Olympus “m:robe” Mixes Music Player With Digital Camera
Melville, New York, October 13, 2004 – Olympus, a company known for taking product design innovation to a higher level of style and functionality, officially enters the digital music market today with the launch of two models in its new “m:robe” series of digital music players. With this effort, the company is combining its audio expertise with its optical heritage to create products that embody the best of both sound and vision.The flagship m:robe MR-500i combines a 20-gigabyte digital music player with a 1.22-megapixel digital camera to create a compact and stylish multimedia device unlike any other that’s come before it. With a one-of-a-kind “No Button” flat touch-screen interface incorporated into a vibrant 3.7-inch color VGA LCD display, music and digital images spring into action at your fingertips in several dynamic and captivating slideshows.
The m:robe MR-100 is a smaller, dedicated music player that delivers 5 gigabytes of storage for over 1,200 songs. At a petite size of just 3.5(H) x 2.0(W) x 0.6(D) inches and weighing a mere 3.5 ounces, the MR-100 is more compact and lightweight than the MR-500i and its minimalist all-black face incorporates a No-Button touch-panel interface with a monochrome 160 x 128 dot-matrix display with striking red LED.
The MR-500i and the MR-100 will be available in January 2005. The MR-500i's estimated street price is .99. The MR-100's estimated street price is .99.
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