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Archos' Upgraded AV500 Jukebox Detailed

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. Bah by afidel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Another 'PDA' with no battery life. For me the Palm III series will never be beat for PDA usage because it lasts up to six weeks on a set of good rechargables. My IIIxe has enough memory to fit a ton of programs, all of the appointments I could ever hope (dred) having, etc. I have used PocketPC's as portable computers (vertical app for my fathers business) but I would never champion them as a PDA. The need to recharge em every ~8 hours makes them impractical in that role IMHO.

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  2. Hmm... by odano · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So a DVD Player is better at playing DVDs and video...
    An MP3 player is better at playing MP3s...
    A PDA is better at being a PDA...

    And I am sure all of the above have a much longer battery life and are cheaper than this unit.

    I really just don't see why anybody would buy this.

  3. Hello? No Ansible? by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without a standards based ansible this device is worthless to me. Try again Archos - I only want to carry ONE device.

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  4. Can someone just ... by rcastro0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    PDAs that Play MP3 and have digital cameras. Digital photo cameras that shoot video. Cell phones that have PDAs. MP3 players that play video. Laptops getting smaller -- sometimes loosing their keyboard (as tablets). Emulators, emulators, bringing the best from the past. Which you get for free as abandonware. Everything connected to high speed wireless data -- Bluetooth, 802.11g. Huge, enormous hard disks becoming ever so small. World becoming portable and inexpensive. Gadgets doing more and more and more for you.

    Now, can someone please
    COME UP WITH BETTER BATTERIES ???

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  5. Rock Box by djhertz · · Score: 5, Informative
    I have the Archos 20 gig FM recorder (mp3 player that has a radio and record function) and had some really bad issues with it crashing. I got no help from Archos at all, but found this site: Rock Box which has an open source OS for it and never had a problem since. I have also found numerous other people in forums with the same story.

    Now, what I don't understand is how come Archos wouldn't get involved with the Rock Box guys and try to just use their OS, or buy it from them, or something. I mean, the Rock Box os fixes so many bugs, and adds all kinds of features. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. -- Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

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  6. Re:What's going on here? by pragma_x · · Score: 5, Funny
    in the ever rare chance that our natural surroundings ever become boring?
    You've never lived in Ohio, have you?