For those who are interested, this camera's now up on amazon.ca.
http://www.amazon.ca/Kodak-Zi8-Pocke...1997622&sr=8-4
I've been watching this one for a while, and the reviews that have come in so far are fairly positive. The one complaint I've heard is that on some cameras there is a high-pitched tone that finds its way into the audio recording, but as it isn't on all cameras so it might be an intermittent problem or possibly a bad batch of cameras. I ordered one anyways, as I plan to use an external mic for most of my recordings. I think kodak's already replacing cameras with that audio problem, so I felt it was pretty safe to take the plunge.