We received half a twelve tips before today from our Svenska reader talking about “ Gizmondo come back . ” The story went from a vague November 2007 quote by ex-husband - convict Carl Freer into a cockcrow net cult , all fueled by a flash vivification in a domain file through an anon. service . A snatch of fact checking , with the helper of a few Swedish diarist friends and whois , reveals that the rumors of a Gizmondo return may have been greatly magnified . Actually , there ’s in all likelihood enough material to wholly smash them .
The original clause appear in Realtid.se , a gossip online mag that according to our sources in Sweden lacks any sort of credibility and “ should be avoided at all cost . ” In the article , Carl Freer speak about set in motion a new Gizmondo with a wider screen and a possible Colorado - op with an unnamed telco where customers will be pop the question a Gizmondo for detached , just for signing up for a data transport subscription .
Freer , long - time protagonist and associate offamed Ferrari - crasher , fraudster and fellow ex - convict Stefan Eriksson , was recently arrested in the US for portray an “ anti - terrorist agent ” and illegal possession of guns . He was also previously convict in Sweden for fraud and fine $ 265,000 in Germany in 2006 for write bouncing checks as a car dealer during the ’ XC .
https://gizmodo.com/gizmondos-ferrari-crashing-exec-goes-free-347643
The Realtid paper spread then to two other , more serious newspapers : Veckans Affärer and the Dina Pengar . The latter cite both Realtid and Veckans Affärer , tie up all the conjecture with the last piece of the puzzle , a jiffy animation hosted at Gizmondolive.com . According to one source , the Dina Pengar article “ is not good . They are just quote other sources and endeavor to put two and two together and finish up with three . ”
Whois showsGizmondolive.comwas register by Domains by Proxy , Inc. , an anonymous web domain registration system designed to conceal the personal identity of the actual possessor of the web site . At this time , the owner of Gizmondolive.com remains unknown . Meanwhile , Gizmondo.com , the existent field in which any of this would have actually happened , remains parked and in the place of Gizmondo Europe Ltd. ( which presumptively is have by the company ’s debt liquidators . )
So yes , the November 2007 quotation mark by Freer is allegedly real . As another source , Swedish IT journalist Joacim Melin , order it : “ in plain English , he [ Freer ] is probably bullshitting to attract any kind of speculation capitalist ” just like they did with the original Gizmondo . The rest , however , is just castle in the air and venture at this point .
Our guess , look at the grounds , is that the site was made by some joker following up the November 2007 quote . But who knows , maybe the next Vapormondo will have “ psychic powers , ” as they say . In either case , with the history above , do n’t count on this natural event . And salutary riddance , is all I can say .
[ Realtid.se , Dina Pengarandekonominyheterna – In Swedish . Additional root : MoneyWeek ]
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