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Review of the Olympus m:robe 500i

Ed Steele February 10, 2005 3

Review of the Olympus m:robe 500iThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a review posted of the stylish (looking) Olympus m:robe 500i and declares it a “shiny brick” that takes blurred photos and has poor battery life. (They do say it plays digital audio admirably.) Lack of a case or belt clip, fear of touchscreen wear, and fingerprints also plague this stylish gadget.
It’s too bad too, cause we really wanted to see birq dance like that guy in the commercial without filling him full of caffeine. (Owning an m:robe really makes one dance like that, right?) This is one item we will be watching the “discontinued” bin for – $499 is too much to pay, but $200? Sure, we’d pay that just to see birq jitter about like a monkey zombie gone wild with Monster Energy Drinks.
Wait, you mean it really doesn’t make you dance like that? Bad, bad shiny brick!
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: m:robe 500i basically a shiny brick


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3 Comments »

  1. birq February 10, 2005 at 11:03 pm -

    Everybody knows shiny bricks make me do The Robot. Ooh, kick it.

  2. lunacy8m February 10, 2005 at 11:30 pm -

    Now I’ve got a mental image of you doing the robot with the Geico Gecko. Someone please make it stop.

  3. birq February 10, 2005 at 11:47 pm -

    It’s fly, isn’t it?