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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Herb Fuller who wrote (32803)	10/21/1997 10:32:00 AM
From: Thomas L Nielsen	Respond to of 58324

>>Iomega has a format called n-Hand<<---->> However, due to the power drain the drive mechanism puts on the camera, no company has picked it up.<< Is that a fact or your guess?? Certainly in the past this was fact. At some time in the history of the Zip no company had incorporated that product either. I am interested in the present and the future relative to this product. Tom

To: Herb Fuller who wrote (32803)	10/21/1997 11:17:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58324

>>- Iomega has a format called n-Hand, which is basically a tiny Zip drive that the company has been shopping to camera vendors for about a year. However, due to the power drain the drive mechanism puts on the camera, no company has picked it up. << I Rest My Case. This is EXACTLY what I said about the digtial camera thing awhile back. Isn't it scary that all these things I predicted have come /are coming true? I had said months ago that digital camera makers would not be interested because no.hand would drain the batteries, be too large, be far less durable than flash, and add a great expense to the camera. Some people never listen.

To: Herb Fuller who wrote (32803)	10/21/1997 10:44:00 PM
From: Thomas L Nielsen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

>>>> Iomega has a format called n-Hand, ----- due to the power drain the drive mechanism puts on the camera, no company has picked it up<<<<<< Isn't there a digital camera being marketed that has a full sized floppy drive? To me its logical that the N-hand that takes far less space and perhaps proportionally less power could be designed into a smaller envelope. The power drain argument just doesn't make sense. You will have to come up with a better reason than that for rejecting the N-hand concept. Tom