"In fact Rio undertook some marketing. I'd say they spent far more money on marketing the car player than empeg ever did, but on the scale of things that's not saying much. This might have been more down to bad timing than anything - at the time empeg was acquired, Rio were running a brand name awareness campaign."

Was any of the marketing directed at the rio car specifically? I do remember the Rio ads, but it seemed more directed towards their rio handheld players. It doesnt really matter now, its all in the past. :-)

"We made no secret of the fact that we are seeking OEM opportunities for our latest in-car technology."

I know, but the public hasn't seen or heard anything happening yet. NDAs apply if something is in the works im sure. I hope to see another car stereo running empeg software someday.