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Matt Molnar
2008-02-14, 01:05 AM
Polaroid won't make Polaroids any longer (http://www.suntimes.com/business/786011,CST-NWS-pol10.article)
BOSTON | Instant pictures lived for 60 years

February 10, 2008
BY MARK JEWELL

BOSTON -- Polaroid Corp. is dropping the technology it pioneered long before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia buffs.

Polaroid is closing factories in Massachusetts, Mexico and the Netherlands and cutting 450 jobs as the brand synonymous with instant images focuses on ventures such as a portable printer for images from cell phones and Polaroid-branded digital cameras, televisions and DVD players. Read more... (http://www.suntimes.com/business/786011,CST-NWS-pol10.article)

flyboy 28
2008-02-14, 10:38 PM
Makes sense. You can pick up a decent 4mp point and shoot these days for probably double the cost of a disposable. :P