I failed to post about this last night, and since then Reiter and Erik have posted about it. I’m not really worried about it, as pretty much all of the cameras that they have made within the last several years have been pretty crappy. They were nothing to write home about to begin with, and they tend to break much more than other brands.
I can’t say that I am truly enthusiastic about their digital offerings either. They are admittedly focusing on the non-techie part of the market. They have EZ-Share docking stations, and image quality is measure in “stars.” As a technical user, I find them quite frustrating and extremely limiting. Some less-technical users seem to get the hang of it, but I know of many people who are not happy with theirs.
I hold Kodak the legacy and institution in high regard, but Kodak the company have blundered a whole lot in the last several years and beyond. They tend to discontinue some of their higher quality and more popular films (Royal Gold recently), produce crap (anything marked MAX), and generally do the opposite of the right move almost all the time.