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Digital Camera or MP3 Player? Olympus m:robe MR-500i and MR-100 does bothOlympus, 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.MR-500i Redefines What A Music Player Can Be The flagship model of the new Olympus m:robe series is the MR-500i that 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. Now, both your music and your digital images - the core elements of your self-expression - can conveniently travel anywhere with you. "Unlike traditional digital music players that only allow you to tune out the rest of the world, the m:robe MR-500i actually allows you to tune into the world by taking and experiencing your digital images on their own or together in a remix with your personal selection of music," said Keith Swiderski, Business Development Manager, Olympus Imaging America Inc. "The MR-500i reinvents the photo album, altering it from something you leave on a coffee table to something you can take with you and share with others. Whether using images taken by the MR-500i itself, or using high-resolution images imported to it and synching them to your music to create a slideshow with audio, it delivers an interactive experience that excites the senses." Elegant Simplicity With Intelligently Designed Interface Olympus is the only company today using a touch-screen interface on a music player, and this is emblematic of the company's approach to breakthrough industrial design and finding a better way for products to work. The design of the MR-500i is elegantly simple both inside and out, with an easy-to-use interface that eliminates all unnecessary buttons and allows you to organize and access images and music in a way that makes sense. On the surface, the all-black face of the MR-500i is as flat and smooth as glass, and its contoured body is strikingly compact at a mere 4.3in. (W) x 2.89in. (H) x 0.83in. (D) and 7.4 ounces to slip into a pocket, purse or backpack. The back and sides of its body are a pristine, incandescent white. With the push of the ON button located on the side of its body, its bright 3.7-inch backlit color VGA touch-screen display (640 x 480 resolution) bursts into life with three main icons for MUSIC, PHOTO and REMIX. Touching the MUSIC icon on this intuitive interface brings up any one of up to 5,000 songs in WMA or MP3 format you can store on the MR-500i 20-gigabyte hard drive. Sound comes through the ear-bud headphones in high fidelity, and by adjusting the Equalizer you can bring out the throbbing bass, subtle mid-range and crisp treble tones in your music, or choose from several custom EQ settings. Moreover, because the MR-500i is as much about seeing as it is about hearing, it can display not just song titles and lyrics, but also the CD art of the musician's work should you choose to upload it to the player. The ability to easily adjust volume, EQ, search songs by keyword, album, artist, genre, top 10 hits and favorites, and sort all images in albums at the touch of a finger, means the MR-500i delivers music and images your way. This is made possible by an intelligent search capability running on a dual chipset design. With a wired remote that features a two-line LCD display connected to the ear-buds, it is possible to control the MR-500i while it is tucked out of sight. Find a song, skip a song, shuffle the songs in random order and let it surprise you, add a song to favorites, adjust the volume or change the display without ever removing the player from its hiding place. Point and Shoot To Never Miss A Moment Touching the PHOTO icon on the MR-500i main menu instantly transforms it into a 1.22-megapixel digital camera. The VGA touch-screen acts as a large 3.7-inch monitor in which to compose and review images taken with the camera located on the back of the MR-500i. There is no shutter button - just tap anywhere on the touch-screen and instantly take digital images of a resolution that is perfect for emailing or viewing on the MR-500i. View images a variety of ways: all at once, by album, or by date in a calendar view. It is possible to upload digital images taken by any camera, at any resolution, from a PC to the MR-500i - making it a great way to bring your photo collection to the party. And because it is PictBridge enabled, the MR-500i can connect quickly and easily to any printer that incorporates the PictBridge standard via the auto-connect USB 2.0 cable, without using a PC, and print out photos taken by the MR-500i or other images imported to it and stored on it. Create a Soundtrack For Your Life Things get even wilder when you tap the MR-500i's touch-screen and select the REMIX icon. "Remix Play" combines both your music and your images into animated slideshows to create a soundtrack for your life. First, choose the photos you want to include in the remix. Then select from one of the available Remix Templates - Flash Back, Tiles, Geometric, or Birthday - and then choose the song you wish to accompany the remix. Sit back and watch the show. Imagine the possibilities. You can take a trip to New Orleans and photograph every step of the journey and then play back the images with a Jazz background. Chronicling a trip to Vienna? How about playing those images back with a Classical Mozart soundtrack? No matter what you display or what music you play, the MR-500i makes the experience interactive and more enjoyable than simply flipping through the pages of a silent photo album. Additional Remix Templates are planned in the near future and will be available for download from Olympus. Getting More Out of the MR-500i The MR-500i was designed as a complete "out of box" solution. That's why it comes with a cradle to synchronize your songs and images as well as charge the player's Lithium Polymer battery in 3 hours to deliver 8 hours of quality playback time. If you wish to leave the cradle at home, then the MR-500i can be charged via the USB 2.0 cable connected