Use in Consumer Electronics
The format was also used in a small number of consumer electronics, including the Iomega HipZip Digital Audio Player, the Sensory Science Rave MP 2300, and the Agfa ePhoto CL30 Clik. The format saw use in other devices as well but proved to be a commercial failure. It suffered heavy competition from flash memory based memory cards. The PocketZip was electro-mechanical and, hence, was not as reliable as solid-state flash memory cards which have no moving parts; also, as the capacity and speed of flash memory storage increased and its costs decreased, the PocketZip lost viability as a portable storage solution.
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