m:robe 500i — Worst Product Name of the 21st Century
Published February 03, 2005
Unequivocally, the winner and grand champion.
Sheesh.
What was Olympus thinking?
They've created what they call "the first digital music player with a built-in digital camera."
Looks really slick, too:
• 3.7" color VGA LCD display
• One-of-a-kind "no button" touch screen interface
• Plays 5,000 songs or stores up to 60,000 photos
• Put music and photos together and make your own mini-movies
• Connect it to your TV and enjoy the movies in big-screen style
• $500 ($100 less than an iPod Photo, which doesn't have a camera)
• Big, super-expensive ad during the upcoming Super Bowl
So what's not to like?
That name is what.
Unbelievable.
- m:robe 500i — Worst Product Name of the 21st Century
- Published: February 03, 2005
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What the AipTek seems to be lacking is the 20 Gig hard drive. $400, which isn't much on the electronic consumer front these days, would certainly be a small price for not juggling memory cards.
I have an Ipod and might switch over to this gadget, will by ipod songs transfer over from I Tunes?
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I already posted this reply on your most excellent web site (http://www.bookofjoe.com), but I will repost here:
I have a AipTek DV4500 that I bought last year in the Christmas price wars, Joe. It does (pretty much) everything this m:robe thing does and more (does the Olympus device allow you to record audio via a microphone?). The little AipTek thingy (sue me: I am a gadget freak) cost me $100 (+ 512MB SD card). I agree with your Olympus take. Not a first, not unique, and definitely a bad name. Here's a link for the DV4500. Cheers, Ron
Link: AipTek DV4500
http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage.php3?id=1002084