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Disposable Camcorder

Posted by Zonk on from the yay-toys! dept.

shamowfski writes "CVS Corp on Monday began selling a disposable digital camcorder. The $29.99 pocket-sized camcorder was developed by Pure Digital Technologies Inc., a San Francisco-based start-up company. The camcorder weighs under 5 ounces and holds 20 minutes of digital video and sound. It features a 1.4 inch color playback screen and an ability to delete video, and it saves video on a memory chip instead of tapes. Can't wait till they hack this one."

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  1. Not new.. by PopeAlien · · Score: 5, Funny

    My camcorder is already disposable.

    Its just really expensive to replace.

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    1. Re:Not new.. by Hungus · · Score: 1, Funny
      Sorry I couldn't resist this one:
      In short, when the device starts to perform *below* its expected level.
      Oh you mean when you install windows on it?
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  2. How to check this out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm trying to checkout the CVS camera, but no luck:

    cvs co disposable_camera
    cvs checkout: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option
    cvs [checkout aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable.
    Can anyone help me check out the camera?

  3. Nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one welcome our new Upskirt overlords

  4. 20 minutes?!? by The_Rippa · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's enough space to capture the entire life-span of sexual escapades of most of the people posting to this thread.

  5. Re:How long before this is hacked? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    do people even read the op anymore?

  6. Re:Has the prior digicam hack... by jamsessionjay · · Score: 2, Funny

    You think people around here need a reason to [hack/run linux/shit] on some new toy?

    You must be new here.

  7. CVS used Pure Digital Technologies before by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    18 months ago they started selling a disposable rectal thermometer that doubled as a home colonoscopy kit. You took the memory card back to the store for printing/negatives and referral to proctologist if needed. I hear they hacked it in about 2 weeks. One maniac even converted his to an oral model.

  8. Why is this posted? by Eunuch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nerds seek the singularity, and sex is a distraction. Your post is both unoriginal and irrelevant.

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    1. Re:Why is this posted? by Roland+of+Gilead · · Score: 2, Funny
      Your post is both unoriginal and irrelevant.
      You may be right... but his/her post still made me LOL. Time to find a source for these cams!
  9. Re:Great idea for motorcyclists. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you sure its the "posse" you want the biker babe to be filming?

  10. WOW! by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

    First disposable condoms and coffee enemas, and now this! Truly we are at the dawn of a great age. What's next? Clean hookers? Quick somebody grab Dvorak! I need to know.

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  11. Re:Memory erasing? by juglugs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Paris? Is that you?

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  12. Re:Wait a second... by RichardX · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, c'mon, that's not fair.
    Lexmark make exceedingly good doorstops!

    Ohhhh.. you wanted to use it for printing?

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