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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (56348)6/18/1998 12:07:00 PM
From: Bill Lin  Read Replies (2) of 58324
 
With Flash cards, if the Flash Card is faulty, just get a new Flash
Card. No need to return the whole device like when a Vapor! drive fails. This is a
major reason why Iomega's Vapor! has NO OEM's to this day.

Like I posted a lot of times, a 40mb flash card is currently selling for $369. Your solution is not fiscally sound.

Fundamentally I agree with you Rocky that the current mobile clik! is a faulty product. I think product acceptance will be low for the following reason:

1. Transfer of data from Flash format to clik! while on a site shoot (friend's house, vacation, etc.) requires an extra step in the user's picture taking procedure. It either requires 2 flash disks (8mb - $100), or a stop and download procedure.

The target market for this procedure must be people who refuse to buy a clik! based camera.

2. Too many pieces. Too many intermediary steps

3. NiMH battery not enough power.

4. $200 too high

HOWEVER
Clik! will be a success IF:

1. Cameras have built in clik! drive
2. premium for cameras w/ clik! is < $100 over non clik! camera
3. data transfer rate can increase to 1 mb/sec. (problematic because of power consumption)
4. Inclusion into CE / PalmPilot devices (requires a 1-2 chip solution sans drive mechanism)

JMO
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