This is not the manufacturer's site.

The manufacturer's site is here:
http://www.eastgear.com/compactdrive/default.htm

and they have a different version of the story.

Personally, I bought the PDX7 in May and used it for a one week trip
across Italy. Here is my feedback (which I posted in another forum):

"I used the unit during my trip to Italy in May for one week. The unit
performed flawlessly.

Just in one case it refused to work, because the batteries were
freshly charged and apparently had too much voltage. I then replaced
the batteries with another set with half-discharged batteries and the
unit would work again. Note: the unit refused to work only in
card-copy mode; in playback mode (i.e. transferring from PDX7 to
computer) it would work with no problems.

Once back in the hotel I discharged the fully charged batteries a bit,
and then the PDX7 would work with them even in card-copy mode."

Essentially the PDX7 is ok, considering that for a modest price you get
a unit which uses standard NiMH batteries and has a card transfer speed
of almost 5MB.

Well, if it were true, I might agree, but things aren't always what they
appear to be - and I believe this one of those.

The URL above appears to be a bogus website in New Zealand set up to
grind an ax (with reference to another bogus www.compactdrive.net).

The real http://www.compactdrive.com website in Singapore mentions none
of these issues, nor does it make any "announcement" related to any such
discontinuance of any product currently offered by this company.

Full disclosure: I have no personal knowledge nor experience with this
product nor any other product manufactured or sold by this company, nor
do I know anyone affiliated with this company in any way.  My sole
purpose in posting this is I believe exposing scams is the best and most
proficient way of eliminating them.  IOW, I have obscured neither the
faces nor license plates of any suspects.  This message has also been
emailed to sales@compactdrive.com and support@compactdrive.com.

References below...

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legit site
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Target: www.compactdrive.com
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bogus site
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Date: Sun Jun 19 06:48:24 2005
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Sounds like they have a real axe to grind for some reason.