Yeah, I'd find out exactly on what sort of device the data is stored, and/or look for data recovery specialists dealing with that specific camera, or just cameras in general.
Or if you wanted to, since it's considered totally dead - if it were me, I'd at least look at this route. See if you can crack into the camera, dismantle it. Be careful to initially only open it up at screws, tabs, etc, but no solder breaks anywhere. You may find that the flash memory is soldered on, or else is connected internally in some sort of slot. I'm guessing solder in this case.
But what you could end up finding (I don't know, this is a wild guess) is that the memory is either plugged in, or soldered onto a card of some sort that has a connection to the camera, not soldered connection. If this is the case, then you could try, at least, to buy another camera, dissasemble it, and swap that piece. See if it works... but just use the same camera.
For instance, I did a quick check, and found the new ones are pretty low-priced on Amazon, and at least one used one is a little cheaper, just over $160.
