Olympus C-7070

[MrPhotoshop]

I have been trying to find a camera to fill my needs and price range. I thought I had it in the Olympus C-7070. I've been watching Ebay and all the best price searches. I blinked this last weekend and all the deals seem to have dried up. I know that this isn't a new camera, but they were around a plenty. What happened??? Oh yeah, you can get one if you want to pay $600+ for the camera alone.

Is there any substitue taking it's place in the near future? I can wait. I noticed alot of the newer cameras coming out have 2"+ screens. Is this a trend? Any close substitutes???