Well, until the next time, Stefan…

- Get an SMS… from your lawnmower
- iPhone Web Usage Continues to Rise — Even On T-Mobile’s Network
- Mobile phones turning “surveillance society” on its head?
- RIM CEO on BlackBerry Storm: “nobody gets it perfect out the door”
- This is really, really cool: Nokia Life Tools help Indian farmers get one
- This fits well with the above link: IBM India Creates Voice-Driven Sites Via Mobile Phones
- Nokia Intrigue filtering into Verizon stores, features weird ‘Habitat Mode’
- MetroPCS mimics landline with family `groupline’
- http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/apple-stanford.html
- And, finally: Former Gizmondo chief Stefan Eriksson lands back in jail, in Sweden. Thank you, Stefan, you just keep on giving!

It’s not clear what country should be locking up their Enzos, either: it’s speculated Eriksson could end up in Sweden, or Germany, where his wife and daughter live.

Karney was originally at the scene of the wreck, and claimed he was driving through the locale at the time, and that he saw Dietrich run off. Authorities now believe Karney was photographing Eriksson drive the Enzo at speeds over 160 mph when the crash occured.

I know we can all sleep easier knowing that Dietrich is no longer terrorizing the western United States. Somehow, though, I doubt this story is actually finished.

Just a few days after his trial on embezzlement and grand theft auto charges ended in a mistrial, Stefan Eriksson has accepted a plea bargain — pleading no contest to two counts of embezzlement and one count of illegal possession of a gun. Grand theft auto charges were dropped, but Eriksson was sentenced to three years in prison, though with time already served and other considerations, that’s likely to be cut down to a year or so (it’s not clear if this sentence includes his earlier guilty plea on drunk-driving charges). He’ll also be deported from the US once he’s out of prison, and his home has been seized and will be sold off to pay fines and restitution.

This might bring closure to this bizarre and public tale, but somehow I doubt we’ve heard the last of Eriksson: his attorney says “Stefan believes he can be successful in the future.” Perhaps the only question is what line of business he’ll target next.

You go away for a few days and you miss everything… Jurors in former Gizmondo boss Stefan Eriksson’s grand theft and fraud trial were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, and a mistrial was declared. However, prosecutors say the’ll go ahead with another trial, since jurors were deadlocks 10-2 in favor of convicting Eriksson. I’m not a lawyer, but I have watched a lot of Law & Order, so I don’t find this very surprising. Despite the flashy details of the case and the spectacular destruction of the Ferrari Enzo, this case was pretty technical in nature, hinging on the lease deals between Eriksson and some banks for another Enzo and a Mercedes SLR, so it may not be completely straightforward for prosecutors to break it down and explain it to jurors.

Meanwhile, jury selection was expected to begin in Eriksson’s trial on gun charges Monday, so it’s not as if the man we know as “Fat Stefan” is in the clear yet.

And if you haven’t checked out Wired’s comprehensive overview of the rise and fall of Gizmondo, Eriksson and the rest of the Uppsala Mafia, it’s a good read.

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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?

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