Olympus V-41: part voice recorder, part Tetris brick

I don’t do much voice recording on the run, but if I did, I’d be looking at the Olympus V-41 that’s available in Japan. It’s not the 512 MB of flash memory for storage that gets me. SRS stereo recording and playback of WMA/MP3 files? Nope, that’s not it either. It’s the way the Olympus V-41 comes apart into two Tetris-like bricks (one with a USB port for file transfer) that really gets me. Only 16,000 Japanese yen or around $141 U.S. and you too can grab one of these multi-functional puzzle pieces. Too bad they couldn’t include a Tetris game on the little LCD; the D-Pad and buttons look like they would work for hours of fun…

(via SlashGear)

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