Olympus i:robe IR-500 Review at CNET
CNET have the first online review of the Olympus i:robe IR-500, an unusual 4 megapixel digital camera.
“The Olympus IR-500 wants to be the iPod of digital cameras: cool, convenient, and especially versatile in playback mode. Although it’s a competent enough 4-megapixel snapshot camera, with 17 scene modes—but only a limited 2.8X 40mm-to-112mm (35mm-camera equivalent) zoom lens—it really excels as a playback device. Nestled in the bundled docking station, it can display any of 12 different slide shows, each with as many as 100 voice-narrated pictures. Lengthy shows are most practical when you link the dock to the optional 16-ounce 40GB S-HD-100 hard drive. The IR-500 has nine PowerPoint-like transition effects, including zoom up and down, checkerboards, faders, swivels, and Venetian blinds. It can also display your images sorted by shooting date, as a sort of visual diary. The slide show and “diary” modes have their own easy-access positions on the mode dial.”
Website: CNET - Olympus i:robe IR-500 Review