Zink portable printer camera shipping late 2007

We're still not entirely convinced how effective Zink's portable digital camera / printer combo will be, but at least now we have an expected ship date. Zink has updated their site to say that their "digital polaroid" will be shipping in late 2007, which will hopefully mean a fall release date. Zink has also released some of the Integrated Digital Camera and Printer's specifications, which aren't altogether that interesting -- it has a 7 Megapixel CCD, 2-inch display, and SD memory card slot, just so ya know. All we care about is how good the printer is on this chunky combo unit.

[Thanks, Piper]

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2007 10:32AM]

Cool gadget!! Will definitely buy it!

[Bad Beaver Posted Aug 12th 2007 10:40AM]

Can't wait to print

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2007 10:43AM]

Been a while since something really raised an eyebrow...looks pretty slick.

[Bad Beaver Posted Aug 12th 2007 10:43AM]

...pictures smaller than 3" on the go. *rolleyes*

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2007 11:23AM]

Might be cool if the pictures have an adhesive backing. Other than that, yeah it's pretty pointless.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2007 1:15PM]

If it weren't for wallet-sized pictures, you wouldn't have pictures in your wallet.

[Bad Beaver Posted Aug 12th 2007 1:20PM]

This is 2007. Why should I carry precious prints in my wallet where they get damaged or stolen when I can store them on $digitaldevice, nicely backed up elsewhere?

[urza9814 Posted Aug 12th 2007 2:04PM]

I dunno about you, but I have a hard time looking at a picture when it's on a flash chip. Until they make choap wallet-size monitors (meaning they will fit in your wallet...credit-card sized really...not the size of a wallet), there will be a use for wallet-size picture prints.

[Michael Geary Posted Aug 12th 2007 7:56PM]

Dan: "Might be cool if the pictures have an adhesive backing."

Zink: "Uses ZINK™ Paper. Available in sticky-back."

http://www.zink.com/experience/products/z-camera-printer/

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2007 2:07PM]

I used to have one of these. Although back then we called it a polaroid. You whipper-snappers and your printer-cameras. Its all the danged MTV!

[Bad Beaver Posted Aug 12th 2007 2:44PM]

At least a Polaroid would end you up with a decent-sized picture back then. Nevertheless, ZINK / zero ink IS a Polaroid product / spin-off. I'd restate my argument that in a time of near effortless wireless file-transfers portable near-micro-scale printing is very, very near superflous. It is another waste-producing product that uses expensive paper.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2007 6:22PM]

Get with the times old man! The Polaroid is the past! The future is smaller pictures, poorer quality, and ink cartridges!

[miles Posted Aug 12th 2007 7:02PM]

I actually still own a Poloroid, but the pictures are god damned expensive.
~$1 per photo.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2007 2:47PM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2007 9:54AM]

Wow....look cool! wanna grab one...