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

To: FuzzFace who wrote (43963)	1/21/1998 5:47:00 PM
From: Ken Pomaranski	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58324

<< Thus the FUD-meister's arguments about battery usage is silly to the extreme... Some stuff about digital camera's, etc...) >> You are missing my point. Clik! will have to be used in MUCH MUCH more than high-end digital cameras to be anywhere near as successful as ZIP. All of you are comparing Clik! based devices to these very high end, expensive devices that have relatively small volume. (and use bulky batteries, re-chargables, etc...) For CLIK! to be successful, it must be used in very portable things such as PDAs, cell phones, LOW END, nearly disposable camera's ($50 or less, etc..). In these applications, POWER, COST (to the manufacture), SIZE and DURABILITY are the 4 most important items. Clik! loses to flash in ALL FOUR items. This is the problem I have. I'd mortgage my house to buy stock if Clik! could lead flash in just 2 of those areas. A matrix may help: FEATURE CLIK! FLASH ------- ----- ----- Power consumption X interface cost X compactness X durability X cost/mbyte X It's not enough to be 'good enough'. It must blast flash to overtake it. I'll post more info on battery life in my next post.