If you're into predictions, this will interest ....

http://bythom.com/2004predictions.htm


In message <3fd14ce8$1@hughey>, -acm200noAddie@notValidAhem.Com writes
>add your more informed speculation just for fun.
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>Minolta got snuffed by ?? Kyocera (?)
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>Casio has always done the credit card size fetish, since their calculators,
>so maybe Casio will keep making those cameras (unless cell phones
>incorporate good optics inexpensively, which I doubt).
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>uhh.. I'm just doing stream of conscious here.
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>Pentax? Panasonic?
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>how long can Leica digis live off their brand name?
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>recent news stories say  that Sony intends to "GM" (de-diversify) all of
>their electronics.
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>sharp appears to have self aborted their digicams.
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>long term....?
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>hp and Kodak becoming the Hotpoint and ford escort/f150 of the camera world.
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>canon and Olympus doing the whole range, Nikon going higher range. Sony
>doing oddball-status stuff such as record to CD.
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>"Walgreen's" and "Safeway" store brands doing the disposables
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