Olympus m:robe MR-500i Digital Music Player with Digital Camera
by Olympus
Digital product summary information
Manufacturer: OlympusModel: 210010
Product features:
- Transfer and listen to approximately 5,000 songs or store approximately 20,000 photos on 20 GB 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)
- Print photos directly from the m:robe 500i by directly connecting it to any PictBridge-enabled printer via the included USB high-speed 2.0 cable
- Use the supplied remote to play music, add tracks to your Favorites list, switch listening modes, adjust the volume, and more
- Compatible with Windows 2000 Professional and Home Edition and XP Professional and Home Edition
- PhotoPlus X2 Digital Studio
- Corel Photo Album 7 Deluxe
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 Upgrade
- Adobe Photoshop CS4
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 [OLD VERSION]
Digital camera reviews of Olympus m:robe MR-500i Digital Music Player with Digital Camera
Digital camera Review: So much bang for your buck
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow I bought this mp3 player, the 500i, for just $200. It just offers more "special features" than an iPod or Zen series. Overall amazing quality, and here is a part-by-part breakdown:
Looks: Absolutely amazing, very nice, sleek, shiny black. Uber-cool. Slightly bulky, not one you want to take while jogging. You want a flash based mp3 player for that, or perhaps a Nano. But I'm too lazy to jog so I don't have a problem.
Capacity/Hard Drive: 20 GB is quite good when considering all the features that have been crammed in here. But the rpm for the hard drive isn't "up there".
Battery/Charging: What the heck do you expect? It's a full color screen. It's actually amazing battery for that, lasts me 10 hrs (A hold button exists for a reason, people), but if leaving the screen on, it goes down to 2-3 hrs. Max battery capacity is reached by about the third charge, I found. I wish it had a little less wires, and also charged with a computer. But the cradle came free.
Touchscreen: Probably the best part of the whole thing. Very sensitive if you just don't make the mistake my mom makes (lol): use your fingertips not your full finger. Really fun to bust this out on iPod users. Very sweet looking. Also usable as a mirror! :P
Stock headphones: These give some awesome sound! I listen to rock/rap. These headphones give very believable bass, lows, and mids, but not exactly like Sennheisers in treble quality. The reason one side is longer is because it wraps around your head. But a huge problem! These awesome headphones are only around 2-3ft long! They don't even reach from your pants to your ears. Nooooo! Therefore I'm looking at replacements.
Music quality: Absolutely demolishes the iPod or Zen series. Very high signal-to-sound ratio, and instead of just preset equalizers it ALSO includes tweaking by single decibels up to 15 dB in the following: 60Hz, 250Hz, 1kHz, 4kHz, and even 12kHz! Only plays mp3
Remix: Fun little feature to create slideshows, but I found it completely useless. I would just use my computer.
Photo: I believe this is the first mp3 player with a photo. Even though it's Olympus, you do need to keep it very still and it is just 2.1 MP. But don't forget it's just an mp3 player. Another fun little part of this gadget, but it's not gonna replace your Nikon camera. But this baby actually has PictBridge?? LOL
Player interface: This player seems to take longer to start player long songs, leading me to think it preloads the song into memory. The delay for song play is somewhat annoying. The iPod has much faster response, which can be a problem too when switching from gangsta rap to classical. But I'd rather have fast response. Like the new iPods, it does show album covers. Another special feature is that it shows lyrics. Eventually when I'm really bored sometime, I'll put in the lyrics for all my thousand or so songs...
Upload interface: The worst part (sort of) of this player. When I tried to update Mtrip software, it actually crashed on me! 3 times! So I'm just using the original software version. And it takes a long time to transfer songs. You can only run the player on one computer, meaning you can't sync with multiple computers. Problem with this being that with multiple users on one computer, you are forced to clear the player if you update on another user. However, the files themselves are not hidden and can be copy-pasted to other computers, which is a huge asset for when my computer crashed with all my music. All I had to do was rename a thousand files (M000808 renamed to Sandstorm for example) :(
Durability: It has been eight months since my purchase, and I see no scratches on the screen or the camera lens. Even though I don't have any kind of neoprene or any protective casing whatsoever. But I don't think any players are drop-proof and sleek=smooth=sliding so watch out anyway.
I think I should probably stop talking now. Point is, this is value staring you in the face. So what are you going to do about it?
Summary of Olympus m:robe MR-500i Digital Music Player with Digital Camera
It's always a good time to listen to music with the sleek and slim m: robe 500. Easily import music from your PC and jam to up to 5, 000 songs anytime and anyplace. View lyrics, create a favorites folder, customize your experience and more using the intuitive touch screen. And don't stop there. The versatile m: robe 500 doubles as a digital camera so you can take pictures to view, share, and print. Then combine your music and photos using the Remix mode to create a cool mini movie production.Digital Cameras
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