I was told by three retailers that smart media was being phased out because the format was too small for today's high-resolution digital camers, which is the primary purpose for which they were designed. One of the other problems, which has been pointed out on the forum, is they do tend to crash, similar in some ways to a hard disk drive. With this in mind, those of you who are now using them in your keyboards may wish to purchase a few to have them on hand as back-ups. Nothing is forever--including us!

Gary