Archos' Upgraded AV500 Jukebox Detailed

Posted by simoniker on Monday March 22, 2004 @06:30AM from the geek-toy-heaven dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a piece on Mobilemag.com, the Archos AV500, newly shown at Cebit 2004 in Germany, will be the all-in-one answer to the clutter of handheld devices - this is a PVP [personal video player] and PDA combo handheld around the size of a Jornada with 20 or 40 gigs storage. Watch movies, read emails, connect your digital camera for backup, the list goes on.." The piece also notes: "Archos also added EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) technology, to allow you to control the AV500 with a remote control as a video player/recorder."

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Finally by tobechar · 2004-03-22 06:32 · Score: -1, Redundant

Lets all hope that this device lives up to the hype...

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Hmmmm... by T'hain+Esh+Kelch · 2004-03-22 06:52 · Score: -1, Redundant

Yes yes... And next month it'll be touted as the next iPod 'killer'. Nothing new here, move along. This is not the digital mediaplayer you were looking for.
Why not just use a small laptop? by asv108 · 2004-03-22 08:13 · Score: 0, Redundant

I've never understood the interest in purchasing a stand alone DVD or video player. Instead of purchasing an all in one pda, divx, and mp3 player, wouldn't something like a Fujistu P-series make more sense?