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5.5 oz. MPEG-4/Audio Portable From Archos

Posted by timothy on from the horning-in dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Several manufacturers produce hard drive-based MPEG-4 portables now, but to date they are all big and heavy devices weighing in at around 3/4 of a pound. Archos just announced the Gmini 400, a 20GB video/audio player that comes in at the iPod's dimensions and light 5.6 ounces. Presently shipping, I guess they are ready now for the iPod Video in case that player ever becomes more that a /. myth."

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  1. DRM check. by Thinkit4 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Will it let you do something as copy a video to the computer? What about your own video? Let's see, on the iPod you can compose a piece, put it on your iPod, and cannot put it on a different computer from the iPod without jumping through hoops.

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  2. Re:Pounds, ounces, what...? by Jhan · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... the Gmini 400 comes in [at a light] 0.158757329 kilograms

    No, it comes in at one-and-a-half hektos. The article used two significant digits.

    Please don't fuel the anti-metric trolls.

    <imperialtroll>The metric system will never be used if we have to say 453.59237 grams instead of "a pound"...</imperialtroll>
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