Oh, global economic crisis, when will you stop claiming our favorite companies? Oh, wait, it's just
i-mate folding this time? So, the company that already
laid off its US staff is totally going away? We can live with that. It seems i-mate's remaining employees in Dubai Internet City were told yesterday that they had to take an unpaid two-month leave. That, apparently, was a typo, as the people were actually supposed to take an
indefinite unpaid leave. Oops. The company has already been delisted from stock markets around the world, and this abrupt closing has left a number of retailers hanging as orders for the
810F are apparently still pending. Now they, just like our hopes of a
Dirty Dancing sequel, will never be fulfilled.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
k_otix99 @ Sep 17th 2009 9:07AM
too soon, too soon....
e @ Sep 17th 2009 9:38AM
The Swayze reference was just not in good taste. Come on.
sendschie @ Sep 17th 2009 9:42AM
Dost thou wit that "ye" is plural?
Micah @ Sep 17th 2009 10:21AM
There was a sequel to Dirty Dancing. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights was made in 2004 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338096/, so at least that dream came true.
Jerry @ Sep 17th 2009 10:21AM
That is just WRONG.
Wobbly @ Sep 17th 2009 12:02PM
I saw this coming when they canceled most of the "Ultimate" line
RCC2k8 @ Sep 17th 2009 1:03PM
That was uncool. Many of us can't care less about i-Mate's demise, yet we are not that insensitive when it comes to Patrick Swayze.
pheer6224 @ Sep 21st 2009 5:35PM
Well I for one was waiting for some I-mate android hardware, and dancing on Swayze's grave is pretty damn mean.