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New Olympus m:robe players, m:r-F10, F20 & F30
comment: 7 | Thursday, June 30 (2005) 07:46AM | Posted by Robert Sinke
Well, you can debate about Olympus' marketing strategy and overall quality of their products (m:robe 100 & 500)... but they sure know how to design slick stuff. Although we thought they were pretty much about to leave the DAP market, these three new players suddenly popped up.


The m:r (m:robe) -F10, -F20 and -F30 seem to be tiny little flash players, really not that much known about them for now. In the picture you'll see the F10 on the left, the F30 in the middle and the F20 on the right. Looks like the tactile buttons have gained ground again, with each player having its own navigational interface. Recording buttons + internal microphones can also be spotted, so it's safe to say that these things support voicerecording.

The F10 was obviously inspired by the m:robe 100, with its stylish red light light effects. The F30 seems to be equiped with a weirdish, cool dot-style screen as well, while the F20 chooses the safe path of simplicity. More news? We'll let you know.

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chicubs

Comments: 915
Jun 30 (2005) 09:47AM  

Why do they all have some crazy little thing on the top?




Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
Jun 30 (2005) 10:31AM  

1.) Why are they named the exact names as the Toshiba Gigabeat? F10 and F20 are already taken Olympus.

2.) Why do they looked so damn weird

3.) Didn't Olympus learn they can't compete, and it's best for them to not mak e any new DAP's




Poekoek

Comments: 45
Jun 30 (2005) 10:57AM  

@ chicubs: I think that the crazy thing at the F20 and F30 are the headphone jack's.

I like the looks of the F30 but I wonder if it would make it up here (Holland)




Zeni
Location: Canada
Comments: 51
Jun 30 (2005) 03:14PM  

The F30 looks pretty slick, the others are just a bit too weird for my liking though.




Hyper_Noodle

Comments: 226
Jun 30 (2005) 03:24PM  

I like the look of the F20. To me, on the F20, it looks like the big thing on top is a rocking/turning type of knob that lets you fast-forward or rewind. I think I see arrows on it for that, but I could be wrong.




Clashman

Comments: 43
Jun 30 (2005) 08:19PM  

I would agree on the F20. I think the top of the F30 might be a camera, though. If anyone's integrating cameras into their MP3 players, I'd probably bet on Olympus.




mmss99

Comments: 103
Jun 30 (2005) 09:50PM  

they better have a better sound then the 500 and da 100 lol lloks nice to me thou




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