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Motorola Olympus caught in the wild

Kunal Gangar — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:52:32 +0000

Motorola’s next supposed high-end phone, Olympus has been leaked. The phone comes by way of a Gizmodo tipster who apparently bought the phone from some market. Although he could not confirm about the existence of a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, he did confirm that the phone will arrive on AT&T and will feature Android 2.2 HDMI port, microUSB port and screen larger than 3.7-inches.

There’s no word on the pricing or tentative release date.

Olympus Mju Tough-6010 compact rugged camera

Kinjal Sangoi — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:26:36 +0000

Olympus has got a new point-and-shoot camera to capture moments in the ‘toughest’ of times. The Mju Tough-6010 is Olympus’ answer to all the photographic needs during your next hike to the mountains. The camera is shock, water and freezeproof. It can withstand drops from up to 1.5m height, survive in up to 3m of water or work flawlessly even in temperatures about -10C degrees.

In addition to its rugged prowess, the camera takes decent pictures too, with its 12MP sensor, 3.6X optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD, dual image stabilization, face detection, TAP control, Magic filters to give an extra touch to the snaps and support for xD as well as microSD cards.

The camera will start selling from this month in UK for £299.

[Via T3]

Olympus unveils E-P1 Digital PEN camera

Kinjal Sangoi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:55:52 +0000

Olympus has made its Micro Four Thirds camera official. The E-P1, also known as Digital PEN is named after Olympus’ vintage PEN series and packs decent features. The convenience of point-and-shoot and DSLR-like features makes this camera worth talking about. It can shoot at a 12.3 resolution along with a high sensitivity exposure going from ISO 100 to 6400, TruePic V image processor, image stabilizer and 20 different shooting modes.

Other features it includes are a 3-inch LCD claiming to have a 100 percent color accuracy, HD video (720p) recording with an option to playback on HDTVs via the included HDMI port, Supersonic Wave Filter to remove dust and other particles from the sensor and SDHC storage support.

Olympus will start selling the camera body from this month for $749.99 while EP-1 with ED 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 Zuiko digital zoom lens will cost $799.99. The EP-1 and ED 17mm f2.8 and optical viewfinder bundle will go for $899.99.

Press Release

[Via Slashgear]