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

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (43928)	1/19/1998 2:01:00 PM
From: the Druid	Respond to of 58324

A futuristic look at digicam: zdnet.com

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (43928)	1/19/1998 2:07:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

>>lack of storage is what is holding digital cameras back right now, IMO.<< This is also a direct quote from Iomega's web page (don't think I don't do my homework!) I happen to disagree wholeheartedly with this statement however. I believe the main aspect holding back digital photography is the astronomical price one must pay to buy a digital camera itself. Vapor! will only add to this expense. Why pay, on average, $500-$600 for a digital camera, when you can get better quality pictures from a $75 35mm film camera? People know this. The word is out about digital photos and how they blow.

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (43928)	1/19/1998 2:12:00 PM
From: Ken Pomaranski	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 58324

<< Cheap removable storage for handheld devices is completely new and it has alot of potential >> No one here (except maybe Rocky) realizes the magnitude of the fatal flaw of the Clik: Power consumption. Typical flash cards draw about 10-20microamps. A floppy drive can draw 2000+ times that amount. Clik!, being a mechanical device, and following the laws of Physics, will have a difficult time (if not impossible) drawing less than 100x of flash cards. The most critical parameter for handheld devices IS power consumption. Total storage capacity and cost/Mbyte is much farther down on the list. (below mechanical robustness, weight, etc..) About cost/Mbyte: don't forget that the customer foots much of the bill in a flash card solution, BUT the manufacture foots much of the bill in a CLIK! based solution. (Since the drive needs to be embedded in the product). In other words, a flash card solution cost MUCH LESS to manufacture than a Clik! solution. So the question is: what is Click's value proposition for a product company? More cost, more support circuitry, higher power.. What does the manufacture gain? This is where I have the most problems.. kp

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (43928)	1/19/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: Zebedee Wright, Jr.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Brendan I just returned from purchasing a hand held GPS receiver (Magellan 3000XL). It cost $129, marked down from $249. The unit that I would have preferred, Garmin, cost around $500. It had the added feature of being able to insert data cartridges of coastal maps. The high cost of each cartridge, $200, kept me away from it. If a Clik! enabled unit were available, with a $10, 40 mb disc, I would be one of the first in line to purchase it. If I could download a map or purchase one for a lot less than the $200 cartridge, it would seem to be a great bargain. I think that a lot of other boaters would find this exciting also. Yes, someone will say good luck downloading 10 mbs off of the net, but the downloading I was talking about would take place at your local marina. Just think, $10-$15, for a map that presently costs about $200. How about it Magellan and Garmin, are you reading this? Better give IOM a call and have your products Clik! enabled. Better you than your competitors. Zebedee