+01:002007-12-19T03:54:00.000+01:00I work for Valdi and he is a good man. His factory...I work for Valdi and he is a good man. His factory is up and he is already churning them out. The factory is outside of Berkshire. My sister work there at the centre building. The colour of the notebooks are not as advertised the are glossy grey instead and they just recieved the mainboards for them which was why he was unable to manufacture them using the older model as everyone has come to realize... it's a different laptop that everyone was seeing. They will be out to people starting at the end of January. Those who have been patient will see that they have won and those of you who have been nasty I hope will not get theirs until all the other orders are caught up. Also he is not going to be using 2CO<BR/><BR/>If you want to see pictures of the factory post your email address and I will email them to you unless someone can tell me how to post them here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-10404436944228382602007-12-18T20:53:00.000+01:002007-12-18T20:53:00.000+01:00shce says:http://www.gobignetwork.com/profiles/Val...shce says:<BR/><BR/>http://www.gobignetwork.com/profiles/Valdi-Ivancic.aspx <BR/><BR/>Valdi likes to fill out profiles...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-90636267111364718592007-12-18T03:49:00.000+01:002007-12-18T03:49:00.000+01:00kriss3d:"If he had put banners on his site he coul...kriss3d:<BR/>"If he had put banners on his site he could have made quite a buck by now judging by the big hype around this and the daily visitings on his site.."<BR/><BR/>But he did put banners on his site! Unfortunately he forgot to ask the companies in question. When they heard about it and told him to remove the banners, he removed them one by one, while giving some lame explanation. Read all about it on e.g. this site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-4699433019520902332007-12-10T06:10:00.000+01:002007-12-10T06:10:00.000+01:00What really happens is that nobody cares about pro...What really happens is that nobody cares about producing obsolete harddisks, RAM, CPUs etc. simply because it's not profitable to do so.<BR/><BR/>In the 80s you could buy a harddisk with a 5MB capacity. The production cost was higher than what it costs to produce a 1TB disk today (200,000 times the capacity).<BR/><BR/>However, what might be a possibility is to find limited quantities of obsolete parts from companies who have some unused inventory for whatever reason e.g. for warranty repairs.<BR/><BR/>Of Valdi could move to China and start rebuilding PCs out of all the e-waste that arrives over there.<BR/><BR/>But who cares anyway? <BR/><BR/>Afterall, don't forget that Medison is just a web site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-6662048336399332682007-12-10T00:22:00.000+01:002007-12-10T00:22:00.000+01:00If Valdi keeps this going for long enough, he'll e...If Valdi keeps this going for long enough, he'll eventually be able to sell that laptop at USD 150 with a profit -- mainly because the hardware will be so outdated that it really will be worth that.<BR/><BR/>Now, to find buyers for a new, three year old laptop...Karel Jansenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330933806284081790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-41416125786824950082007-12-07T17:01:00.000+01:002007-12-07T17:01:00.000+01:00marketer,Like 2CO!Petemarketer,<BR/><BR/>Like 2CO!<BR/><BR/>PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-16179017916153760912007-12-07T09:34:00.000+01:002007-12-07T09:34:00.000+01:00Kris, and others ...To put a banner on Valdis page...Kris, and others ...<BR/><BR/>To put a banner on Valdis page is like advertising on a porn site ... no company that likes their brand name would willing advertise on medison.se<BR/><BR/>I believe that Valdi has made his biggest misstake yet ... this Medison scam will be on the internet always, and when you have such an unusual name like Valdi, this will be hunting him for the rest of his life.<BR/><BR/>If I had a business partner that was doing business with Valdi, I would questions their judgment, and ultimatly stop doing business with them. So that anyone would willingly put their companies reputation on stake doing business with Valdi is very unlikely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-55931997443641798552007-12-06T08:40:00.000+01:002007-12-06T08:40:00.000+01:00kriss3d:"If he had put banners on his site he coul...kriss3d:<BR/>"If he had put banners on his site he could have made quite a buck by now judging by the big hype around this and the daily visitings on his site.."<BR/><BR/>Kriss3d, are you giving Valdi free ideas ? Valdi is reading this blogg. In a few days his web-sites will probably be full of banners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-902569527173462632007-12-05T23:22:00.000+01:002007-12-05T23:22:00.000+01:00kriss3d,I didn't include the scenario of Valdi act...kriss3d,<BR/><BR/>I didn't include the scenario of Valdi actually succeeding and making money out of a high volume production of this US$150 laptop.<BR/><BR/>You gotta understand that when the buyers at Acer, Dell etc. are negotiating pricing of the parts that goes into their laptops, they are in a much better position than Valdi or whoever Valdi would work with.<BR/><BR/>It's totally bogus to imagine that some inexperienced guy can drive pricing down further than those already established high volume manufacturers. In the electronics industry pricing is highly volume dependent and the key vendors use experienced sales people who have professional legal backup when negotiating the terms of conditions of any supply agreement.<BR/><BR/>I would have been somewhat optimistic if Valdi had shown some super exceptional signs of intelligence that would make me wonder if he had found some new undiscovered innovative concept of low cost computing that the many experienced people in the industry had not realized yet...<BR/><BR/>But all the signs I've seen from Medison and Valdi are exact opposite of that...as marketer so well described with his story about when he was a kid...