Olympus' new m:robe media players: the MR-500i and MR-100

This is gonna sound weird at first, but Olympus has decided that there's room for one more in the mobile media pool and has just bounced out a couple of new portable media players.

The m:robe MR-500i is a new 20GB portable digital photo viewer/MP3 player with a 3.7-inch VGA resolution touchscreen LCD and a built-in digital camera. There's tons of software for organizing, viewing, and "remixing" your digital photos
(you can transfer pics directly over from a digital camera), but despite the sweet high-res screen it looks like there is no support for video.

The m:robe MR-100 is their new 5GB competitor for the iPod mini. You won't be falling out of your chair or anything,
but Olympus says it uses some sort of "unique electrostatic pad" for controls. Alright!

Both are currently for Japan only.

[Thanks to everyone who sent these ones in]