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Iomega unveiled its 750-MB Zip drive ($180) last week. It's 2 1/2 times as fast as its predecessor and has three times the storage space. It can read older discs and is a cinch to use. Since Zips first appeared, though, the rewritable CD (CDRW) and external hard drive have moved into Zip's territory. Do you need the 750? Depends on how much you love the format. CDRW drives can be bought for half the price, and the discs offer nearly as much storage space (up to 700 MB) for a fraction of the cost (80[cents...
...WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR] Most models come with an 8-MB card (stores about 16 medium-res shots), but we will throw in a free 32-MB card...
...sucker for multipurpose gadgets? Try this one on for size. It's a four-in-one digital camcorder, camera, MP3 player and voice recorder from Panasonic. The SV-AV10 ($449) can store 30 min. of MPEG-4 video or 880 digital stills on a single 64-MB memory card and display them on a 2-in. flip-out LCD screen. The whole thing is not much bigger than a deck of cards...
...Anywhere ($80 to $150) looks like one of those highlighters students use to underscore their textbooks' juicy parts. But open it up and--presto!--you've got a digital storage device with a USB plug on its business end. Slot it into a computer, and download up to 128 MB of data, music or pictures faster than you can mix a dry martini...
...DiMage X ($399) is the current flyweight champ. It's the size of a deck of cards, weighs in at just 4.8 oz., stands about 3 in. tall but takes relatively hefty 2-megapixel pictures. It can also shoot a 35-sec. movie and comes with a 168-MB media storage card that holds a whopping 130 images. It's the perfect pocket partner for big shots...