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Non-Tech : Iomega Thread without Iomega -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Even1 who wrote (7309)	2/19/1999 2:59:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

>>Something like the Agfa 1680 with a built in Clik! (and USB port) under $600 will have me pulling my wallet out. Let me know if I can buy this summer! << Now that Agfa has officially rejected Iomega's Flop! (just like every other Digicam maker), you will have to change your mind about a camera this Summer. This Summer, a whole slew of quality cameras will be out and all of them use either Smartmedia or CompactFlash. So, either buy one of them, or don't buy at all. The Nikon Coolpix 950 seems to be the hottest camera announced out there, and these should sell very quickly, so put your order in right now. Order your CompactFlash cards too. Nikon uses these because of their ruggedness and reliability. Disk drive-based cameras do not pass Nikon's reliability standards (at least, according to Nikon themselves). Some of the biggest news out of PMA was the release of 96MB and 128MB CompactFlash cards and 32MB and 64MB Smartmedia. Prices are crashing down, and camera makers would rather not re-tool manufacturing for a mere one year window of price advantage with Flop!. Camera makers know that Flash is the future, and they are already set up for this in the present in terms of interfaces, protocols, and software. In short, Iomega Flop! is too much trouble for Digicam manufacturers to accomodate for the short lifetime it has before obsolescence. *PMA is just about over, and NOT ONE COMPANY announced anything remotely to do with Iomega Flop! The flimsy mechanical design and battery-draining power of Flop! is evidently a huge turn-off for these companies (including Agfa).