to your PC. Downloading songs and images from a PC to the player via the high speed USB 2.0 connection is fast and easy thanks to the included "m:trip" Photo/Music Management Software for Windows operating systems. The m:trip application can be used to play music captured from CD or purchased via Internet download, and allows images captured with the MR-500i or another digital camera to be viewed or combined with music in various ways, and to save Remixes. The MR-500i also comes with external jacks and wires to connect to a stereo or receiver or television and play back images and music for a crowd. The MR-500i conveniently operates as an external hard drive for transporting large files from one Windows-compatible PC to another. Just drag and drop files from your PC to your m:robe. MR-100 Packs Power Into Miniature Package Olympus also introduced today the m:robe MR-100 Digital Music Player, a smaller dedicated music player that delivers 5 gigabytes of storage for over 1,200 songs. At a petite size of just 3.5in. (H) x 2.0in. (W) x 0.6in. (D) 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. Like the MR-500i, the MR-100 has great ease-of-use so you can control the listening experience completely with adjustable EQ, and simply search and customize your playlists. With a USB 2.0 cradle and charger, you can rapidly download music to the MR-100 and listen to it for 12 hours between charges. The included music management software allows you to keep track of your music collection efficiently. With an Audio-Video cable it is possible to bring WMA and MP3 music formats to your T.V. or stereo speakers. MR-500i Package Contents USB Cradle, USB Cable, headphones, AC Adapter, Carrying Pouch, Wired Remote Control with 2-line LCD, A/V Cable, m:trip Photo/Music Management Software. MR-100 Package Contents USB Cradle, USB Cable, AC Adapter, headphones, m:trip Photo/Music Management Software. Availability The MR-500i and the MR-100 will be available in January 2005. U.S. Pricing MR-500i Estimated Street Price: $499.99 (U.S.) MR-100 Estimated Street Price: $249.99 (U.S.) MR-500i Features Transfer and listen to approximately 5,000 songs or store approximately 20,000 photos with 20GB of internal memory. Shoot, view and arrange photos in albums, including a Favorites album if you desire. (Photos can be set to 1280 x 960 or 640 x 480 resolution.) Enjoy Remix mode where you can combine music and images in a remix template to play them together using cinematic effects, motion and more. m:tripTM Music/Photo Organization software (included) for easy music and photo file transfers to/from your PC. Print photos directly from the m:robe 500 by directly connecting it to any PictBridge-enabled printer via the included USB high-speed 2.0 cable. Touch screen lets you effortlessly operate the m:robe 500 with the light touch of a finger. View track names, album cover art, elapsed track time, length of track, mode being used, lyrics to the song and more. Use the supplied remote to play music, add tracks to your Favorites list, switch listening modes, adjust the volume, and more. Photo light provides increased illumination when taking pictures in dark or poorly lit conditions. Connect the included headphones to enjoy your very own listening party. Listen to music, view photos, and watch remixes on a television using the supplied AV cable. Adjust picture-taking settings, set the date and time, choose a language and much more. HOLD function lets you "lock" the m:robe 500 so no unintentional use occurs while it's being carried in a pocket or bag. Transfer photos already stored on your PC to the m:robe 500 using the supplied m:trip software for viewing or use in Remix mode. Connects directly to your PC via the dedicated USB high-speed 2.0 cable. Or connect it by placing it in the supplied cradle and connecting the USB cable from the cradle to your PC. Select music tracks for playback from Favorites, Recently Played, My Top 20, Tracks with Lyrics and Unplayed Tracks categories. Play tracks in Repeat mode or in Random order. Choose among 16 pre-set Equalizer settings or customize your own and listen to your music in the desired fashion. Easily find the specific song you want to hear with the Search feature, allowing you to find the track by simply entering a keyword. Synchronize your Music/Photo/Remix database between your m:robe and your m:trip software. Battery indicator keeps you on top of the m:robe 500's power supply so you'll always know whether you're ready to rock or ready to recharge. Use the m:robe 500 as an external hard drive for your PC. Model Name MR-500i Monitor 3.7” TFT color LCD display (width 640 × height 480 pixels), approx. 260,000 colors Storage Built-in hard disk 20GB Supported audio file formats Windows Media Audio (WMA) MPEG1,2, Audio Layer3 (MP3) Number of storable tracks Approx. 5,000 music tracks Continuous playback time Approx. 8 hours (WMA) Approx. 12 hours (MP3) Sampling frequency 8 to 48 kHz Signal to Noise ratio 75 dB or higher Bit rate WMA 32 to 192 kbps (including VBR) MP3 8 to 320 kbps (including VBR) Image Recording Format JPEG Compatible standards Exif 2.2, PRINT Image Matching II, PictBridge Number of storable photos Approx. 20,000 Operating conditions Temperature: 5°C to 40°C (41 to 104°F) Humidity: 30 to 90% (no condensation) Charge Time Approx. 3 hours (using the AC adapter) USB port USB 2.0 Remote/headphone jack 3.5mm jack/stereo type 16ohm load impedance Built-in battery Lithium-polymer rechargeable battery Dimensions Approx. 109.4 × 73.4 × 21.2 mm (4 3/8 × 3 × 27/32 in.) (W × H × D Protruding parts excluded) Weight Approx. 210 g (7.4 oz.) (body only) Digital camera specifications Number of effective pixels Approx. 1,200,000 pixels (1280 × 960) Image pickup device 1/4” MOS (primary color filter) Shutter shooting distance 40 cm (1 5/8 in.) to infinity + Post comment/question/reply
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