Charlie, if you look at the latest Kodak digital camera, it allows you to transfer the file from the flash card into the computer by merely connecting the camera to the computer's USB port. In other words, you don't have to remove the compact flash card and insert it in a card reader. You simply plug the camera into the computer via the USB port. Kodak uses the standard compact flash card. What I'm suggesting is that future Kodak models might feature, say, 128 mb of embedded, non removable flash memory--the equivalent of a hard disk drive on a computer. You would take dozens of shots on a trip, storing them in the camera's embedded flash memory, and at some later convenient time, you would transfer the files from the camera to the computer, or you might upload the files to a host computer for e-mail, printing, etc.
The bottom line is that not all camera manufacturers will feel the need to incorporate removable flash memory into their units. They'll choose whatever is cheaper, or suitable for the users they contemplate selling to.
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