Polaroid Discontinuing Instant Cameras and Film
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Polaroid won't make Polaroids any longer
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.
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Re: Polaroid Discontinuing Instant Cameras and Film
Makes sense. You can pick up a decent 4mp point and shoot these days for probably double the cost of a disposable. :P
