Back in town for a few days, opened Kodak Zi6 casing and have used a lot of compressed air as well as Contact & Head Cleaner. With each passing day, another function began to work again. I now have a fully functioning Kodak Zi6. However, over the past few days I have looked into other options should I need to replace the Zi6...all because there is still limited iPhone 3GS availability in Canada (that's a whole other story...)

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I looked at the Kodak Zx1, Creative VadoHD and the MinoHD, all limited as with the Zi6 to a 1.6MP lens. I still like Kodak's approach in using a memory card and standard AA rechargeable batteries. The memory card is always more indestructible than any volatile memory tied to the camera still having to function. AA batteries means if no charging possible, can always pack some spares. I was surprised tonight though to see that Kodak has a Zi8 to be released in September with 5 MP, 1080P, and 16x9 widescreen format. Even if I finally do have my iPhone 3GS by then from Rogers, the camera on this Kodak Zi8 exceeds that of the iPhone by enough to make it worth getting even though it would not offer instant uploading to the web.