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gadgets.boingboing.net - 8/21/2009

Kodak Can't Decide What To Call Its Next Camera | Boing Boing Gadgets

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kodak zi8 name.gif When The Boston Globe reviewed Kodak's latest pocket handicam, the pub dissed the product's "dreadful" nomenclature. Surely, writer Hiawatha Bray wondered, Kodak can come up with something better than " Zi8 ."* Nope! Which is why they want YOU to name their next video ...

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wired.com - 8/23/2009

Review: Kodak’s Zi8 Is The Best Pocket Cam We’ve Seen All Year

— wired.com — It’s official gadget hounds, the Kodak Zi8 is the finest pocket cam we’ve gotten our paws on all year. The combination of excellent optics, easily mastered UI and low price pretty much blow the Flip apart. From reviewer Steven Leckart: ... (more) Review: Kodak’s Zi8 Is The Best Pocket Cam We’ve Seen ...

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Gizmodo — ... Kodak called its first Flip-class camera the Zi6, begging the question "Where are Zi's 1 through 5?" Now that it is being ripped for calling the follow up Zi8 (hello, 7 shoulda been next), it is petitioning the world for help naming its products. If only other companies did this. Ever try to memorize Canon's camcorder line? Or JVC's for that matter? And what about Sony, who called its very first Walkman the TPS-L2 because "chicks dig alphanumerics"? [BBGadgets] Gene Munster, the analyst known exclusively for Apple banter, says a new improved ...

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