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Non-Tech : The New Iomega '2000' Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: D.J.Smyth who wrote (979)	6/23/1999 4:04:00 PM
From: eric larson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 5023

Growth of Clik! in capacity & performance is a "natural expectation" Mentioned by Mike Joseph, VP of Clik! Product Management at Iomega: "...of course like any magnetic technology [Clik!] has the capacity to grow in performance and capacity over time so that's a natural expectation as we move forward, although very clearly 40MB, which is 25 times a floppy, in this form factor, the size of a credit card, is very tantalizing for a lot of OEMs and aftermarket companies to utilize in their applications..." (Eventually: 40MB for $6...80MB for $10??) "...our drive is more rugged than the camera it will be used in..." "...the power when it's idling—it's only running when you save a picture— ...is less than that consumed by the standby light on your laptop computer..." "...that's...why it took so long to get this product to the marketplace, to knock off power and shock and performance issues to the point where it had the capacity, the price, and the power consumption and ruggedness to meet the needs of the mobile marketplace." From transcript of 6/3/99 vcall, after announceent of the "PC Card Clik!" ( vcall.com ) boards.fool.com