They appear to have been devastating to compact cameras in general already. Similar to the way the iphone also destroyed the standalone mp3 player market. (Bot

They appear to have been devastating to compact cameras in general already. Similar to the way the iphone also destroyed the standalone mp3 player market. (Both of which I personally still use, particularly super zoom compact cameras and mp3 players with tactile buttons...) IMO it's not a good time to be chasing cameras for the awesome factor unless they're really niche. Instead, the entire process from shopping to purchasing to sharing photos reminds me of pen-and-paper journaling. Hopefully manufacturers will start to adopt that metaphor more closely, as I think they could see a resurgence of success in that way. But yeah, cameras in terms of broad & shallow industry-industry comparison over tech and common use are taking massive hits in the meantime.