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-42915356157795556352007-12-05T20:46:00.000+01:002007-12-05T20:46:00.000+01:00Sweet, Valdi can time travel now. At the bottom of...Sweet, Valdi can time travel now. At the bottom of the new page: "Copyright by Medison Consulting 1996-2008", he's already into next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-1923055563481481812007-12-05T19:32:00.000+01:002007-12-05T19:32:00.000+01:00shce said:Sorry Frank. I asked your question and g...shce said:<BR/><BR/>Sorry Frank. I asked your question and got the usual garbage from Cliff at 2CO:<BR/><BR/>We only maintain our own sites. The site in question is not a 2CO site, so we can't comment on its contents and will not engage in speculation. <BR/><BR/>Regarding any questions about the relationship between Medison and 2CO, I will refer you to our previous statements, especially this one: <BR/><BR/>The negotiations between 2CO and any of its vendors regarding their account status is not public information.<BR/><BR/>If we have any updates to offer regarding this issue, we will do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-36990195808076696542007-12-05T16:56:00.000+01:002007-12-05T16:56:00.000+01:00It's much more clear fo you look at his history an...It's much more clear fo you look at his history and investigate what he has done previously. The history repeats itself all the time. All Valdis business plans has gone bad previously.<BR/>It starts with this great idea, that will make him loads of money. He gets people interest, and they invest money and time in the project. Soon the idea actually seems quite stupid, bad planned and so on. But Valdi keeps his face and says to everything will sort out. People that don't pull out in time will lose their invested money and no one will get their invested time back. Valdi makes himself uncontactable and moves to another location. After some time everyone forgets, and he starts a new project.<BR/><BR/>I have never thought this to be a scam towards the customers, I have been more towards the "bad idea" theory all the time.<BR/><BR/>Why do he do this? Who knows. Illness or just plain stupidity, you choose.<BR/><BR/>The idea in the later part of this story if ofc to make money from advertisers and partners, but it seems like most companies are smart enough to check the history of Valdi first, and sees trough his lies.Tommy TruthSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717355904344701537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-21213779763722511442007-12-05T10:47:00.000+01:002007-12-05T10:47:00.000+01:00Well Tommy i suppose youre right.As others have me...Well Tommy i suppose youre right.<BR/>As others have mentioned here. The big question I'm also stuck with is:<BR/><BR/>WHY?!<BR/><BR/>Why does he do this. <BR/>He have multiple companies in his past neither of them could ever deliver anything. Yet nobody got scammed.<BR/><BR/>Scam = people being cheated out of money.<BR/><BR/>So far nobody have lost a dime ( at least as far as im aware of )<BR/><BR/>Sure 2CO got a kick in the sack as far as reputation goes by now. <BR/>Valdi.. well that speaks for itself.<BR/><BR/>Id like to know WHY he did it. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Peter: you failed to note the other option:<BR/><BR/>Valdi will eventually deliver an extreme amount of laptops and though he will not earn alot per computer the vast amount of orders would still make him a fortune.<BR/><BR/>I think this whole thing is.. well.. not exactly scam.. more like.. a big roaring WTF?<BR/><BR/>He doesnt stand to make any money what so ever in any case ( unless he can actually procure those famous laptops )he no doubt has put alot of effort into this.. <BR/>Either he is the historys most failed businessman or he has some agenda making money for him thats currently unknown..<BR/>If he had put banners on his site he could have made quite a buck by now judging by the big hype around this and the daily visitings on his site..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755736178651512994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-70475163521105016372007-12-05T09:33:00.000+01:002007-12-05T09:33:00.000+01:00marketer, I tend to agree but I consider it more l...marketer, I tend to agree but I consider it more like an extreme case of a certain personality trait rather than an illness.<BR/><BR/>Valdi's idea of creating a company around sales of a low cost laptop running Linux isn't really in itself so stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-83051371243760409052007-12-04T09:53:00.000+01:002007-12-04T09:53:00.000+01:00Peter, Valdi is doing this because he has an illne...Peter, Valdi is doing this because he has an illness ...<BR/><BR/>In Valdi's sick mind he is the worlds best businessman ... Just read the Medison history on his website, it is full of lies and missrepresentations. <BR/><BR/>Valdi is doing what a lot of people with his illness is doing ... something. When he can't find computers to sell, he is redesigning his web-page - maybe writing some news that no one can check ... the buing of businesses in Brazil. If this was true, he would maybe taken some picture, put out the name of the business ... so sceptics like me can check that it is so.<BR/><BR/>The only people Valdi can fool is people that are less intelligent than him (the other Medison managers for example)....<BR/><BR/>When I was a kid, I played businessman ... i used one of my dads ties, and said that i was doing business ... i even had businesscards printed with my "make-belive" company printed on ... I wanted to be cool ... My excuse was that I was 14 years old .. not soon 38 like Valdi.<BR/><BR/>Valdi, you are not a businessman ... you can't fool me ... I saw that IKEA had an open position for truckdriver ... you should applay so you could make some serious money!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245370287036883391.post-85335462747539847632007-12-04T08:14:00.000+01:002007-12-04T08:14:00.000+01:00Very true Tommy.Neither way, this is indeed stupid...Very true Tommy.<BR/><BR/>Neither way, this is indeed stupid...<BR/><BR/><B>If Valdi can't deliver:</B><BR/>He wasted his time and all he got out of it was a bad reputation.<BR/><BR/><B>If Valdi can deliver the US$150 Celebrity:</B> <BR/>The more he sells at this unrealistic price the more money he will lose!<BR/><BR/><B>If Valdi can deliver something else than a US$150:</B><BR/>Alright he got some attention but who dare to purchase anything from him after all these lies? No reputation is some times better than a poor reputation.<BR/><BR/>What is the REAL interesting question is WHY Valdi is doing what he is doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com