{"id":8388,"date":"2005-02-10T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2005-02-10T15:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8388"},"modified":"2005-02-10T15:35:47","modified_gmt":"2005-02-10T15:35:47","slug":"the-olympus-mrobe-a-shiny-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8388","title":{"rendered":"The Olympus m:robe: “A Shiny Brick”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess we weren’t the only ones who gaped: “WTF!” at the multiple ads for the Olympus m:robe 500i<\/a> during the Stuporbowl. This combination low-grade digital camera and music player gets our vote as being one of the worthiest future high-tech boat anchors destined to drag the sludgey bottom of the swamp that is the consumer tech marketplace. What where these developers thinking? As an AP review<\/a> succinctly puts it:<\/p>\n

“Olympus thinks consumers want a 1.2 megapixel digital camera (with no zoom and no flash) controlled by a color touch-panel screen. Olympus also thinks you’ll want to mix some of your images together with music and watch a slideshow on the palm-sized screen with all the fingerprints you’ve just smudged on it while taking the photos.”<\/p>\n

Ouch. That’s gotta hurt. What’ll also hurt is the removal of $500 from the wallets of the chumps who actually buy this thing.<\/p>\n

Wanna cringe some more? Want to know what “m:robe” stands for? The “m” is for “music,” the “robe” is for “wardrobe.” Music wardrobe. Huh? This ain’t no iPod Shuffle. You don’t even wear it! I want some of what these people are smokin’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I guess we weren’t the only ones who gaped: “WTF!” at the multiple ads for the Olympus m:robe 500i during the Stuporbowl. This combination low-grade digital camera and music player gets our vote as being one of the worthiest future high-tech boat anchors destined to drag the sludgey bottom of the swamp that is the … <\/p>\n

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