I think nothing dramatic in short term. After fiasco with toner shortage/outage KM is shaken and forced to release a "new" 1i models. The future will...
I used Transcend Jet flash and still use them occasionally but switched to another don't remember brand but it's short about an inch like and doesn't...
A Ricoh Service Tech for 7 year. A Konica Minolta Service Tech for 7 years. Now, KM service manager for 3 years.
My Ricoh knowledge is slowly dwindling away at this point. Many things have been lost to time...