The Times has another comprehensive look at the collapse of Gizmondo and some of the personalities behind it. It details the spending excesses of the company’s execs and the criminal history of Carl Freer, which isn’t necessarily news, but it does make a connection between Freer (who’s been arrested on gun charges) and Xero Mobile, which looks like it could be the second coming of Gizmondo:
None of this helps Freer’s reputation. And that still matters to him. He is an investor in a new telecoms venture, Xero Mobile, being set up in Los Angeles by former Gizmondo hands. They insist Freer is merely a shareholder; he is not a director. People close to Freer insist, however, that he was the driving force behind Xero.
Investor, shareholder, director, whatever — given Freer’s past, is he the type of person any legitimate company would want to be associated with?
[tags]mobile, gizmondo, freer, eriksson, xero[/tags]
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