Is this the end of iSights ?

They were the fist "serious" webcams out there. They started era of webcams which went onto the display top to make the "visual contact". Superior picture, autofocus and integrated noise canceling microphone. They were the best. When released and many years after. That was the happier part of their life.
They were pulled in Europe for ROHS, the were unavailable worldwide and disappeared from Apple store later on, leaving just accessories behind.

Now it's their final. I'm pretty sure we'll not see any new external iSight. Why ? Read the release notes for MacOS X 10.4.9 update.
Includes iChat support for USB Video Class webcams.
There were petitions and hacks to make USB cams work for you. Along with macam, people had a chance to use their 10$ USB webcams with iChat. I'd be happy to see this. But with announcement of new external iSight. Now it just looks like Apple has the "either get a computer with integrated camera, or we just don't care and leave the problem of camera up to you" pose.
So I'm happy I still have mine working. It's awesome and will stay like that. And in case it breaks - any tips for similar camera ? Really sensitive CCD chip, VGA resolution, autofocus and built-in microphone that works really nice ?

Try visiting www.apple.com/isight and you're redirected to the Apple Store with no iSight listed. Bye iSight, we'll all miss you.