Olympus Preps MP3 Player With Cam & Color Display

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 14, 2004 @09:20AM from the not-a-killer-just-a-contender dept.

igrp writes "Japan-based electronics manufacturer Olympus just announced their plans to enter the HD-based MP3 player market currenly dominated by Apple's iPod. What makes this stand out from all the other 'iPod killers' are their players' specs. Their top-of-the-line 'MR-500i' model sports a 1,22 MP camera, a 3.7" color touch screen VGA display with a slick-looking red backlight, JPEG support and according to this German newssite weighs in with a battery life of 8 hours. No word on prices and availability in the U.S. yet."

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Prices were already anounced.. by keepper · 2004-10-14 09:36 · Score: 5, Informative

249 for the 100i
499 for the 500i

http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1097689832. ht ml
Been there, seen that. by eddy · 2004-10-14 09:38 · Score: 3, Informative

MP3 player + camera + color display. I think iRiver already did that.

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