Olympus m:robe 500i review roundup

To be honest, most of the reviews of the m:robe 500i, that new 20GB digital audio player/digital camera hybrid dealy from Olympus, have been, um, on the negative side, but we figured we'd round 'em up for ya anyway:

Read - DAPreview
Read - New York Times
Read - Associated Press
Read - AV Watch
Read - CNET

If you spot anymore m:robe 500i reviews please send them our way and we'll add them to the list.

[Dean Shan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Right after I saw the first commercial I said 'That's really going to suck'. I guess I'm not the only one that feels that way.

[Carmi @ Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

There's that battery life bugaboo again: 90 minutes for looing at pictures is pathetic: who can power through them with family in such a short amount of time? For such a relatively large unit, it's difficult to understand why the drain is so high, and why they couldn't use a larger-capacity battery.

It looks like an interesting and potentially viable concept that is let down by substandard execution.

Carmi
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